ASL ABC Story!

One of the fun and special traditions enjoyed and shared by the Deaf Community is signing stories using Number or Alphabet hand shapes. In these stories, various hand shapes do not stand for the numbers and letters themselves, but are used as signs or gestures to convey concepts. They are signed in alphabetical or numerical order, and used in amazing ways to sign or act out a story.

Video excerpt from American Sign Language for Families video series by Color of Language. http://www.coloroflanguage.com/asl_abc_stories.htm

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• asl
• abc
• sign
• number
• story

[peppalina1]

aw, that was cute!

that's not the sign for "t" though... unless that's just a different variation on it

[SweetDreamemi1991]

I like this story I will like to learn abc stories in asl.

[pizza1pizza2pizza3]

Wow...!

Nice ABC Story :D

What fun! Sign language!

[cupcakebabby]

@peppalina1 the "T" was meant to represent the popular "sign" for timeout.

[TeaAndDinosPwease]

@alexin2012 He's using the alphabet to make the story, just the handshapes though, not the actual letters. So you don't need to know anything other than the alphabet.

A was adjusting his hat, B was looking for something, C and D someone was coming towards him, e, he was biting his nails, etc. Do you get it?

[LanguagesOfArt]

haha That was awesome! I'd like to share mine:)

[alexin2012]

i understood the alphabet part, but i can't understand the story. can someone please translate what he's saying? thanks =D