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Sign, Spell, & Match! Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles

July 15, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

I’ve always loved teaching our children American Sign Language.

We use ASL in our local congregation, but I also like using it to build early literacy skills in our kids.

In fact, when we practice spelling words, the kids generally fingerspell each word as they say the letter.

I’m convinced that learning to sign has made them better spellers overall.

Since ASL is such a wonderful tool for early spelling skills, I thought it would be awesome to combine it with letter recognition in these printable sign language alphabet puzzles!

Printable Sign Language Alphabet Matching Puzzles for Kids

These are wonderful for literacy centers!

Plus, they’d make great quiet time activities, since kids can practice matching up the puzzle pieces again and again.

Read on to see how to get your set!

And, for more practice with signing skills, check out our printable ASL weather fingerspelling lesson!

Ready to teach little ones how to sign? These fun sign language letter matching puzzles are perfect for building early signing skills!

Sign, Spell, & Match! Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles

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This set of ASL alphabet puzzles includes one set of three puzzle pieces for each letter of the alphabet.

Kids can complete each puzzle by matching the uppercase letter, the ASL sign, and the lowercase letter.

Cut them out and mix them up. Then challenge the kids to see how quickly they can complete all the puzzles!

Be sure to help them practice forming each ASL letter sign as they go.

These would also make a great take-and-go learning activity.

Simply laminate each puzzle, cut the pieces apart, and put the puzzle pieces into a reusable bag.

Kids can practice matching up letters on any flat surface while you wait!

Scroll down to get your copy of our Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles!

Ready to work on more early literacy skills with your students? Try some of these other literacy activities for kids!

Help early readers learn to rhyme with these fun rhyming word puzzles!

These fun ocean playdough mats are great for practicing literacy and fine motor skills!

Practice reading sight words this summer with these fun summer sight word flashcards! Great for building reading fluency before the new school year!

To get your copy of our Sign and Match! ASL Alphabet Puzzles, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

Work on letter recognition and learn sign language at the same time with these printable sign language alphabet letter puzzles! Perfect for early literacy practice!

Weather ASL Coloring Pages: ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets

March 18, 2019 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

It’s been a while since I shared some sign language printables with you guys, but no more!

Last week, I shared our set of printable Spanish flashcards: Spanish Weather Flashcards. Today I’m sharing a new sign language resource: Weather ASL Coloring Pages: ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets!

These are fun for practicing sign language fingerspelling, but they’d also be great for a weather unit!

Read on to get your copy! And if you love these, don’t miss our list of American Sign Language resources for homeschoolers!

Weather ASL Coloring Pages: ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets

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This Sign Language Weather Fingerspelling Lesson includes:

Four pages featuring weather symbols, along with the English word and the ASL letters for each word
Four coloring pages featuring black and white weather symbols and the ASL letters for each word
Two fingerspelling matching worksheets featuring English words and pictures
And an answer key!

Kids can study the ASL letters on the color printables to learn which letters match up with the English alphabet.

Then they can color the black and white page and write the English word on each blank line under the ASL spelling.

Simple!

Plus, students can get additional practice by matching each fingerspelled weather word to the correct English word and picture.

Perfect for early learners who are working on spelling skills!

If you want to learn ASL weather signs (not spellings), check out our free video lesson: How to Sign Weather and the Seasons in ASL!

Scroll on down to get your ASL Weather Coloring Pages!

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Free Printable Flashcards: ASL Number Flashcards

February 14, 2019 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Over the last month, we’ve featured free printable flashcards for learning shapes, colors, and alphabet animals. Today I’m sharing a set of free ASL number flashcards for learning how to sign the numbers 0-9 in sign language!

I’ve been using American Sign Language since I was a child. In fact, my husband, I, and our four children attend an American Sign Language congregation, and we thoroughly enjoy it. One of the first concepts we started teaching our kids was how to count in sign language and that’s where these sign language number flashcards came in handy!

I hope these are helpful in teaching your kids how to sign the numbers from 0 to 9! Once kids learn how to count numbers in sign language, help them learn the alphabet with our sign language alphabet flashcards!

What’s In the ASL Number Flashcards Pack?

