DIRECTIONS: Make each sign every time you say its word. Keep saying the word too.
MOREBoth hands in a flattened O, fingertips tapping together twice.
When: they finish something and want another. Food, a swing, a song, a page.
ALL DONEBoth hands open, palms turned in, then flipped over to face out. Often shaken a little.
When: the meal is over, or they want to get down. You can say it to them too.
Four is plenty. Add the next when one of these comes back to you.
Eat and Drink
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DIRECTIONS: Two more. Then read the notes once.
EATFingertips gathered onto the thumb, tapped at the lips twice.
When: food is coming, or you are asking whether they want some.
DRINKA C hand, thumb on the chin, tipped back like a cup.
When: offering a cup. Works for anything in a cup.
1. Their version won’t match the picture. Two fists banged together is more. Accept it and keep making the proper one yourself.
2. Respond the moment it happens. A sign ignored twice stops being made.
3. Keep talking. The sign goes alongside the word, not instead of it.
4. These are real ASL signs, but eight signs are not the language. That pack comes at eight.
Why do it? Not for claims about talking sooner, which are argued about. They can make the shape months before they can say the word, so they can ask instead of cry.