This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is: Family

Make the letter F with both hands (it looks a lot like the “ok” symbol, with your index finger and thumb forming circles, while you other three fingers are pointed upward).  Start by touching both sets of index and thumbs together.  Bring your hands out and around, moving away from yourself in a circle until they meet again, pinkies touching.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is: You’re Welcome

Place the tips of your fingers near your lips, then move them away from your face.  It’s like blowing a kiss without actually puckering up and blowing.  It’s the same sign as “thank you”.  You could also do a “thumbs up” to say You’re Welcome.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Answer

To sign answer, point the index fingers, on both hands, upward then point them away from your body.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Bus

To sign bus, you can spell the word up in the air: b (four fingers up and together, thumb folded), u (two fingers up and together) and s (make a fist).

You can also sign bus by holding your hand up and to the right of your head, with your index and middle fingers curved as hooks, then motion as if you were clanging a bell.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Lunch

To sign lunch, first sign eat, by placing the fingers of your closed hand to your mouth a couple of times.  Then sign noon, by holding your left arm across your body sideways, with a flat  hand, palm down, then resting your right arm’s elbow on your left hand, having your right hand open, palm facing left.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Cracker

To sign cracker, cross your left arm over your chest, elbow down.  Make your right hand into a fist and tap it a couple of times against your left elbow.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Juice

To sign juice, sign j by swooping your pinky finger in a “j” shape, if front of your mouth.

This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Apple

To sign apple, close your hand and place the knuckle of your index finger against your cheek.  Then twist your hand back and forth.

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This week’s American Sign Lanuage word is:  Music

To sign music, hold left arm out with a flat palm facing slightly towards you, then use your right hand with a flat palm  to sway back and forth from the inner elbow to the wrist of  your left arm.