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 12/21/22: Winter Solstice & the Yule Log
Happy Winter Solstice! Do you decorate the interiors of your place with the greenery brought indoors? The fallen branches, accompanied with pinecones? Have you ever wondered if others do the same? Did you ever think this is an ages-old tradition?! There are many...
CALL FOR PAPERS: 2023 Foundations of Literacy Conference
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Internship Opportunity: P&G Tech Jumpstart Program
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#GiveASL | Season of Giving Last Minute Gift Ideas
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ASL Video of the Week – December 14, 2022: Snowmen at Night
Snowmen at Night reveals a wonderful wintertime secret--when we are sleeping, the snowmen are out playing! This exuberant, rhyming tale continues to delight young toddlers, as well as older readers, in a format that's just right for little hands! Signed by Jeni...
Donor Acknowledgements – November 2022
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Viva Las Vegas! Join us in February for ASL Weekend!
ASL Weekend goes to Las Vegas in February! ASL Weekend hits the Nevada State College campus on February 25 & 26th! Join us for a fun, interactive, informative, and intensive ASL learning experience as we take your ASL skills to the next level. ASDC’s ASL...
New Online Classes & Workshops are LIVE! Register today!
Learn ASL with ASDC Take your fingerspelling, vocabulary, and ASL conversation skills to the next level with our 4-week ASL courses. Beginning, Intermediate, and Teen/Pre-Teen Classes are available starting January 2023! Class size is limited so you will receive lots...
Join us on December 17th and Sign with Santa!
The season won't be complete without a visit from Santa! Join us as ASDC hosts a members-only virtual event - just for the kids! Come Sign with Santa! On December 17th from noon to 4 pm (ET), Santa is taking a break from his busy North Pole workshop and meeting YOU...
ASL Video of the Week (11/30/22): Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
A timeless classic by poet Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is about taking time to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature. This poem also explores the theme of obligations versus man’s desire for peace of mind. While the narrator in the story...
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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.
