Tuesday, August 19, 2008
ASL-American Sign Language
My girls & I have been taking a sign language class for the last 2 months at our local library. We meet every Monday night from 6-7:30. Last night we had class and the teacher gave us a quiz. She would sign something & then we would have to guess what it was. We did horribly!!! We really need to study this week! She said something last night about failing as a teacher. UGH! I don't know why but it seemed like 2 weeks ago I could have told her the answers to anything but now it's starting to disappear! Next week is our last class so we really need to hit the books this week. I don't want her to feel like a failure! The poor girl. She is around 21 yrs. old. When the class started there were around 10 people there. Now? There is only my girls & I and another girl from our homeschooling group. That's it! Everyone else vanished! I feel so horrible for her. How embarrassing!
I hope to incorporate ASL into our homeschooling curriculum this year. We do have a book already as we took a class years ago.
Here are some links if you would like to check them out & maybe incorporate ASL into your own curriculum.
http://asl.ms/
The above is really neat but make sure you pick the SLOW speed. Do check out the DEAF speed though. It's pretty neat!
http://www.lifeprint.com/
This one is a dictionary that gives signs for just about every word.
Now, I'm off to prepare supper!
Have a nice night everyone!
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by gabbie427
I have always wanted to learn ASL!!!! Congrats to you and the doctors for taking this class.
God's Blessings,
Amy Jo
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Becky
We are learning ASL for our second language - we have a CD that the kids use on our laptop that teaches them their signs. I also just got a DVD that teaches sign language so that we can use that as well.
All of us are quite excited about this new venture we are taking with our homeschooling.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by HandsNHearts
Thank you so much you Wedding Princess you! **wink**
We are using ASL for our main language with the children (and virtually necessary Spanish as a second) and I need all the resources I can find. Our library has very little here in the boonies.
Wonderful resources!!
Deanna
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