ASL Alphabet- learn your ASL ABCs

[simonfilm]

Really good!! It's a fantastic video... well done!

[whataboutredlorry]

yaaaaaaaay, I just learnt it. I feel a bit silly being so happy to learn the alphabet, but I really liked it!

[projoe2000]

You're fantastic. I don't think I've ever learned anything so quickly. You seem like a great mum too. Thank you!

[OoMakeupForeveroO]

I love her little " What?" everytime she forgot one :3 <3

[aalba24aa]

Great to have the explanation Of how to move the hand plus with the multiple angles allows the kids to understand.

[ItalianBaby74]

Hey great video! I would like to learn so sign, how should I start?

[jengod1]

This is great. Adorable kiddo and you're obviously a wonderful mama.

[Basilia91]

Thanks so much for oploading this :) it it extremely helpful

[EnlishLearning]

So sweet, honey.

[MusiqIsMaLiphe]

OMG! Baby genius!

[Nathizzz]

oh my god she is beyond precious. and SO intelligent. you're doing such an amazing job in raising her!

[EmmaAwesomeSauce29]

I'm from Australia, but America sign language is more simple...

I'd rather use this one :3

[TimmyTim0376]

I hope you open up a school to teach children ASL!!!! YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! If you can teach ME THE ALPHABET via-on line, then ANYONE CAN LEARN IT! lol

[shokolat7]

your daughter was super adorable.!! [=

[1866drmills]

The little one almost has the whole alphabet down. Within a year she probably won't need any help. If she can learn the sign language alphabet at her age, I can learn it at my age. Thank you for the clear video. A classmate of mine is deaf and this video will aid my communication with him.

[ashleypina1]

I'm learning ASL because I want to be a speech and language pathologist. Thank you so much for sharing and being such a great teacher! :)

[KellDorbyJ]

I'm the 200 person who Like this :D

Your Daughter Is adorable..

Thank you for doing this video, Iv been teaching my niece Sign laughing but i cant get

her to stay still but when she saw your kid she just got so into it, that she learn her ABC, Shes only 4 ahahah :D

[dianita817]

i had a problem with my G and P and Q and R hahaha but this video help

thanxz alot!

[priaanka]

Wow thanks a lot.... Your baby's so good at it...God bless her

[Madameo8]

I want to learn sign language. I'm 21 years old. Is it too late?

Also, when I decide to have children.. do I have to be fluent to teach my child?

p.s - i just realized you're canadian. woot woot! me too.

My friend speaks french and can sign. She learnt because her mom would sign in ASL while speaking in french. I am a french linguistics major, and I thought it was simply bizarre. But, it worked for them! Signing was a secret language for them. They are not deaf.

[SmartHandsCA]

@Madameo8 No it's definitely not too late! I started learning when I was 24. You don't have to be fluent to teach your baby. Many French teachers in Canada use the AIM program to teach French which uses gestures (similar to signs).

[vichobreakthewall]

@Madameo8 I'm starting to go to a peruvian sign languaje school in my country! :D We use a lot of asl signs so these videos are really handy! :D I'm 27 and in my class there are people of over 30

[erin0525]

NIce!! I learned them just by watching 3 times!! Great teacher!

[456kaltrina]

ahahahahah for y thats what i did 2 lol

[mezkal6limo1y6sal]

z! funny

[ppk1]

What a great video! Your daughter is darling and the speed at which you go at is wonderful for new learners. I also appreciate how you stop to clarify certain letters and will show different angles of trickier letters, something that you don't get from just a poster. Thanks!

[ZiaRElle]

I completely love you. I've been learning ASL through textbook illustrations since my class hasn't started yet, and you allowed me to correct the few letters I had been getting wrong based off the pictures. It really helps to watch someone do it slowly, and I'm sure its wonderful for anyone trying to teach their children as well.

