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LearnSigns 15: House
November 05, 2012

A simple lesson dealing with vocabulary from the home. Home House Door Window Chair Table Bed Shower Bathe Bathroom Light The chart to write out the 5 elements is downloadable as a PDF. The video above is captioned for those needing captioni

LearnSigns 14: Personal Pronouns
October 21, 2012

Personal pronouns are the ones that talk about me, you and them. They are handled in a systematic and simple way in sign language. You can still express as much with just a few gestures as you can in English, but you don't have to worry about the case of

LearnSigns 013: Nature
October 16, 2012

Join me in my back yard this time to learn some nature signs. My current office/video studio is a corner of my unfinished basement. Last week I started doing some work to build walls so that I don't freeze to death this winter while trying to make videos

LearnSigns 012: Church Signs
October 07, 2012

These are words that deal with basic church signs. These are not signs talking about different religious groups. I plan to do a separate lesson on that later. These are just basic signs that most churches would use in their services that may not be covere

LearnSigns 011: Notating Signs
September 24, 2012

There are 5 elements to most signs. They are: shape, location, movement, orientation and non-manual elements. When you are learning new signs, especially when you don't have a book or video to refer to, you need to write down these 5 aspects for the signs

LearnSigns 010: Feelings
September 15, 2012

These are signs dealing with feelings or emotions. Feelings Feel Happy Sad Mad Angry Like Don’t like Hate Awful Want Don’t want Love I love you Cry Touch Excited Afraid, Scared Sorry Good Bad The video above is captioned for tho

LearnSigns 009: School
September 08, 2012

These are words related to learning and education; therefore, I entitled the lesson School. However, it isn't as much about the place as it is about the activities done in school while learning. Here is the main vocabulary covered in this lesson: Schoo

LearnSigns 008: Time
August 31, 2012

Learning about time. Time What time is it? Day Week Month Year Morning Noon Afternoon Night All day All night Now Today Tomorrow Yesterday Future Past/Before Please click the Closed Captioned [CC] button in the video player if you need

LearnSigns 007: Spelling Practice
August 25, 2012

This is a list of words which have common letter combinations. I pulled some words from a longer list of words you can use to practice your spelling with. Try to notice common letter combinations and use them to your advantage for both spelling and readin

LearnSigns 006: Question Words
August 18, 2012

Common questions words and phrases used in ASL. Ask/Pray Ask a question Who What Why What for When Where How How much How many Which Because Answer You can view the closed captions by clicking the Closed Caption [CC] logo on the video play