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I"m going to be teaching Kate and you summer signs in ASL.
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right in and learn how to sign summer signs. SUMMER
SUMMER It's just like you're
dripping sweat off of your forehead. Can you sign summer? What is your favorite part about summer?
Um probably swimming. Oh I agree. We've had a really good swimming summer haven't we?
SUN or SUN
You do a "C" hand coming up from your forehead or a circle and the sun's shining down.
Can you sign sun? Very good. WARM
WARM It's like
you're blowing warm air out of your mouth. Can you sign warm like you're blowing it out?
WARM Awesome.
HOT HOT
It's like the hot breath coming out of your mouth. Can you sign hot?
HOT Very good.
SWIM SWIM
It just looks like you're swimming. All right can you show me the sign for swim?
Awesome. And you're a pretty excellent swimmer aren't you? Yeah I am. I love this one. You do.
PLAY PLAY
It's "Y" hands playing around like little kids.
Okay can you do play? Awesome. Just looks like we're playing.
REST REST
Your arms are laying across your chest. Can you cross your hands and do rest?
Just take a rest. Close your eyes everyone. All right.
VACATION or HOLIDAY You have your five hands and your
thumbs go right under your armpits. Okay can you show me vacation? All right what is your favorite
vacation we've gone on? Um probably to Disneyland. Oooh I would agree. Seeing Mickey Mouse? Yes. Yeah
and Minnie Mouse too. And Minnie Mouse too. TRAVEL
TRAVEL You have your two fingers
bent down and it's showing that you're traveling around. All right can you do travel? Very good.
BEACH or BEACH It's showing the sand and the waves
crashing onto the beach. Can you show me beach?
BEACH And then make it crash. There you go,
crashing up on the shore. So do we do this and then come back?
And then--there you go. Pulling it down, also pull it down with our knuckles like that? Very good.
SLEEP IN SLEEP IN
You do the sign for sleep and then showing the sun coming up, and you're still asleep.
Can you show me sleep in? Alright sleep and then the sun coming up. very good.
You're really good at sleeping in. My brother's not. No he's not. He wakes up early.
ICE CREAM ICE CREAM
It looks like you're licking an ice cream cone. I think you know this one. How do you do ice cream?
ICE CREAM Do we want to get some ice cream
after this? Snow cones. Oh even better. HAMBURGER
HAMBURGER It's like you're making the hamburger patty.
HAMBURGER Let's mash the hamburger. Awesome job.
HOT DOG HOT DOG
It's like you're making the shape of the hot dog. HOT DOG
Hot dog, hot dog. PICNIC
PICNIC Your hands
swipe back and forth against each other. Okay can you do picnic? Awesome.
MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN
You're doing a rock and going up. Can you do mountain? Rock and going up. We went to the
mountains this summer. Yep. LAKE or POND
It's the sign of water making a circular shape of a lake or a pond.
Can you do lake or pond? Water and circle. And what are we at right now?
A lake. OCEAN
OCEAN It's the sign water and waves.
Can you do ocean? Water and waves. Good job. HIKE or HIKING
These are like the spikes at the bottom of the shoes as you're hiking up a mountain.
Can you get your three fingers, bend them and go for a hike?
Awesome. It's like your feet going up. You're right, very good.
PARK PARK
It's what we call a fingerspelled loan sign. It's fingerspelled so many times
that it's turned into its own sign. Can you fingerspell park? P-A-R-K.
Awesome job. SEASON
SEASON It's an "S" hand going
around a clock representing time. Can you do season? Very good job.
SUNGLASSES You just do the sign for SUN or SUN and GLASSES.
Can you do sunglasses? Awesome job. OUTSIDE or TO GO OUT
It's just like you're in the house and you're leaving. Can you do outside?
Very good. OUTSIDE.
Thanks for learning how to sign with me. Love you all, bye! Oh my gosh!
Let's put these summer signs into sentences.
Where are you going on vacation? YOU GO VACATION WHERE?
I"m going to the beach this summer. SUMMER BEACH I GO I.
I'm bringing hot dogs to the picnic. PICNIC I BRING HOT DOG I.
Are you going to the lake or the beach? YOU GO LAKE BEACH WHICH?
Great job! I hope you all are having a great summer. Be sure to relax and enjoy some sunshine,
and also learn something new, like ASL. And if you haven't already, be sure to like, subscribe, and
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