[nannyna]

Thanks for this video.This is kinds of video that i looking for.But it's not easy at all to do it.I will try to make with my kid.She's 9 months old and she like your video very much.

[Rubbaduckie1975]

This is a great video for learning! well done and well done to your little girl too, she is so great at it!

[SmartHandsCA]

@Rubbaduckie1975 Thanks :)

[EkEMaN91]

Wait... What did she say 'F' stood for?

[SmartHandsCA]

@EkEMaN91 haha you aren't the first person to wonder that. She said 'frog' now what you though LOL

[katielovesjonas94]

@EkEMaN91 frog

[GxHxOxSxT]

i am curious that i am left handed and if i used my left hand would they understand me ?

[SmartHandsCA]

@GxHxOxSxT Yes definitely. If you are left you should sign with your left hand :-)

[carnyfoke]

This is such a well done presentation. Very didactic. I'm preparing to work with non verbal developmentally-challenged children, and your videos have been the most informative.

Thank you. Very cute.

[ethanbrod77]

Thank you.

[jandkdelia]

My son finally did it all together! Check out my channel!

[SmartHandsCA]

@jandkdelia SOOOOO GREAT!!!!! Good job :-) Can I use his video as our August 'Super Signer'? Just google My Smart Hands and you'll see this month's Super Signer. Great work!

[jandkdelia]

@SmartHandsCA ABSOLUTELY!! DO you think this qualifies me to teach a class?

[SmartHandsCA]

@jandkdelia send me an email to laura at mysmarthands com and I'll send you information on becoming an instructor!

[Lydiaabbey]

I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----@Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.

[mohdjmsallam]

really great work ..

[dommi9877]

i use my left hand and i am right handed :)

[rejectofreality313]

very helpful, do you always have to do it with your right hand? i'm right handed but i hurt it in a fall last year and some of the letters make it ache.

either way i think i'll watch this every day until i can remember the letters =D

[SmartHandsCA]

@rejectofreality313 You can use either hand :-) If you are left handed you'd use your left hand. If your hand hurts it would be fine to use your other one!

[rejectofreality313]

@SmartHandsCA ok, thank you! =D

[jadeypooh01]

OMG!!!!!!This video taught me my alphabet in sign language.....lolzzzzzz this is freaken awesome

[jessaprincepessa]

thanks for such a great video.

[nevaehtamann]

My daughter Nevaeh and I have been signing since she was 6months old and it started by following Fireese since she was 13months old and we LOVE your videos alot. Nevaeh is so much smarter and speaks clearer than most of her pre-school classmates. Her teachers were so surprised that a hearing child was being taught to sign in a home with no deaf or hearing impaired family members. Thank you so much for opening a door to a wonderful new world. Please keep posting

[nevaehtamann]

My daughter Nevaeh and I have been signing since she was 6months old and it started by following Fireese since she was 13months old and we LOVE your videos alot. Nevaeh is so much smarter and speaks clearer than most of her pre-school classmates. Her teachers were so surprised that a hearing child was being taught to sign in a home with no deaf or hearing impaired family members. Thank you so much for opening a door to a wonderful new world. Please keep posting

[Ellavella]

Thank you so much.  I fav it and five stars.

[hahan9]

This video is so much better than others. Its more clear with the signs! Thank you.!5 stars. Yay im learning it now..lol

[xNikkix88]

This is really great! :) I love this! I'm trying to learn "to sign" for my education, this is really helpfull! I've watched it 2 now and I'm getting the hang of it! THANKS you 2! :)

[gustavobyu]

I'm a diver and I need to communicate with my dive buddies underwater. I wish everyone knew this convention. Thank you for your channel. I will subscribe based on the good qualities of your videos.

[Bangthebone456]

She was so adorable doing 'z' lol ^_^.

[TheLolz411]

i got this really thiz video is helpful and fast thx for making it :)

[skempi2005]

god damn asl is hard compared to bsl i got confused after e cute kid though.

[dethjingle]

realy handy thank you so much...hard part is done :)

[berejackson5]

awsome videoo

[MsBean02]

Thank you for this video! I have had a hard time learning just from pictures, especially with the letters "H" "P" and "Q". You explained it perfectly, and gave some great ways to remember it! This was so helpful! Thanks again, and please keep making videos!

[MarValSol]

she's adorable!

[zashleyrox211]

i learned this in 10 minutes

[Mysterycat74]

This was one of the most clear videos! I had the biggest problem with "M" and "N" and this was the only video that showed how to do it easily!

[miki5xD]

I learned it in half an hour. Now i just gotta watch the video over and over again, so I don't forget it.

Thank you very much for making it. =)

[trixter8228]

Wow this helped! :)

[ekpoker]

yr daughter very cute sign

[imranbmw]

u r beautiful.

[addictedkoala]

Awesome video, I could not figure out a few of the signs and this helped me very much.

[lostfan1978]

very cute video,i learned alot & i will practice with my daughter,it would be fun for us to be able to sing our conversations without nobody understanding what we are saying to each other,he he he!when i was 13 yrs old i once knew a deaf girl,i wanted to be her friend because she looked lonly & since she was deaf nobody talked to her,when i approached her & said hi she signed me a reply in which i needed no translation,LOL!now i know why she was a loner!

[karmaloko]

in ASL, you have to spell every word??

or words has a sign??

[SmartHandsCA]

words have signs. some words you spell but most words have signs.

[karmaloko]

cool, other way  i'd take 10 minutes to say hello . lol

[nene061496]

just so u know u did the V,W,and X wrong

gEt It RiGhT<3thank you

[SmartHandsCA]

My Deaf friend who has her Masters in ASL linguistics taught me and then evaluated my video before posting. She said all hand shapes are right. How do you do them?

[nene061496]

srry my teacher is the one who tought me my asl and i doulbed checked and u were right and my teacher waz wrong and i thought that the number 6 and the letter W could not be the same and and i thought that V,and X were suposed to face u and not forward, so srry im still learning so keep making videos BYE,BYE now

[SmartHandsCA]

No problem :-)

I always like feedback if I am wrong. I'm glad you wrote back!

[lalo5590]

thnx, really helpful, i just memorized them all... slowly but surely... ill practice.

[patricia2249]

when she starts school, she will go immediately to 3rd grade. Hard to believe but the older she gets the more beautiful she becomes and of course, smarter.

[terror0earth]

THANK YOU! That was so cool! :D

[Lythenna]

YAY! I've always wanted to learn this! Thanks for teaching! :) I will practice haha

[yeightz05]

tanx!

[kellina84]

shes the best ive seen on here! lol

[spottedbumproduction]

I have been replaying this video for a few days and finally signed my way through (just had to get you to show me the letter P again). Awesome! Your little girl is a real pet - and a wonderful teacher!

[Adaeze611]

How do you sign cute!!

[1997flea]

she is so cute

and gorgeous

i can see where she gets it from

xxx

[UofLCardFan08]

Cute little girl.

[persia2092]

wooooooooooow

shes gorgeous !

[Juli3taitsme]

she is beautiful...i am curious who she will became seing that she has a great memory, and.....a great mom. :) God bless you!

[Airsoftdude1]

I'm so bad I don't even know the alphabet. But my letter knowledge just like tripled haha thanks for the video, I'll watch it every day until I have down the alphabet. Cause basically once you know that, you can essentially talk to anyone with sign language. It just may take some time.

[ksakfsg]

This is so cool. I'm trying to learn it with your videos :D

[jamundi308]

I learned how to say basic things so i could sign to a friend in class..lol..I'm learning slowly...but I love it!

[QfunnyQ]

i just want to know is sign language all the same around the world ? like i live in new zealand...this is so great!

