FAMILY/PEOPLE
"F" with both hands, and move in a circular motion
What is the sign for happy?
Palms at your chest and "brushing" them up towards your face
How do you sign cat?
Place index finger and thumb together and imitate whiskers at your cheek area
What is the sign for water?
Sign "W" at your chin
What is the sign for Monday?
Sign "M" and move it in a circular motion
How do you differentiate boy/girl signs?
The upper half of your face is "male", and the lower half is "female" signs
What is the sign for tired?
Fingers pointing at your chest with palms facing away and shrug your shoulders forward
What is the sign for lion?
Move hand over top of head from front to back signaling the "mane" of a lion
Sign the following words: bacon and taco
Bacon: 2 fingers on each hand moving away from each other in a "wavy" motion
Taco: hold "shell" in non-dominant hand and "sprinkle" cheese on top
OR
hold "shell" in non-dominant hand and chop inside with other hand
Sign cleaning and reading
Cleaning: use dominant hand to "brush" off non-dominant hand
Reading: use dominant hand to "scan" palm of non-dominant hand up and down
What is the difference between man and woman?
Same sign, different parts of the face
What is the difference between pink and purple?
Pink: sign a "P" and move it down on your chin
Purple: sign a "P" and shake it back and forth
Sign the following phrase: My favorite animal
My: palm open on chest
Favorite: middle finger on chin
Animal: turn fingers into your armpit area and wiggle it back and forth
Sign the following words: fruit and vegetable
Fruit: Sign "F" on your cheek and move it forward and backward
Vegetable: Sign "V" on your cheek and move it back and forth switching fingers
How do you differentiate things that have happened and things that are in the future?
Past: hand moves behind you
Future: hand moves ahead of you
Sign the following phrase: My aunt likes
My: Open palm on chest
Aunt: Sign "A" by cheek and move in circle
Likes: Thumb and middle finger "pull out" from your chest
Sign the following words: color, orange, lazy
Color: wiggle fingers at your chin
Orange: sign "O" and squeeze it at your chin
Lazy: sign "L" over heart and move up and down
Sign the following animals: dog, elephant, and bear
Dog: slap your hand on your thigh and then snap fingers together
Elephant: use your dominant hand to imitate the trunk of an elephant
Bear: cross arms over your chest and "scratch" at your shoulders
Sign the following sentence: I like small burgers.
I: finger pointing to you
Like: middle finger and thumb touching and pulling away from your chest
Small: use both hands, palms face each other
Burgers: ball hands together (like rolling meat balls)
Who, what, when, where, why
Bonus: how :)
Sign the following sentence: My sister has 2 sons.
My: Open palm on chest
Sister: thumb across jaw, and place fists on top of each other with the pointer fingers pointing out
Has: fingers pointing at chest with palms facing away
2: 2 fingers
Sons: "boy" sign near forehead, and move arms into a cradling motion
Sign the following sentence: I feel sad today.
I: point finger towards yourself
Feel: middle finger moving up on your chest
Sad: hands over face, moving down
Today: sign "Y" with both fingers, with the top of your hands facing down
Sign the following sentence: We are going to see the monkeys tomorrow.
Tomorrow: thumb at jaw and move forward
We: point to who's going
Going: use pointer finger on each finger
See: two fingers at your eye pointing away from you
Monkeys: imitate monkey motion with hands under armpit
Sign the following sentence: Do you want to eat hot dogs?
You: point to person
Want: pull hands towards you with top of hands facing down
Eat: fingers at mouth
Hot dogs: hold "bun" and place one finger inside
(DON'T FORGET TO RAISE YOUR EYEBROWS!)
Sign the following sentence: My brother doesn't like shopping.
My: palm touching your chest
Brother: sign "boy" then place fists on top of each other with index fingers pointing out
Doesn't like: Sign "like" and flick it away from you
Shopping: using both hands, place all finger tips together and wave back and forth