Baby signs 3 Flashcards by Luke Klein

different

Cross both index fingers together and then move them apart.

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Day

Hold your nondominant arm parallel to the ground, representing the horizon. Holding your index finger up, place your elbow on your hand and move your finger across the sky. Think of the sun moving across the sky during the day and finally setting.

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Danger

Hold your nondominant A hand near your chest and, moving your dominant A hand in front of it in a circular motion, tap it a couple of times. Think of blocking (nondominant hand) danger (dominant hand) coming at you.

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Again

Hold your nondominant hand flat with the palm facing up, and then tap the fingertips of your bent dominant hand on it. You can repeat this motion a few times.

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Awake

Put your index finger and thumb together in front of your eye, and then move your fingers apart. Think of your eyes going from closed to open.

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Bad

Put your flat hand on your chin, and then move it out and away as if you are throwing something away.

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Beautiful

Using your 5 hand, hold it in front of your face, and then swipe your fingers around and down to your chin, closing your hand at the bottom. Think of showing how beautiful your face is.

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Bicycle

Hold your hands as if you are holding on to a bike’s pedals and mimic them pedaling. Think of how your legs would pedal a bike.

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Bite

Hold your left hand up and grab on to it quickly with the fingertips of your right hand. Think of your right hand being a mouth biting something.

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Boy

Open and close your hand up near your forehead, as if you are tapping on the brim of an imaginary baseball cap.

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Bread

Pretend one hand is a loaf of bread and use the fingertips of your other hand to “slice” the bread.

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Broken

Hold both hands in fists together with the back of your hands facing up. Then “snap” your hands apart so that your fingers are facing each other. Think that you are holding on to a stick and are breaking it in half.

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Bug

Using your 3 hand, put your thumb on your nose and bend and straighten your index and middle fingers. Think of the antennae of a bug.

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Car

Move your hands like you’re driving a car.

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Careful

Using your K hands, place one on top of the other and move them in a circle outward and back in toward you.

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Cereal

Place your index finger near your mouth and bend and extend it a couple of times as you move it across your mouth. Think of chomping on cereal.

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Chair

Using your index and middle fingers on your dominant hand, tap them twice on the index and middle fingers of your nondominant hand. Think of a person taking a seat in a chair.

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Cloud

Pretending you are holding a cloud above your head, twist your hands as you move them across the sky. Think of a cloud moving through the sky.

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Cry

move your index fingers down your cheeks showing tears falling.

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Cup

Using your dominant hand, pretend you are holding on to a cup and tap it down onto your nondominant hand.
Think of placing a cup onto a table.

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Cute

Using your index and middle fingers, swipe them down your chin once.

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Daughter

Daughter is a combined sign of “girl” (drag thumb along jaw) and “baby.” Make the sign “Girl” and then “Baby”.

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Doctor

Tap the fingertips of your hand on your wrist as if you are testing your pulse. This sign can also be made by tapping the letter d on your wrist for doctor.

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Don’t

Holding your hand in a fist, place your thumb under your chin and flick it outward while shaking your head no.

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Door

Hold your hands up in front of you beside each other with the backs of your hands facing you. Then flip your dominant hand so the palm is facing you. Think of a door opening and your pinky finger is the hinge.

Dry

Wipe your straight finger across your chin as if wiping it dry. Form a hook with your finger as it leaves your chin.

Egg

Holding your two U hands in front of you, middle fingers touching, move them down and apart. Think of an egg cracking apart.

Excited

Using the middle fingers of your 5 hands, tap them upward on your chest. Think of how your excitement bubbles up in you.

Family

Using both your F hands, draw a circle in front of you. Start by touching your index fingers and thumbs together, and then move your hands in a circle until your baby fingers are touching. Think of a family circle.

Fire

Hold both 5 hands up with palms facing you, and then wiggle the fingers while moving your hands up and down. Think of the flickering flames of a fire.

Fork

Using your V hand shape of your dominant hand, tap on the palm of your nondominant hand. Think of the prongs of a fork picking something up.

Fox

Put your F hand up to your nose and wiggle your fingers slightly. Think of a fox's long nose.

Friend

Link your two index fingers together with your dominant hand on top, then change the positions of your hands so your nondominant hand is on top and link your fingers again. Think of giving your friend a big hug.

Frog

Place your index and middle fingers under your chin and flick out your fingers so they are straight. Do this movement a couple of times. Think of the throat of a bullfrog bulging out when it croaks.

Frustrated

Tap the back of your right hand on your chin. Think of being so frustrated, it feels like you are walking into a brick wall.

