We are learning sign language!

[alohacousin]

Our daughter can't talk. The school is working with augmentative communication but about a month ago i bought a sign language dictionary. The whole family is learning to sign. Kelsey can't sign yet but the family is enjoying learning a new way to communicate. My 3 yr old< ryan loves to sign mommy. I believe kelsey is understanding our signing more than she can use the movements herself.
The kids favorite sign is disney of course.
Just wanted to share~

Leavin' for disney in 3 days

 

[SueM in MN]

Congratulations on learning a new language.
Children normally understand a lot more (and a lot faster) than they can use what they understand to communicate, whether with words or with signs. So I'm sure you are right about Kelsey's understanding.

 

[Talking Hands]

Wonderful. OF course Kelsey will proably understand before she can sign but she will get it. And it is wonderful the whole family is learing. Congrats

 

[signtalker]

Thats great i wish you all the luck in the world.

Jules

 

[Mazzy]

It's wonderful that the whole family is learing to sign, it will make such a difference to your daughter's enjoyment and inclusion in family life.

I'm just curious as to what the sign is for 'Disney'. We are from the UK, I am partially deaf, but in the last couple of years we too have been learing basic sign (BSL) as a family, just to help communications a little, and I'm sure the kids (and me too!) would love to know what the sigh is for our favourite place!

 

[signtalker]

Mazzy, the sign for disney in BSL is clench both fists, put them on either side of youre head(like mickey mouse ears!)
LOL i have visions of you doing it now, anything or any other sign i can help with just ask
JULES

 

[Amphigorey]

Hey, cool, I never knew what the sign for Disney was in BSL! Thanks, signtalker.

In ASL (hmm, I hope I can describe this well enough), the sign for Disney is like the sign for 'candy.' Make a D (that's an ASL d - you do it by pointing your index finger straight up and touching the tips of your other fingers to your thumb - see how it forms a 'd'?). Now put the thumb of the D where your dimple would be and wiggle your hand.

Did that make any sense at all? I also tried to describe the sign for Epcot elsewhere, but I'm not sure it worked.

alohacousin, it is so cool that your whole family is learning to sign. Have fun!

 

[Talking Hands]

Amphigory I have seen the interpreters use this sign but placed at the temple area not the dimple. Makes more sense since Disney was a male.
I have also seen the d on the back of the hand plus the sign for world used by Orlando deaf people.
And I have seen kids just use the flattened "O" at the side of the head as in Mickey Mouse.

 

[s&k'smom]

That's wonderful that your daughter is learning ASL. My son was non-verbal up until about 3 1/2 and we we doing a lot of signing. It was amazing how quickly he caught on.