http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/when-using-sign-language/ Learn Sign Language Lessons Easily and FREE Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/when-using-sign-language/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 MammaH Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:40:18 +0000 http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/when-using-sign-language/#comment-2297 ASL (American sign language) is a whole language unto itself, but has many similarities to English for practical reasons. When teaching sign to young children it is fine using signed English (signing every word in the order you would use if you were speaking), but it is not necessary to sign every one, just the most important. As for sign names for Mary and Joseph, look up online for biblical signs in ASL they may already have official sign names (I'm not particularly religious). Because the song is repetitive you should only need a handful of signs:-) ASL (American sign language) is a whole language unto itself, but has many similarities to English for practical reasons. When teaching sign to young children it is fine using signed English (signing every word in the order you would use if you were speaking), but it is not necessary to sign every one, just the most important. As for sign names for Mary and Joseph, look up online for biblical signs in ASL they may already have official sign names (I'm not particularly religious). Because the song is repetitive you should only need a handful of signs:-)

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