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!

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!

Sign, Spell, & Match! Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles

To use these printable sign language alphabet puzzles, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer Paper
• Laminator
• Scissors

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!

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

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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

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

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer Paper
• Pencils
• Crayons

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!

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Don’t miss our other sign language printables!

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To get your copy of our Weather ASL Coloring Pages, pick up our ASL for Kids Learning Bundle! It has our ASL alphabet flashcards, our ASL number flashcards, and these weather ASL fingerspelling printables inside!

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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!

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)

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.

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

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.

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!

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In the deaf community, schooling is a HUGE part of life. Many deaf children and adults attend institutions that are specifically geared to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, so they make lifelong connections at these schools. Some deaf kids and adults, though, attend public schools where they receive instruction alongside hearing individuals with the aid of an interpreter.

Either way, learning how to use signs related to school is important if you’re going to try to talk about education or schooling with a deaf or hard-of-hearing person. And learning these signs can help!

If you enjoy this lesson, stop by and check out how to sign animals in ASL and how to talk about weather in sign language too!

How to Use Signs for School in Sign Language

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

• School
• Book
• Homeschool
• Homework
• Graduation
• Backpack
• Math
• Science
• Reading
• English
• Writing
• and History!

Not many deaf kids are homeschooled (at least not that I know of), but since we’re homeschoolers, I had to include the sign for “homeschool”. And it’s a literal compound sign: the sign for “home” and the sign for “school” stuck together.

If you enjoyed this ASL lesson on school signs, check out some of our other American Sign Language lessons!

And get more ASL tips on my American Sign Language Lessons board on Pinterest!

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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!

Don’t miss these other sign language resources!

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

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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

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If you’re searching for ways to teach American Sign Language for homeschoolers, check out some of these great ASL resources!

10+ American Sign Language for Homeschoolers Resources

ASL2U is our virtual ASL tutoring service. We’ve completed our very first downloadable lesson and you can grab it now for just $1.99! The lesson includes more than 20 color signs and a complete practice conversation to help you learn to introduce yourself and meet someone in sign language!

To get your copy of ASL2U Lesson 1, visit our Store!

Here are even MORE great American Sign Language for Homeschoolers resources!

A Basic Course in American Sign Language

Sign Language: My First 100 Words

My First Book Of Sign Language

Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language

Learn to Sign the Fun Way!: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking with Games, Puzzles, and Activities in American Sign Language

The American Sign Language Puzzle Book

American Sign Language for Beginners – Flashcards: Animal & Colors Pack (Incl. ASL + English + Spanish)

American Sign Language for Beginners – Flashcards: Action & Opposites Pack (Incl. ASL + English + Spanish)

American Sign Language Bingo Game – Super Duper Educational Learning Toy for Kids

400 American Sign Language Cards Fun Deck

Learn more about teaching sign language to kids!

American Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards

Sign Language Weather Fingerspelling Pack

Sign Language Number Flashcards

And don’t forget to follow my American Sign Language lessons board on Pinterest!

This post is part of the “Foreign Languages for Your Homeschool” linkup from iHomeschoolNetwork! Click on over to read how our fellow bloggers teach foreign languages to their families!

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How to Sign the Alphabet in ASL

We’ve shared some great resources that feature how to sign the alphabet in sign language! Check them out below:

ASL2U Lesson 1: Meeting Someone

ASL Alphabet Flashcards

ASL Number Flashcards

To get a look at the alphabet and numbers in ASL, watch the video lesson below! You might want to print the flashcards to refer to as you watch.

We’d love to know what you think! By the way, if there are any topics in particular, you’d like us to cover, feel free to let me know here! You can subscribe to our future videos by clicking here.

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