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First 100 Basic ASL Signs Guide

This document provides a list of over 100 basic American Sign Language (ASL) signs for common words and phrases frequently used between parents and young children. It includes signs for family members, places, time concepts, foods, clothes, feelings, and more. Sample practice sentences are given to demonstrate how to combine signs from the list. The document emphasizes that ASL is a full language with its own grammar and culture, and that learning individual signs is just the beginning of becoming fluent.

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First 100 Basic ASL Signs Guide

This document provides a list of over 100 basic American Sign Language (ASL) signs for common words and phrases frequently used between parents and young children. It includes signs for family members, places, time concepts, foods, clothes, feelings, and more. Sample practice sentences are given to demonstrate how to combine signs from the list. The document emphasizes that ASL is a full language with its own grammar and culture, and that learning individual signs is just the beginning of becoming fluent.

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  • Basic ASL: First 100 Signs
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Basic ASL:  First 100 Signs

This page contains links to about a hundred basic ASL signs that are frequently used
between parents and their young children. Remember, there is much more to learning
American Sign Language than just memorizing signs. ASL has its own grammar,
culture, history, terminology and other important aspects. It takes time and effort to
become a "skilled language user." But you have to start somewhere if you are going to
get anywhere--so dive in and enjoy.

 Family - mom, dad, boy-girl, marriage, brother-sister, grandpa-grandma, a
unt-uncle, baby, single, divorced-separate
 Places - home, work, school, store, church, come-go, car/drive, in-out, wit
h,
 Time - day, night, week, month, year, will-(future), before-(in the
past), today-(now), finish-("all done!")
 Temperature - hot, cold
 Food - pizza, milk, hamburger, hot dog, egg, apple, cheese, drink, spoon,
fork, cup, cereal, water, candy, cookie, hungry
 Clothes - shirt, pants, socks, shoes, coat, underwear
 Health - wash, hurt, bathroom, brush teeth, sleep, nice/clean
 Feelings - happy, angry, sad, sorry, cry, like, good-bad, love
 Requests - please, excuse, thank
you, help, who, what, when, where, why, how, stop
 Amounts - big, tall, full, more
 Colors - blue, green, yellow, red, brown, orange, gold & silver
 Money - dollars, cents, cost
 Animals - cat, dog, bird, horse, cow, sheep, pig, bug

Also see: here, child, welcome, same

One hundred signs practice activity/test:   

[Or click here for a sample quiz assignment for which the answers have NOT been
posted so you can use them for student testing.]
Sample Practice Sentences:
Here are a few practice sentences you can sign using the "First 100 Sign Concepts" 
Note: Don't sign the information in the [ ] brackets.

I LOVE MY FAMILY.
MY DAD LIKE[s] COLD PIZZA.
MY MOM LIKE[s] CHURCH.
[The] HE-(point off to your side) BOY LIKE[s] HOT-DOG[s].
[The] SHE-(point) GIRL WANT[s] [to] FOOD [eat].
[The] THOSE-2 BOY [and] GIRL FUTURE [will] MARRIAGE [get married].
MY BROTHER LIKE HOT WASH-(body) [bath].
MY SISTER LIKE[s] SCHOOL.
MY GRANDMA HAVE [ has a] GREEN COAT.
PAST [last] YEAR MY GRANDPA WORK [ed].
MY AUNT SLEEP HER UNDERWEAR.
MY UNCLE DIVORCE.
SHE HAPPY BABY!
SHE (the) GIRL (is) SINGLE
MY MOM-DAD (parents) (are) SEPARATE(d).
I FINISH(ed) MY HOME-WORK.
I DRIVE-to SCHOOL.
I GO (to the) STORE.
I PAST GO (went to) CHURCH WITH MY BOY-MARRIAGE (husband).
PAST (last) WEEK I SLEEP IN MY CAR.
PAST (last) NIGHT (it was) COLD OUT (outside).

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Sample Practice Sentences: Here are a few practice sentences you can sign using the "First 100 Sign Concepts"  Note: Don't si

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