Signing Fun

American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities

First Edition

By Penny Warner
Illustrated by Paula Gray

Categories: American Sign Language Reference and Instruction, Children's Books / Young Adult
Imprint: Gallaudet University Press
Paperback : 9781563682926, 192 pages, November 2006
Ebook : 9781563685019, 192 pages, December 2010
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Table of contents

Contents
Introduction
1     The American Manual Alphabet
2     The Manual Numbers
3     Just Do It! Activity Signs
4     Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! Animal Signs
5     When You Grow Up: Career Signs
6     Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue: Color Signs
7     Stylin’: Clothing and Fashion Signs
8     Mad, Sad, and Glad: Feeling Signs
9     Time to Eat! Food Signs
10   Feeling Good: Health Signs
11   Celebrate! Holiday Signs
12   Home Sweet Home: Home Signs
13   How Much? How Many? Measurement Signs
14   Get Going! Movement Signs
15   Out and About: Outdoor Signs
16   It’s Party Time! Party Signs
17   Family and Friends: People Signs
18   Here and There: Place Signs
19   Let’s Play: Play Signs
20   Scared Stiff: Scary Signs
21   Is It Recess Yet? School Signs
22   Let’s Go Shopping: Shopping Signs
23   Let’s Go! Travel Signs
24   Extra Fun Signs
       Sign Language Games and Activities
       Glossary
       Resources
       Index

For ages 11 and up, this fun book presents 441 signs on a variety of topics, practice sentences, dozens of entertaining games, and tips on signing and fingerspelling.

 
 

Description

Here’s a great book for every young adult age 11 up, Signing Fun: American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities. Signing is visual, easy to learn, and fun to use. Author Penny Warner offers 441 useful signs on a variety of favorite topics: activities, animals, fashion, food, holidays, home, outdoors, parties, people, places, play, emotions, school, shopping, travel, plus extra fun signs for especially popular words. Each chapter includes practice sentences using everyday phrases to help new signers learn in a fun way.

Signing Fun provides dozens of entertaining games and activities, too, such as Alphabet Sign, Finger Fun Gesture Guess, Match Signs, Mime and Sign, Oppo-Sign, Picture Hand, Secret Sign, Sign-A-Gories, Signo Bingo, Snap and Sign, and Truth or Sign. It also features a list of tips on how to sign, including how to fingerspell, use numbers, and communicate with deaf people. Whimsical drawings clearly illustrate all of the signs, and a full index lists all of their English meanings for quick reference. Signing Fun is a terrific first book for learning sign while having a great time.

 

Penny Warner is a child development instructor and the author of more than 40 books living in Danville, CA.