Online Sign Language Lessons
A fun online activity for kids and families!
At Handy Lingo, we like to have fun while we learn! Here is one of my star students combining TikTok and Sign Language!
Our Storytelling based curriculum builds on the details of a story by using 5 basic questions. Instead of learning lists of vocabulary and trying to memorize sign after sign, we teach kids to tell stories with the signs they learn.
We discuss the reasons for signs and why they came into being. Learning about the symbiotic relationship between Deaf Culture and American Sign Language (ASL) as the language takes form enhances the deep understanding of that connection. True inclusivity and accessibility means teaching how Deaf Culture has evolved and what ASL means to its users. Learning to use a language means also taking on the responsibility of understanding the culture in which it lives and breathes.
What are the 5 Questions?
You don’t need to know any Sign Language to start learning this way and you will be signing in story form as early as your first lesson!
Ready to get started?
Meet your Instructor
Hi, I’m Jamie! I worked as a Nationally Certified American Sign Language Teacher for 20+ years and Here is me interpreting for clients such as Disney China, The Chicago Emmy Awards, Deaf Storyteller Peter Cook, Mindy Hester and the Timeouts Band and The Deaf Illinois Awards.
We all have a story to tell.
Here is Christine Sun Kim’s story about her journey as an artist, a Deaf person, how she perceives silence and music and what ASL means to her. I love her beautiful use of metaphors and I know you will enjoy learning more about her. I look forward to learning more about what ASL means to you too.