Animals
Sign for Bird
The sign for "bird" is made by forming the letter "g" and placing your hand at the right side of your mouth. Open and close the thumb and index finger twice (www.lifeprint.com).
Correct sign for door close
To sign "close" as in "shut," start with flat hands, fingers pointing up, palms facing, a few inches apart, and then swing both hands forward as if closing double doors. open-DOOR: DOOR: The right hand pivots open and then closes (www.lifeprint.com).
The hand that moves or performs the sign
What is dominant?
Introduce yourself
How are you
The sign HOW uses two modified "c" hands (thumbs alongside) touches them at the knuckles and rolls them forward till the palms are up. To sign "YOU," just point at the other person (www.lifeprint.com).
Sign for Penguin
Bring both arms down straight to the sides of the body. Bend your wrists so hands point out. Move the entire trunk of the body side to side a couple of times (www.signingtime.com).
Type of a handshape is used for books
To sign book, put your hands together, palm-to-palm. Then holding your pinkies together, open up your hands as if opening up a book (www.babysignlanguage.com).
3 WH-Word questions
Sign "WHO" and "WHAT"
The sign for "who" as several variations. A good general variation is to place the tip of your thumb on your chin with your index finger extended. Bend your index finger twice. Notice, some people do this sign without touching the chin (www.lifeprint.com).
Use a WH-Q (wh-question) facial expression. The hands move slightly forward and to the sides. Here is a variation of the sign "WHAT" that is made by extending your base hand outward. Starting near the thumb, drag the tip of your index finger downward, across your palm (www.lifeprint.com).
Homework
The sign for homework is a "compound" sign made from a combination of the signs "HOME" and "WORK." Normally the sign HOME makes a double touch to the cheek (first near the mouth, then higher up toward the ear). Normally the sign WORK makes a double movement (whacking the non-dominant fist with the dominant fist twice) (www.lifeprint.com).
Sign for Dog
Sign dog by patting your outstretched hand with fingers together on the side of your hip. Just as if you were calling the dog. In proper ASL, the patting of the hip is followed by bringing your hand up and clicking it (www.babysignlanguage.com).
Type of sign is used to show on thing that needs to turn on and off
To sign light, take your strong hand and raise above and to the side of your head. Take your fingers from being extended and together to extended outward (www.babysignlanguage).
When you use your eyebrow to show in order to do what?
Sign "NICE TO MEET YOU"
1. First sign nice by brushing the palms of one hand gently over the other; 2. Next sign meet. To do this, raise the pointer fingers on both hands and tuck the remaining fingers into both palms in a small circle. Bump the knuckles of the hands gently together – like two people coming up to meet; 3. To sign the word you, simply point to the person you are referencing (www.signingtime.com).
Please
The sign for "please" is made by placing your flat right hand over the center of your chest. Move your hand in a clockwise motion (from the observer's point of view, use a circular motion towards your left, down, right, and back up) a few times (www.lifeprint.com).
Sign for Cat
To sign cat, with both hands pinch your thumb and index finger together by the side of each cheek, while keeping your remaining fingers straight out. As you pinch your fingers together take them from each side of your face outward. The sign looks just like you are teasing your whiskers straight (www.babysignlanguage.com).
The other sign that close and open
The sign for "window" shows the opening and closing (www.lifeprint.com).
Which cardinal number have palm orientation facing toward the signer
What is number 1-5 and number 11-15?
Sign WHERE
The sign for "where" is made using an INDEX-finger handshape. Hold your hand in front of you and "pivot" the hand side to side a couple of times. The movement is in the wrist and elbow NOT in the finger joint (www.lifeprint.com).
Hearing
Up, forward, down, and back. Repeat twice. Think of words tumbling forth from the mouth (www.lifeprint.com).
Sign for Bunny/Rabbit
The rabbit looks like the long ears of a rabbit, twitching. Make both hands into a fist and place them on top of your head, with middle and index fingers extended to make the rabbit ears. Bend and extend the middle and index fingers, to make the ears twitch (www.babysignlanguage).
This sign shows a thing you would use to take notes in class
The sign for "paper" uses a repeated backward movement of the dominant hand. If you are right handed, strike the left palm with the right palm twice. The right hand moves (www.lifeprint.com).
Three ways to get a Deaf person's attention
What is WAVING, TAPPING and INTERMEDIARY?
Describe the person next to you (include name)
(YOU DESCRIBE THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU INCLUDE NAME) - WITHOUT SPOKEN ENGLISH, USE SIGNS/GESTURES
Deaf
They start near the mouth and end near the ear. Note: Sometimes the sign DEAF only makes "one" contact with the cheek (www.lifeprint.com).