Step-by-step ASL guides for the signs babies and toddlers learn first – eat, drink, more, please, milk, sleep, and dozens more. Each guide shows the exact handshape and motion with real photos, plus the age window when most children pick up the sign.
Learning how to sign white in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “White” pulls off the chest and closes, like plucking a crisp white shirt. It is a smooth, satisfying sign and a useful one…
Learning how to sign orange in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Orange” squeezes an invisible orange at your chin — fruit and color in one sign. The mime is so literal that toddlers often…
Learning how to sign yellow in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Yellow” is the letter Y doing a little shimmy. Thumb and pinky out, twist twist — one of the easiest color signs for…
Learning how to sign red in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Red” points at the reddest thing on your face: your lips. A fingertip brushes down from the lower lip, and it is usually…
Learning how to sign how in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “How” rolls two curled hands open like revealing a secret. It is the last of the big question words toddlers acquire, and the…
Learning how to sign why in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Why” pulls a reason right out of the forehead. Toddlers hit the why-phase with or without this sign — teaching it just gives…
Learning how to sign who in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Who” lives at the chin, where a curious finger crooks at the mystery person. It rounds out the toddler question words and fuels…
Learning how to sign where in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Where” is a single finger wagging side to side — simple enough for very young toddlers. It powers every hide-and-seek and every “where…
Learning how to sign what in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “What” is the universal shrug, made official. Open palms shake side to side under a questioning face — the first question word most…
Learning how to sign name in ASL gives your child a way to communicate before words arrive. “Name” is two finger-pairs tapping into a little X. It unlocks the most important question in a toddler’s social world: what is YOUR…