Here’s one you may be interested in to get started. They’re pretty good, all things considered. If I ever have a baby some day, I’d seriously consider buying some though. I don’t personally own any, as I’ve just been cruising the clips I can find on You Tube. She sells tons of DVDs and educational packages. Sometimes though she’ll throw in a self-written song at the end which usually is not my cup of tea, but she will sign the words again while singing it and it’s helpful to see things multiple times (repetition!). Then she’ll show some footage of toddlers and young kids signing the same sign, which is also a good reinforcer. I find that extra explanation (more than just the visual) is useful to commit the sign to memory. She signs new words a few times each, and explains what it’s supposed to represent (like with “Spring,” it’s flowers coming out of the ground). I put up with her incessant perkiness because it’s one of the better teaching resources I’ve found online so far. But then again, the show is intended for babies and children, not adults, so maybe the extra visual does help them. I realize she’s trying to do it so you can see her fingers more clearly (her thumb and pointer are labeled with blue, while the rest of her fingers are labeled with red bands.) However, I find it more distracting than useful. She also wears these ridiculous bands on her fingers which makes her hand looks so unnatural. Though to be honest, the host annoys me a bit.
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Sometimes I also like to watch youtube videos from a TV show called Baby Signing Time I’m definitely teaching ASL to any kids I might have in the future, and I encourage others to do the same! The above resource is a fabulous one for learning the most basic of signs. I think it’s awesome to teach babies sign language because it eliminates frustration for both you and your baby. It’s a proven phenomenon that babies can communicate with their hands and bodies before they can speak, so teaching your baby some basic signs (like eat, more, milk, cookie, diaper, up, down, potty, etc) can enable them to tell you what they are wanting without having to resort to pointing (which you may not follow completely) or crying. It’s geared mainly towards teaching your baby signs, so that it can communicate with you. I first found these videos through a much-watched clip showcasing her daughter at a young age demonstrating the signs she knows. She then cuts to a video of her daughter signing the same word she just introduced. The lady who explains the videos is very down to earth and explains what the signs mean when she does them. The very first videos I used to learn sign language I found on youtube, but they have a website called My Smart Hands This is the first of 2 posts I will make on the subject. Since then I have become much more serious about studying American Sign Language, and have compiled a few resources that I like to use. So I posted an entry a long time ago about how I became interested in sign language through a TV show called Switched at Birth:
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