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Laminator (for keeping the flashcards durable)

This 11-page printable pack includes:

A set showing the ASL numbers from 0-9 with number words
A set showing the ASL numbers from 0-9 with numerals
And a set showing the ASL numbers by themselves

You might decide to use the first sets to help kids learn how to relate numerals and number words, along with the sign language numbers. The third set is perfect for reviewing numbers and conducting a pop quiz.

With younger learners, you could make two copies and play a matching game.

Scroll down to get your Sign Language Numbers flashcards!

Resources for Learning to Count in Sign Language:

For more ways to teach counting in sign language, try these resources!

1. ABCs and Counting in Sign Language – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Numbering in American Sign Language: Number Signs for Everyone – Dawn Sign Press

3. Hand Sign Numbers 1-10 Toys – Plan Toys

4. Help Me Learn: Counting 1-10 in American Sign Language – Joan and Allen Silvey

Be sure to grab these printable resources for kids!

And get more tips for teaching kids how to sign on my American Sign Language lessons Pinterest board!

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Or get our Sign Language Number Flashcards, plus our Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards and our ASL Weather Fingerspelling Printables, in our ASL for Kids Learning Bundle!

Free Printable Flashcards: Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards

March 15, 2018 by Selena Robinson 17 Comments

It’s time for another set of free printable flashcards! I hope you all are enjoying these, because I love sharing them with you!

This week, we’re offering a set of free flashcards for learning the American Sign Language alphabet!

Even if you don’t know anyone who’s deaf or hard or hearing, you can still use sign language with your kids, particularly babies and toddlers.

We love American Sign Language in our family, so we’ve been teaching it to the kids from a young age.

Around here, Piglet is showing an interest in signing now. She tries to sign prayers and songs along with us.

When she does something to one of her siblings, she generally apologizes by signing “Sorry”. It’s too cute!

Keep reading to see how to get your set. And, see how to grab a deluxe sign language alphabet printable learning cards set from my store too!

By the way, if you love these, stop by and check out our Sign Language Number 1-10 cards as well!

Learn how to spell in American Sign Language with these printable sign language alphabet flashcards!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards: Sign Language Alphabet Pack?

To use these sign language alphabet flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Laminator (if you want to reuse these)

Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards for Learning the ASL Alphabet

The set includes a full set of ASL alphabet flashcards, with one card for each letter from A to Z.

There’s also a second set of cards that just features the ASL alphabet signs. You can use these to review the letters.

Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards for Learning ASL

Since the uppercase and lowercase letters are shown, you can also use these flashcards to help little learners identify their letters.

Printable Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards for Kids

Plus, these make a great matching game for young learners who are learning to distinguish between “same” and “different”.

Kids can match up the same English letters or ASL letters and compare them to different letters in the set.

Printable American Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards

Scroll down to get your copy of our Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards!

Sign Language Alphabet Printable Learning Cards

Turn learning the ASL alphabet into a complete literacy lesson with these printable sign language alphabet learning cards!

These printable sign language letter cards feature both brown and beige skin tones, along with uppercase and lowercase letters.

A line art version is also included, if you want to save on ink. Or you can have students color them in.

A set of printable line art ASL alphabet letter cards is also inside, plus a set of uppercase and lowercase letter cards.

Print them on cardstock and let students play a matching game at literacy centers!

See this product in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get these printable ASL alphabet learning cards!

How to Teach Kids to Sign the Alphabet

If you’d like more resources for teaching the letters in ASL to kids, try the books and links below!

Books for Teaching the Sign Language Alphabet:

1. ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read – Nellie Edge

2. American Sign Language Alphabet – Jackie Jeffrey

3. Learn the American Sign Language Alphabet – Barb Asselin

4. A is for American Sign Language – Tiffany Dovel

Ideas for Teaching the Sign Language Alphabet:

1. Teaching American Sign Language to Kids – Real Life at Home

2. How to Sign the ASL Alphabet – Look! We’re Learning!

3. Weaving Sign Language into Everyday Activities – Playing with Words 365

Get even more ideas for teaching sign language to kids from these posts!

How to Sign the Alphabet in Sign Language - Look! We're Learning!

10 American Sign Language for Homeschoolers Resources

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Teach kids to spell in American Sign Language with these printable sign language alphabet flashcards! Great for spelling practice too!

