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.
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ASL (Music) Video of the Week: REMEMBER ME
Watch this fantastic cover of Remember Me from Disney’s Coco starring Dickey Hearts and students from PS 347 in New York.
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Parents and teachers! This week, we’ve collected ASL stories with Black characters in celebration of Black History Month.
Valentine’s Day – Video Card from ASDC
Your Valentine’s Day video card from ASDC
ASL Videos of the Week: BEAR Stories
Watch videos of ASL translations of children’s stories about bears. Gather your family and sign along with these fun and familiar stories !
Finding Your Passion in the Parenting Journey
In this fun, uplifting class, Karen Putz will take you on a journey of unwrapping the gift of YOU in the midst of parenting. Create more fun, joy, and adventure on the roller coaster of life!
ASL Video of the Week: OUT
This week’s ASL video is all about the many meanings of the word OUT, presented by our friends at Read With ASL.
Newsletter – January 2022
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ASL Videos of the Week: 5 Stories About WOLVES
This week, we’ve collected ASL stories about wolves. See videos of five children’s stories with the big (and occasionally bad) wolves!
ASL Video of the Week: KINDNESS IS MY SUPERPOWER
This week’s ASL story video is a retelling of the award-winning book, “Kindness Is My Superpower” by Alicia Ortega.
ASL Weekends are BACK!
After a long break due to COVID, our popular ASL Weekend events are back! We are kicking off in Michigan in May. Boost your ASL skills – register today!
Join our email list and get:
- ASL story videos
- Free downloads
- Events in your area
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.