[SmartHandsCA]

Thanks :-)

Actually signs are different around the world. Most countries have their own sign language

[SexyPinkLipstick]

shes soo cute

[Pcasanova1]

4:11 is so cute

[123xzx321]

haha i like her action for Z

[rsairung]

i am asian mom! i love your clip so much

wishmy son, 17 months and I could learn more from you

thank you

[DarkandJaded]

If you see in the video where Fireese does this by herself, she gets most hung up on the ones that have shapes with her fingers extended but others flexed. But she KNOWS them, and that's just awesome, I learned the ASL alphabet at around 12-14 and rarely used it but I found myself signing along with her solo alphabet vid. So awesome!

[moonsister83]

fantastic now I know the swedish and the american sign-language alphabet,cool!

[richmalerie]

This is fantasic! i was just curious to know if the american signing is any different to british signing? thankyou

[SmartHandsCA]

Thank you :-)

Yes, it is completely different. The British sign language alphabet uses two hands. If you do a search on here I"m sure you'll find some examples of it.

[morenazaspanish]

Excellent!!! Congratulations from Spain! :)

[Jaitro]

Fantastic! I get so happy when watching these videos :)

[lealaleala]

i was just curious as to why you decided to teach your daughter sign language...i think it is very cool that you are doing that and i would like to do the same thing for my future child but back to the question lol why did you decide to teach Fireese sign language? is there a deaf person in your family or something like that?

[SmartHandsCA]

I originally started teaching her because of the benefits of reducing her frustration by being able to communicate before she could talk. Now I continue because I see the great benefits of brain development and language. Plus, I also have Deaf friends so I'd like her to be able to talk with them :-)

[izzieluv]

she is so cute! can she count in sign? I have been taking sign for a whole school year and still have to focus really hard when i am doing 7 and 8... if i am counting up or down i am fine but if i were to sign something like "8 cats" for example it would take a bit... so I am just curious if she can count in sign because it is kind of hard

[SmartHandsCA]

I always got caught up on 7 and 8 also! I just started teaching her how to count in sign now that she's three and a half. We've only worked on 1-10.

[cheerdancer610]

i love her name fireese does it mean anything*****

[SmartHandsCA]

Thank you :-)

We made up the name... as a teacher it was hard to find a name I didn't associate with a student (good or bad) :-)

It is a combination of fire and ice, a balance of two things like yin and yang. We spelled it the way we did so she could use Reese if she wanted something more common.

[suneela20]

I was overwhelmed seeing ur efforts.. my child is just 22 months... i will try my best to teach him too but he is so reluctant !!!

[firewizard666]

you amaze me. your daughter is amazing. ... you're amazing.

[chico4ever0013]

i am trying to learn and this video was really helpful!

thanks!!!!

[riri6ftw9ily]

wow this is way hard but still ima try :P... thx for the vid

[plutogirllovekj]

This is rather informative, thank you! i have seen many people sign the alphabet, but you are the easiest to understand.

[sheri27]

Thank you!!!

[defkon1972]

I am not deaf, but I am committed to learning how to sign because I feel that I should be able to communicate in more than just one way. Any assistance that I could ever give to an deaf individual is priceless, so with that said what is the best, say maybe online that could teach proper signing with beginning to advanced. Thanks in advance D.

[SmartHandsCA]

A great free online ASL course is through lifeprint. Just google 'lifeprint' and click on free lessons. Bill does a great job at teaching ASL step-by-step

:-)

[rosybabes]

and this one too Laura...this is a good material for my project...please send me this also.

Thanks in advance!

[JxWeav6808]

And, a random question. Where did the name Fireese come from? It's so cute!

[SmartHandsCA]

Thank you :-)

It's actually a combination of fire and ice (like yin and yang) a balance of two opposites. We just made it up :-) We spelled it phonetically so people could read it correctly. Plus we wanted to give her 'reese' so that if she wanted something more common she could use that.

