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Infant Sign Language

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Signs For A Two Year Old

30 More Useful Signs

    After a child has quite a few of the simpler signs they may develop a need for some more difficult ones. Here are some signs requiring more dexterity. .

  1. HOT
    - hot

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  2. COLD
    - cold

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  3. IN
    - in

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  4. INTO
    - into

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  5. MY
    - my

    Sign - Fist held a bit out in front of the chest and then brought to the chest.

    Hint - Like the end position of the sign for GIMME but brought fully to the chest to indicate ownership.

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  6. NIGHT
    - night

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  7. NOSE
    - nose

    Sign - The index finger pointing at the nose with the palm down and the elbow held high.

    Hint - Pointing at the nose with palm down means the nose itself.

    Tech - All of ones body parts are indicated by the index finger touching them with the palm down and the elbow held high. The palm down is the general indicator for place. Poking this sign two times means inside of the location.

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  8. MYSELF
    - myself

    Sign - The index finger pointing at the nose with the palm vertical and elbow high.

    Hint - Similar to the other person signs referring to persons but pointing at the nose means that it is ones self.

    Tech - With these signs when the elbow is held low it refers to ones personal relations but when the elbow is held high it may refer to the same people but it means in the abstract. For Example, the mother sign with elbow low means my mother and with the elbow held high means mothers in general.

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  9. FACE
    - face

    Sign - The index finger touching the cheek with the palm down (horizontal) and the elbow high and then circling the face just including the eyes and mouth and pausing at the starting position pointing at the face.

    Hint - Similar to MYSELF but palm down and keeping the index finger close in to the face.

    Tech - When the palm is down the sign is refering to the place but when the palm is vertical it is refering to the personality. Also, when you circle something rather than just pointing to it the implication is that the entire object is being refered to in a grander sense. Thus pointing to the face may mean just the face but circling the face means the entire face. .


  10. UPON
    - upon

    Sign - Open hand palm down at chest height comes down upon the back of the other hand held at belly height and pauses.

    Hint - The other hand represents a table and the active hand comes down upon it and rests there for a moment.

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  11. OFF
    - off

    Sign - Open hand palm down resting on the back of the other hand at belly height and then lifted a palm width or lift more for emphasis.

    Hint - The opposite of the sign for upon.

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  12. OTHER
    - other

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  13. PRETTY
    - pretty

    Sign - The flat open hand starts with the index finger on the chin then circles face and ends with the finger tips on the chin.

    Hint - Much like ASL sign for pretty but with the hand in the friendly open hand position rather than clawed.

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  14. READ
    - read

    Sign - Do opening the book sign then move right index finger along left flat-open hand fingers.

    Hint - Open a book and the finger represents the eyes reading along lines of text.

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  15. TV
    - tv

    Sign - Hand held at arms length and the fingers wiggled and the arm pulled back at the end.

    Hint - Television is similar to the light-bulb sign but with the arm held straight out in front at arms length.

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  16. COMPUTER
    - computer

    Sign - Hand held at arms length fingers wiggled like TV and then are dropped down a bit with the fingers still wiggling.

    Hint - Like the TV sign but the hand is lowered to the keyboard.

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  17. HAT
    - hat

    Sign - Bring arm up deliberately and then pat the top of the head sharply two times.

    Hint - Putting a hat on and securing it with a tap.

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  18. THIRSTY
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    Sign - Bring the BOTTLE hand thumb into the open mouth but don't tip it up.

    Hint - Liquid brought to the mouth but not drunk implying lack of liquid.

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  19. UH-OH
    - uhoh

    Sign - Open palm facing down out from the chest moves towards the floor.

    Hint - Open hand implies that I am good but the thing went down.

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  20. GOING
    - going

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  21. OH
    - oh

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  22. PLAY
    - play

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  23. WANT
    - want

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  24. CAT
    - cat

    Sign - Finger and thumb pinch a whisker and pull it to the side.

    Hint - Mimics pulling on a cats whisker.

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  25. BOAT
    - boat

    Sign - Open hands held on the diagonal like a book sign and bounced forward three times.

    Hint - The hands represent a boat bouncing forward.

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  26. BOOK
    - book

    Sign - Open hands held vertically together and then rotated to the diagonal positions with the little fingers still touching.

    Hint - A book being opened.

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  27. BIRD
    - bird

    Sign - First finger and thumb open and close while pointing out from the mouth.

    Hint - This is the generalized bird sign and you can droop it down for a turkey waddle, or use two fingers for a bigger billed duck.

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  28. CAR
    - car

    Sign - Two fists held in front of chest revolved around heart.

    Hint - This is an imaginary steering wheel being rotated.

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  29. BIG
    - big

    Sign - Both open palms held vertically a short distance apart at stomach then both are raised diagonally to shoulder level.

    Hint - Symbolizing growing bigger.

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  30. LITTLE
    - little

    Sign - Both open palms held vertically at shoulder level and brought diagonally down to the tummy a short distance apart.

    Hint - A big thing shrinking to a small thing.

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  31. A
    - a

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  32. DOES
    - does

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  33. PUUPUU
    - pupu

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    Hint - At this age this sign is covered with Peepee ok.