Your Next Skill: Learn Beginner’s American Sign Language as a Family

Find resources for learning sign language. Below are several different resources--books, streaming videos, and online courses--which may help you learn American Sign Language (ASL) as a family.

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American Sign Language for Babies & Toddlers by Gilda Ganezer & Avery Posner

Families will learn over 200 everyday vocabulary words in American Sign Language. Youngsters will also learn how to read these words in complete English along with helpful audio. This is an excellent resource for babies, toddlers, young children, as well as their families and friends. Vocabulary examples in ASL and spoken/printed English include: mother, friend, don't understand, how many, where, hungry, and much more.

Format: DVD (2010)

https://wayne.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/3159671?locg=185;detail_record_view=1;query=american%20sign%20language%20babies%20toddlers

 

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Teach your baby to sign : an illustrated guide to simple sign language for babies and toddlers--includes 30 new pages of signs and illustrations! / Monica Beyer

Better communication is right around the corner with Teach Your Baby to Sign.You may feel like you can't possibly be any closer with your young child, but the truth is, you can--through sign language.The gift of signing helps children communicate well before they have the verbal ability to do so. Whether you have a young child who hasn't started talking yet, or a child with special needs, signing can open the door to better understanding and connection.In this revised and updated edition of the originalTeach Your Baby to Sign, you'll find more than 200 easy-to-learn signs--all beautifully illustrated!--that you and your child can use to enhance your communication and understand more fully what your little one wants and needs.

Format: Book - 2015

https://wayne.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/5280971?locg=185;detail_record_view=1;query=american%20sign%20language%20babies%20toddlers

The Everything Sign Language Book

The everything sign language book : American Sign Language made easy / Irene Duke

Explains basic communication using American Sign Language, including proper handshapes, body language, signing etiquette, and communicating with the hearing impaired.

Format: Book - 2009

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Films on Demand

Films on Demand offers American Sign Language videos for beginners, intermediates, and advanced students.

https://fod.infobase.com/p_Search.aspx?bc=0&rd=a&q=american%20sign%20language

Basic ASL Signs For Family: Learn AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ASL From An Interpreter For The Deaf (video)

Learn ASL basics as a family from an ASL interpreter for the deaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUpCRMGqpQk