| Signing Fun: American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities Contributor(s): Warner, Penny (Author), Gray, Paula (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1563682923 ISBN-13: 9781563682926 Publisher: Gallaudet University Press OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2006 Annotation: Here' s a great book for every young adult age 11 up, "Signing Fun: American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities," Signing is visual, easy to learn, and fun to use. Author Penny Warner offers 441 useful signs on a variety of favorite topics: activities, animals, fashion, food, holidays, home, outdoors, parties, people, places, play, emotions, school, shopping, travel, plus extra fun signs for especially popular words. Each chapter includes practice sentences using everyday phrases to help new signers learn in a fun way. "Signing Fun" provides dozens of entertaining games and activities, too, such as Alphabet Sign, Finger Fun Gesture Guess, Match Signs, Mime and Sign, Oppo-Sign, Picture Hand, Secret Sign, Sign-A-Gories, Signo Bingo, Snap and Sign, and Truth or Sign. It also features a list of tips on how to sign, including how to fingerspell, use numbers, and communicate with deaf people. Whimsical drawings clearly illustrate all of the signs, and a full index lists all of their English meanings for quick reference. "Signing Fun" is a terrific first book for learning sign while having a great time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - Sign Language - Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - Vocabulary & Spelling |
| Dewey: 419.7 |
| LCCN: 2006041269 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.98" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here's a great book for every young adult age 11 up, Signing Fun: American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities. Signing is visual, easy to learn, and fun to use. Author Penny Warner offers 441 useful signs on a variety of favorite topics: activities, animals, fashion, food, holidays, home, outdoors, parties, people, places, play, emotions, school, shopping, travel, plus extra fun signs for especially popular words. Each chapter includes practice sentences using everyday phrases to help new signers learn in a fun way. Signing Fun provides dozens of entertaining games and activities, too, such as Alphabet Sign, Finger Fun Gesture Guess, Match Signs, Mime and Sign, Oppo-Sign, Picture Hand, Secret Sign, Sign-A-Gories, Signo Bingo, Snap and Sign, and Truth or Sign. It also features a list of tips on how to sign, including how to fingerspell, use numbers, and communicate with deaf people. Whimsical drawings clearly illustrate all of the signs, and a full index lists all of their English meanings for quick reference. Signing Fun is a terrific first book for learning sign while having a great time. |