ASL Lesson 10: How to Ask Questions in Sign Language

October 4, 2016 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

It’s been almost literally forever, but I’ve got another sign language lesson for you today! And it only took 365 days! This lesson is all about how to ask questions in ASL.

When you’re first learning sign language, using questions can be kind of awkward. First, they nearly always appear at the end of a sentence, which is weird to English speakers.

Example: “Where did you eat last night?”

In ASL, you would sign: “Last night, you eat where?” (Or something similar)

So it can be kind of strange using them. But once you get the hang of it, you’ll be signing questions all over the place! Read on to learn more about how to ask questions in sign language!

How to Ask Questions in Sign Language

This video includes a lesson in how to sign these common question words:

Who
What
Where
Why
When
How
What’s up

I also talk a little about how these question words are used. For example, “What’s up?” in sign language is often used as an informal greeting, just as it is in English. (“Hey! What’s up?) But it’s also used to ask for more information or for an explanation of a concept.

So you might see a sentence signed like this: “That book, what’s up?” – which means “What is that book about?” Or you might see this: “Before happen, what’s up?” – which means “Tell me about what happened earlier.” In English, “What’s up” is still considered slang, but it’s perfectly proper grammar in ASL!

Take a look at the video to see more about how to use question words in sign language!

Do you have any specific American Sign Language topics you’d like to learn more about? Give me some suggestions in the comments!

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Learn more about how to use American Sign Language in your homeschool on my Pinterest board!

How to Teach Sign Language to Preschoolers

June 16, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

As you might be aware, we use Sign Language fairly often in our family. (For examples, see here, here, here, and here.) Many experts agree that the years from birth to age 5 are the prime years for introducing a foreign language to kids. But is it really possible to teach sign language to preschoolers?

Of course it is! Baby sign language has become extremely popular, so preschoolers are naturals as signing. But what does it take to teach ASL to very young children? Today I’m sharing a post I wrote for Learning 2 Walk that’s all about how to teach sign language to preschoolers!

Today is also another edition of the Laugh and Learn Linkup, so scroll on down to read our features from last week and the newest parenting and homeschooling posts!

How to Teach Sign Language to Preschoolers

One of the biggest suggestions I can give to teach ASL to preschool-aged kids is to keep it extremely simple and relaxed. When young children have fun, they end up learning naturally! And there’s no reason why learning sign language shouldn’t be fun!

For even more tips and suggestions, visit Learning 2 Walk to read the post “How to Teach Sign Language for Preschoolers“!

How to Teach Sign Language for Preschoolers – Learning 2 Walk

If you’re looking for some great books and resources for teaching sign language to toddlers and preschoolers, try these!

1. Baby Sign Language Basics by Monta Z. Briant

2. My First Book of Sign Language by Joan Holub

3. Sign Language: My First 100 Words by Michiyo Nelson

4. ABC Sign and Color: A Beginner’s Book of American Sign Language by Susan T. Hall

Linky time! 🙂

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ASL Lesson 8: ASL Weather Signs

September 17, 2014 by Selena Robinson 14 Comments

In keeping with the change of seasons, we’re sharing an American Sign Language lesson today that covers ASL weather signs! The video lesson also includes a primer on how to sign the seasons in ASL.

Learning to sign about the weather can really help you hold a conversation with a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual. After all, who doesn’t talk about the weather? And deaf people are no exception. Talking about the weather in your area is a wonderful icebreaker when you’re first getting to know someone who signs.

For more ASL practice, grab our set of free Weather ASL Fingerspelling Pages!

How to Use ASL Weather Signs

In this video, you’ll learn the signs for:

Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Weather
Rain
Flood
Ice
Snow
Storm
Lightning
Wind
Hurricane
Tornado

As you watch the video, you might see that facial expression and intensity play a huge role in the signs. For example, the sign “wind” changes in meaning, depending on how hard you sign it. It can mean a gentle breeze or it can mean a strong gust.

The same is true of “rain”. If you sign it softly, it means a shower. But if you sign it strongly, it can mean a storm or a downpour. Signing with intensity is the ASL equivalent of raising your voice. 🙂

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Watch the ASL Weather Signs lesson here!

And see more tips for learning ASL on my Sign Language Lessons Pinterest board!