A Fun American Sign Language Game List!

I have had some fun experiences with American Sign Language games in the classroom. Here are some of my favorites:

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Sign Language Telephone Game
Remember the game "Telephone" from grade school? Well, with this game, you sign it instead of say it. So, everyone lines up or forms a circle without looking at each other. The first person taps person #2 on the shoulder and signs something to him or her. Then, person #2 signs it to person #3, and so on. Make sure the people further along in the line don't see! When the sign gets to the last person, you see how much it's changed! You can also do this by drawing on each others' backs. Great fun!

Animal Memory Game
Everyone forms a circle and picks an animal. Then, you go around the circle and everyone signs their animal. The person starting the game (person #1) starts by signing another person's animal sign. The person whose animal sign person #1 signed (person #2) then signs another person's animal sign. So, not only do you have to remember your animal sign, you have to remember the animal signs of the other people in the circle! This is a great way to build animal vocabulary!

Deaf Bingo
This is great for teaching the alphabet and numbers. You just play Bingo and instead of shouting the letter and numbers, you sign them!

Facial Signs
I totally made the name of this game up. We played this in one of my first ASL classes. It's great practice for facial expressions! Everyone gets into a circle and chooses their favorite sign. Then, the leader says a feeling, like sad, happy, excited, scared, etc. Everyone in the circle then signs their sign while showing this feeling. I chose the word SODA-POP. Imagine how funny that was when I signed it sadly!

You can also find some sign language computer games on this website: Lyric's Sign Language Games.

I also tried to find some sign language board games. I really couldn't find that many.

Here are a couple I found:

sign language game See It and Sign It Game-Intro to ASL
ASL games are always fun to play! I highly recommend this game if you are just starting to learn ASL or if you are teaching your kids how to sign.
sign language game Keep Quiet Reword Game
Here's a great game to teach the manual alphabet and spelling to your kids (or you!).

What is Your Favorite Sign Language Game?
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Sign language games are such a fun way to learn ASL! If any sign language games have helped you learn while having fun--share your favorite!

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Favorite Games from Other Visitors

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SIGNO  starstarstarstarstar
SIGNO is a sign language game like Bingo except that the headings are handshapes. I have a template which students take and fill in with 5 handshapes ...

Memory, Mother May I, and Finger Bridge  starstarstarstarstar
I am taking intro to sign in school and we play a few sign language games that are a lot of fun.

Memory - At the beginning of the game everyone draws ...

Animal Game  Not rated yet
What you do is sign an animal sign, like SEAL. Then, the next person signs SEAL and then another animal sign, like RABBIT. The next person would then sign ...






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