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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[conuly]

It's not that great, I originally found them off of Google.

This one is pretty comprehensive, but a pain to navigate

This one is easier to navigate, but I always find their signing to be a little fast

This one... each sign has a description, and often step-by-step photos, which is great. Sometimes it includes alternatives, which is awesome, given how regional ASL is. But it's not as comprehensive as the others. (On the other hand, you can contact the site owner and ask for advice on one sign or another, and he'll reply pretty quickly, which has put this site as my favorite.)

Never used this one, but they look insanely dedicated.

As for BSL and Auslan, man, I can't find the linkies right now. They were two (good) subscription sites, though. FREE subscription, I should say.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks!

The commtechlab.msu.edu was one I found, too, and that pointed me to SigningSavvy -- IIRC, they said that their own material was limited and wasn't being added to and the videos fairly small, since the project was a bit older, so they suggested going to SigningSavvy if you wanted a word they didn't have or bigger images or generally a better experience.

[conuly]

It was three years ago I made these bookmarks, so that makes sense :)