Learning ASL
Resources for learning American Sign LanguageLearning ASL with your Child
The American Society for Deaf Children has programs that will help you learn American Sign Language. Giving your child access to a visual language like ASL will help provide a strong foudation for learning and communication that will last a lifetime.
Learning ASL in Person
Check out our ASL Weekends – a two-day workshop that will help you take your ASL skills to the next level. All skills levels welcome!
Learning ASL Online
Want to practice signing from home? Become an ASDC member and get five free sessions of SignOn with ASDC. You’ll sign in real time with a Deaf adult. You can choose your topics of conversation, schedule sessions as a time that is most convenient for you, and go back and watch your recorded sessions for more practice! SignOn also has a program for kids called “Friends Like Me” where your child can chat weekly with a group of kids their age.
In addition ASDC regularly offers online classes and webinars.
Learning ASL through Reading
Find hundreds of popular children’s story books in our ASL Stories Directory. Link out to free videos of ASL interpretations of the stories. You can even watch several different interpretations of the same story! Look up books alphabetically by title or by your child’s age.
Recent Blog Posts: ASL Resources
ASL Video of the Week 1/8/23: How to Make Paints
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WELCOME! Scranton School for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children
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ASL Video of the Week 1/25/23: FLY! with ASL
How many ways can you use the word FLY? "He flies airplanes." "They flew a route between Chicago and New York." "We're going to fly kites in the afternoon." "They always fly the flag on the Fourth of July." "There's a fly on the wall." There are so many ways that that...
ASL VIDEO OF THE WEEK 1/18/23: Deaf Artist Finds Her True Colors
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WELCOME! Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
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SHARE THE LOVE! Grab your ASDC limited edition Valentine’s Shirts!
SHARE THE LOVE! Just in time for Valentine's Day! The American Society for Deaf Children "LOVE" shirts promotes love for sign language in our ASDC community of parents, teachers, advocates, and deaf/hard-of-hearing children. A sweet way to support ASDC's mission to...
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ASL Stories Directory
We’ve made it easy for you to find hundreds of free videos of ASL retellings of your child’s favorite books. Search for stories by your child’s age or by the book’s title.
Practice ASL online!
Sign with a Deaf adult in real time and choose your conversation topics. Or your child can join “Friends Like Me” and chat with other deaf and hard of hearing children their age once a week. ASDC members get 5 FREE sessions (a $125 value). Not a member yet? Join ASDC.