Full

Hold your nondominant hand in a fist and then move the palm of your dominant hand over your fist, showing that you could not fit anything else in your hand.

Girl

Slide the thumb from your A hand down your jaw, starting near your ear and ending near your chin. Think of drawing the line of the strap from a girl's bonnet.

Good

Place the fingertips of your flat dominant hand on your chin and then move your hand outward to tap into your nondominant hand. You can also just move your hand outward and not tap it into your other hand.

Grandma

Place your 5 hand in the "Mommy" position and then bounce your hand forward twice. Think of showing the generations with each bounce forward.

Grandpa

Place your 5 hand in the "Daddy" position and then bounce your hand forward twice. Think of showing the generations with each bounce forward.

Happy

This sign can be made using one or two hands. Tap your chest in an upward, circular motion.

Hat

Tap your head where a hat would be.

Home

Using your flattened O hand, touch the side of your mouth and then the top of your cheek. Think of a home being a place where you "eat" and "sleep."

How are you?

Starting with the outside of your hands together, fingers pointing down, roll your hands up a little so your fingertips are facing you, then point out as if you are pointing at someone.

Jump

Hold your nondominant hand flat with the palm facing up, representing the floor, and take the V hand shape of your dominant hand and jump it on your palm. It looks like a person jumping.

Kite

Flutter your dominant flat hand above your head, representing the kite, and then point the index finger of your nondominant hand as if it is the string of the kite. It looks like you are flying a kite.

Lady

Make the sign "Mommy" and then move your hand down to tap your thumb on your chest.

Man

Make the sign "Daddy" and then move your hand down to tap your thumb on your chest.

Medicine

Wiggle the middle finger of your dominant 5 hand on your nondominant palm. Think of pointing to a pill on the palm of your hand.

Melt

Hold your fists together and then drop them apart while you extend your thumbs out.

Mommy

Using your 5 hand, put your thumb against your chin and wiggle your fingers a little, or you can tap your thumb on your chin.

Moon

Make the shape of the letter c, using only your index finger and thumb, and place it near your forehead, moving it up and out. Think of a crescent moon in the sky.

Movie

Place your dominant hand with palm facing out against your nondominant hand. Move it back and forth a little, think of the flickering of a movie reel.

Music

Move your hand up and down your arm as if you are conducting music.

Using your index and middle fingers, tap them on your thumb a couple of times.

Old

Take your hand and pull down at your chin. Think of pulling a long white beard.

Outside

Hold your hand in a loose 5 hand shape in front of your face and then move your hand out a little bit while closing your fingers and thumb together. Point your hand in the direction of outside.

Pasta

Using your baby fingers, move your hands apart as if you were tossing spaghetti noodles in a bowl.

Piggyback

This is actually a classifier rather than a sign. Hold your index finger up on your nondominant hand, representing the person, and then hook your index and middle finger from your dominant hand, representing the legs of the piggyback rider. It looks like a person giving someone a piggyback ride.

Play

Holding up your two Y hands, twist your wrists to make your Y hands dance.

Potato

Hold your nondominant hand in a fist. Then, using your index and middle fingers of your dominant hand, tap the top of the fist. Think of testing the doneness of a potato with a fork.

Rice

Hold your nondominant hand in the shape of a bowl and use your dominant R hand to pretend to scoop rice from the bowl up to your mouth.

Rock

Tap one fist on top of the other like you are tapping two rocks together.

Run

Holding your two hands in the L hand shape, hook the index finger of your dominant hand onto the thumb of your nondominant hand. Then bend and straighten your nondominant index finger as you move your hands forward.

Scared

Start with your hands held tightly in S hand shapes and then thrust your hands toward each other, opening them up into a 5 hands shape, as if you were just startled.

Serious

Twist your index finger on your chin.

Hold your nondominant flat hand up with your palm facing your body. Place your other hand on top of it and slide that hand back and forth up your index finger and toward your thumb. Think some for you (as you sweep out toward your fingertip) and some for me (as you sweep in toward your thumb).

Shy

Put the back of your fingers on your cheek and roll your hand slightly forward. Think of your cheeks getting flushed when you are shy.

Sick

Using your 5 hand shapes, touch your middle fingers to your forehead (dominant hand) and your tummy (non-dominant hand) at the same time.

Silly

Using your Y hand, tap the end of your nose from side to side with your thumb.

Sit

Tap your U hand shape down on your other U hand once. Think of setting one hand down on the other one.

