Quick list of links and thingies we do....

[conuly]

For the reference of various people :)

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/
http://lifeprint.com/dictionary.htm
http://www.aslpro.com/

(I would suggest people signing to their kids focus more on interesting signs and less on useful ones. Kids are weird that way.)

http://bpcparks.org/bpcp/events/events.php
http://www.gocitykids.com/?area=197
http://timeoutnykids.com/index.jsp
http://www.brooklynkids.org
http://www.statenislandkids.org (they're always out of date, but the weeklies run steadily on)
http://cmom.org
http://www.centralparknyc.org/kids/playgroundlisting

I'll add more to this list later.

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Thanks, the signing ones will help, although now PECS has surpassed signing, except in public where he tunes out speech and can only focus on signing.

Another recommendation, to make it two way, pick signs that are simpler, like we were doing more for a long time but want is easier for him to do, so we use MORE all the time, and 'wait' looks like just talking with your hands almost but later is REALLY Clear, so that is the preferred sign even if grammatically it doesn't make sense.

But then I dont know your flist, and who may be signing to their kids, some people do it for fun or whatever but for us it's REALLY important so what I am saying may not matter to people reading this. Their kid may understand the word WAIT and will chill out. Mine will flip out and stuff until he sees the sign later and THEN he will chill out (age appropriately of course, tell ANY kid later for ice cream and its a bit hard).

But HOORAY PECS. :) (And I lost my url to the FREE boardmaker stuff. Boo.)

[conuly]

Another recommendation, to make it two way, pick signs that are simpler

That's why in my own life I also rip signs off from other signed languages all the time. I don't always have the ability to make the ASL signs, but I can make simpler ones. (And sometimes the ASL sign is the simpler one, of course.)

What I want to tell people is that even if you're doing it for fun (that's definitely me) or to make your life slightly simpler for a few months until speech catches up, you don't know - you might have the kid who could really benefit from it, and better to start earlier rather than later.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

A lot of our signs are halved -- that is the ones that need two hands get only one. Or in different spots. As close to ASL as possible if that turns out to be a good way to communicate, but whatever is practical. Goal is communication.

Oh and in kindergarten my daughter was taught Spanish and ASL, and learning days of the week, the month, colors, counting, the alphabet, in all three was VERY helpful to the kids. It reinforced everything.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Thanks, the signing ones will help, although now PECS has surpassed signing, except in public where he tunes out speech and can only focus on signing.

Another recommendation, to make it two way, pick signs that are simpler, like we were doing more for a long time but want is easier for him to do, so we use MORE all the time, and 'wait' looks like just talking with your hands almost but later is REALLY Clear, so that is the preferred sign even if grammatically it doesn't make sense.

But then I dont know your flist, and who may be signing to their kids, some people do it for fun or whatever but for us it's REALLY important so what I am saying may not matter to people reading this. Their kid may understand the word WAIT and will chill out. Mine will flip out and stuff until he sees the sign later and THEN he will chill out (age appropriately of course, tell ANY kid later for ice cream and its a bit hard).

But HOORAY PECS. :) (And I lost my url to the FREE boardmaker stuff. Boo.)

[conuly]

Another recommendation, to make it two way, pick signs that are simpler

That's why in my own life I also rip signs off from other signed languages all the time. I don't always have the ability to make the ASL signs, but I can make simpler ones. (And sometimes the ASL sign is the simpler one, of course.)

What I want to tell people is that even if you're doing it for fun (that's definitely me) or to make your life slightly simpler for a few months until speech catches up, you don't know - you might have the kid who could really benefit from it, and better to start earlier rather than later.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

A lot of our signs are halved -- that is the ones that need two hands get only one. Or in different spots. As close to ASL as possible if that turns out to be a good way to communicate, but whatever is practical. Goal is communication.

Oh and in kindergarten my daughter was taught Spanish and ASL, and learning days of the week, the month, colors, counting, the alphabet, in all three was VERY helpful to the kids. It reinforced everything.