Sign Language

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Sign Language

• Melanie Hahne
• June 2003

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Lets Learn

• If this little baby can learn sign language, so
  can you
• Are you ready to learn the alphabet?

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A

• Make a fist with your thumb out

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B

• Hand open with fingers together and thumb bent

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C

• Curl fingers and thumb

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D

• Hold index finger up and bend rest to touch
  thumb

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E

• Bend fingers to touch side of thumb

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F

• Bend index finger to thumb while others are
  straight

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G

• Index finger and thumb together while other
  fingers are bent and move hand to side

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H

• Index and middle finger straight while other
  fingers and thumb are bent and move hand to side

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I

• Pinkie finger straight up while other fingers
  and thumb are bent

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J

• Make the I sign and move hand to make a hook

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K

• Index and middle finger straight up with thumb
  in front while other fingers are bent

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L

• Index finger and thumb straight out with other
  fingers bent

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M

• Make a fist with index, middle, and ring
  fingers bent over thumb

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N

• Make a fist with Index and middle fingers over
  thumb

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O

• Curl fingers over touching index finger to
  thumb

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P

• Make the letter K then turn hand down and
  split fingers

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Q

• Index finger and thumb straight out but apart
  then turn hand upside down

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R

• Index finger crossing over middle finger

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S

• Make a fist with thumb over top of the fist

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T

• Make a fist with thumb under index finger

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U

• Index an middle finger straight up together

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V

• Index and middle finger straight up spread
  apart

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W

• Index, middle, and ring fingers straight up
  and all spread apart

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X

• Index finger curled

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Y

• Index,middle, and ring fingers bent over while
  thumb and pinkie are straight

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Z

• With index finger draw a Z

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Lets try some words

• Hold and rock a baby

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Mom

• Use open hand and put your thumb to your chin

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Dad

• Open hand and put thumb to forehead

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Whats the difference between Hearing Impairment
and Deafness?

• Hearing Impairment
• an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or
  fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's
  educational performance

• Deafness
• "a hearing impairment that is so severe that the
  child is impaired in processing linguistic
  information through hearing, with or without
  amplification"

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4 types of hearing loss

• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
• Central

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Conductive and Sensorineural

• Conductive

• Sensorineural

• result from damage to the delicate sensory hair
  cells of the inner ear or the nerves which supply
  it

• caused by diseases or obstructions in the outer
  or middle ear

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Central and Mixed

• Central

• Mixed

• results from damage or impairment to the nerves
  or nuclei of the central nervous system

• problem occurs in both the outer or middle and
  the inner ear

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Want to know more?

• Here are some sites that can help you

http//where.com/scott.net/asl/
http//www.velocity.net/7Elrose/aniasl/anisign.ht
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http//www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs3txt.htm
http//www.funbrain.com/signs/