Sleep

Hold your 5 hand in front of your face and move it down to your chin while closing your fingers together. Think of your eyes closing when you are sleepy.

Slow

Move one hand slowly up the back of the other hand.

Socks

Point your two index fingers down toward the floor and move them up and down as they brush together. Think of pulling your socks onto your feet.

Sorry

Move your fist on your chest in a circular motion.

Soup

Holding your nondominant hand in the shape of a bowl, use your dominant U hand to pretend to scoop soup from the bowl up to your mouth.

Spider

Cross your hands over each other at the wrists and wiggle your fingers like you are mimicking a spider's legs moving.

Stand

Stand your upside down V hand shape on the palm of your other hand.

Stop

Move your dominant hand down in a swift chopping motion onto your nondominant palm.

Strawberry

Using your dominant hand, hold on to the end of your nondominant index finger and twist a little. Think of twisting off the green stem.

Street

Hold your hands parallel to each other and move them forward as if you are showing a road.

Stroller

Pretend you are holding on to the handle of a stroller and mimic rocking it forward twice.

Swim

Move your hands like you are mimicking doing a small breaststroke in the water.

Swing

Hook your dominant U hand over your nondominant U hand and swing your hands forward.

Talk

Using your 4 hand, tap your index finger on your mouth. Think of words coming out of your mouth as you speak.

Tired

Put your fingertips on your chest and then drop your arms down as if you are too tired to hold them up.

Toast

Hold your nondominant hand flat, palm facing you, representing a piece of bread. Then using your V hand, pretend to stick it into both sides of the bread, first one side, then the other. Think of toasting a piece of bread over an open fire.

Together

Hold both fists together and move both hands in a circle.

Tomato

Hold your nondominant hand in a flattened O hand shape. Using the index finger with your dominant hand, make the sign "Red" (drag finger across lips then down). Then pretend to chop down along your fingertips. Think of cutting a "red" tomato.

Toy

Shake or twist your T hands. This is the same movement as the sign "play." Make sure to use two hands, as using only one is "toilet."

(choo-choo) Train

Both hands are in a U hand shape and the dominant hand moves forward and back along the "tracks" of the nondominant hand

Truck

Move your hands like you are driving a big truck.

Turn (taking turns)

Hold your L hand with the palm facing down, and then flip your hand over so your palm is facing up. Think of the thumb pointing first at you and then flipping over to someone else, showing that it is now their turn.

Uncle

Holding your U hand up near your forehead, move it in a circular motion. You can also make a twisting motion at the wrist.

Wait

Holding both 5 hands up with palms facing you, wiggle your fingers a bit. Think of feeling fidgety when you have to wait for someone.

Walk

Hold both flat hands parallel to the ground palms facing down and "walk" your hands forward a bit.

Want

Place hand palm up in front of you, then draw your hands toward yourself and curl your fingers as if pulling something to yourself.

Warm

Put your loose 5 hand in front of your face and blow on your fingers as you move them outward away from your mouth. Think of putting something hot up to your mouth and you are trying to blow on it to make it cooler.

Wash

Hold both hands in fists and rub the top hand in a circular motion. Think of holding on to a dirty shirt and you are trying to scrub out a stain.

Water

Tap the index finger of your W hand shape on the edge of your mouth.

Wet

Similar to “soft”. Hold both hands with your palms up in a loose 5 hands shape, and then drop your hands a little while closing your fingers and thumb together. Think of pulling water out of a hanging towel. Use a “water” sign before, or use an “ew” facial expression.

What

Hold both hands open with palms facing up, shrug your shoulders, and wiggle your hands a bit from side to side.

Where

Hold your index finger up and wag it back and forth.

Wind

Move your hands back and forth, showing the wind blowing.

Window

Hold both hands flat with palms facing you. Place your dominant hand on top of your nondominant hand and mimic a window opening.

Woman

Make the sign "Mommy" and then move your hand down to tap your thumb on your chest.

Work

This sign is similar to "rock,” but the heel of the upper hand strikes the thumb-side of the lower fist. Think of the sayings "a hard day's work" and "nose to the grindstone."

Yes

Using your S hand, shake it up and down in the same way you would move your head when nodding yes.

Yogurt

Hold your nondominant hand in the shape of a cup and then, using your Y hand, dip your thumb in the "cup" and move it up to your mouth. (I have also seen this sign done with dipping the baby finger in the "cup.") This is a new sign, so "yogurt" is also often finger spelled.

You’re welcome

Hold your dominant hand out in front of you with your palm facing up and pull it in toward your belly. Think of welcoming something to you.