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
Video: May Signs with ASDC
Learn ASL signs for the month of May - and put them all together in an ASL story! This video is presented by Ricky Rose, who teaches at Galludet University and at ASDC's ASL Weekends. Thank you, Ricky! Ready to learn more ASL? Check out these exciting ASDC...
Video: Learn ASL Signs for April
Our April Signs video is presented by Ursa Rewolinski, an ASL teacher at the Maryland School for the Deaf and ASDC's ASL Weekends. Thank you, Ursa! Ready to learn more ASL? Check out these exciting ASDC programs!
Video: The Nissen Family shares their SignOn experiences
Watch this video to find out what this ASDC Member Family thinks about SignOn with ASDC, an online program that lets you practice ASL with a Deaf adult in real time from the comfort of your own home. Want to try SignOn free? Learn more here!
Tell Me About Your Day: Sharing stories at home with ASL
Learn how sharing stories about your day in ASL is different than telling stories in spoken language, why it’s important to learn ASL storytelling skills, and how to do it!
ASL Weekend in Riverside, CA: April 27-28, 2019
Take your ASL skills to the next level! Join us at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside.
ASL Weekend in Rochester, NY: May 18-19, 2019
Take your ASL skills to the next level! Join us at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
ASL Weekend in Scranton, PA – June 1-2, 2019
at the Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
January 4-5, 2019: ASL Learning Opportunity in Rocklin, CA
At William Jessup University
February 9-10, 2019: ASL Learning Opportunity in Edinboro, Pennsylvania
In Erie County, PA
Hands Land: ASL Rhymes and Rhythms
New ASL Rhymes and Rhythms video
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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.
