When my boyfriend left for work earlier this week he made the sign for water at me, as in: drink water. If you want to know how to do the sign for water, you hold three fingers up in a W and tap your index finger to your chin. Some of the signs that I have learned have turned out to be slightly, or completely, incorrect, but I persevere with them anyway. Knowing that they are incorrect makes me slightly ashamed as I perform them, I hesitatingly bring the clutches of my two sets of fingers together, and apologetically say the accompanying word. The teacher tells me cheerfully that it doesn’t matter, that we are trying to encourage language, not replace it. She nods as I do a different sign to everyone else in class, my son looking around with his big beautiful eyes, confused but happy to be involved, as usual.
Sign Language
Sign Language
Sign Language
When my boyfriend left for work earlier this week he made the sign for water at me, as in: drink water. If you want to know how to do the sign for water, you hold three fingers up in a W and tap your index finger to your chin. Some of the signs that I have learned have turned out to be slightly, or completely, incorrect, but I persevere with them anyway. Knowing that they are incorrect makes me slightly ashamed as I perform them, I hesitatingly bring the clutches of my two sets of fingers together, and apologetically say the accompanying word. The teacher tells me cheerfully that it doesn’t matter, that we are trying to encourage language, not replace it. She nods as I do a different sign to everyone else in class, my son looking around with his big beautiful eyes, confused but happy to be involved, as usual.