[JxWeav6808]

As I've left in a comment before, my mom and brother are deaf! I'm so glad you taught your daughter sign! It helps to know that it IS possible to teach a little baby/toddler! I'll have to eventually teach when I start having kids! =)

[ssips720]

wow u can really learn all of signing from u tube..

[rlf4403tube]

Thanks for this very educational video... thanks for sharing the knowledge! You got cute and smart little girl

[kolache87]

cute assistant!

[misslayed]

do you know isl? it seem's the same but their are a few differntces cool bye the way im trying to lean sign my self

[cymbeli]

Laura, she is the cutest little thing. I forgot about your videos and just thought about it because I had ASL on my mind and so it reminded me and she has grown up since I saw videos of her. I didn't you guys were from Canada, so you use ASL just like ths states right? Are their any variations at all??

[SmartHandsCA]

Thanks :-)

We use ASL in Canada and yes there are some differences but it's the same as there being regional differences across the States as well.

Laura

[cymbeli]

Right I guess that makes sense particularly when you are expressing something that is native to your culture. I was in an iterpreting program about a year ago but I'm leaning more toward deaf ed...I just think its more rewarding and I'm not much of a fingerspeller...you have to be a speed demon to interpret..especially for lectures and speeches..there is little time for pausing. I'm glad you are staying with this so we follow her progress..thanks for the inspiration!!

[valeryonfire]

wow! thanks!

[YodelRock]

I'm an expert at sign language and I think shes anamzin!! for a kid

[aelqtpi]

she's so cute and very good at the asl. i love her piggy tails!

[MissusFingerBottom]

your kid is so smart!

[Peopleparasites]

I'm surpised people are saying she's smart. All kids are smart! As long as you keep educating them. It's a travesty that most people don't understand this concept.

[yomismane]

This might sound stupid but, if you are left handed can you do the signs with the left hand, or is it a rule to do it just with the right hand?

[SmartHandsCA]

That's not a stupid question at all! I'm sure many people wonder the same thing. If you are left handed you would use your left hand. It is called your dominant hand. Whatever your dominant hand is is the one you sign with.

Laura

[yomismane]

Thank you! I am glad to hear that because I am left handed. I have watched all of your videos and I find them very interesting. I think I will teach how to sign to my kids, when I have them. I have heard its very useful if they are bilingual, and i want them to be! Anyway thank you for answering so fast!

[AEMZLA]

Muito Bom!!! que eu aprendi mas eu sou deaf from Brazil!!!

[aelqtpi]

so cute. i learned the asl alphabet a long time ago and could never remember P and Q. i never thought about the fact that they are just different positions of k and g. now i will always remember the whole alphabet. thankyou.

[iCaitlyn]

shes smart.

[pookfairy]

when she says B i almost died! *o* so cute!

[pookfairy]

damn that girls gonna be fighting them boys off with a baseball bat if she keeps getting cuter! i really want to teach my kids asl when i have some now n.n

[TerachiShinya]

That was wonderful. :)Fireese can do them so well. Great job! And there is so much same alfabets than in finnish sign language.

[ThalitaDol]

Thank you for one more wonderfull video.

Fireese is getting bigger and juts getting cuter and cuter by the time! ;)

Kisses from Brazil!

[KatieIsQuiteCool]

i watched this a few times and now i kow the alphabet! thank you!

[sarofan]

since ive found your profile,like months ago

i started learning sign language... i now know the abc and few words!!

thanks Fireese!!!!!

though canadian is different from Greek but a new language (even if its in sign) never hurt anyone!:)

[ReviewGirl]

Fireese is so cute!

[NiennaSeregon]

She is so cute! Thanks so much for this; I always get a couple of the letters confused, but this is a great reminder :)

[TwoBrokenWyngs]

The first thing I ever learned was the sign language alphabet. I learned it when I was very young and never forgot it!

[LifeDuzntGivMeLemons]

she's very good =]

thanks for the video!