ASL / baby sign

[pne]

I've kind of decided to try to learn some basic ASL signs to use with babysign, since one of Stella's day-care children is 4 months and the other is 2 and just starting to speak... and since I'll be speaking English to both of them, ASL kind of makes more sense than DGS, especially since I won't be signing in complete sentences to them anyway (I expect) so it doesn't matter so much if I don't have a proper handle on the grammar. (Though that's a weak justification; based on what I speak to them, BSL would be even more appropriate, if anything. But ASL seems to have the best available Internet resources.)

So far, I've found SigningSavvy as a sign dictionary.

Amy can already recognise a few signs (at least eat, drink, cat, baby) I showed her.

I think I need a signing userpic; perhaps me fingerspelling my name or something. And I wonder whether to use "duck" as a namesign based on my Martin userpic, which I use nearly everywhere one can upload one's own avatar. (He's my Gravatar, for example, and I think also my Facebook profile picture.)

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[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

I know a little ASL. :) I know how to sign the alphabet, the signs for father and mother as well as the signs for cat and bird which is about the extent of my signing knowledge.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Many years ago, a friend had taught me the fingerspelling alphabet... I remember part of it but want to get it all back down again, too.

[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

It's really funny, but sometimes when I"m on the phone I'll use my free hand to fingerspell words. *L*

I remember doing that also, out of nervousness, when I had my car accidents and had to talk to the police. When they were taking down my info, the officers would notice it and ask me WTF I was doing. I told them I was fingerspelling things in sign language and that it was a nervous habit.