ASL Adventures
Apr. 9th, 2017 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stenocarpusMy daughter and I are currently learning ASL. I want her to have the ability to communicate with other kids in Deaf Culture, and I hope to use it in my future practice if I need to. A friend of mine is an ASL interpreter, and she inspired me. :)
This morning, my husband and I took Buggy to a restaurant. While we were waiting for our food, I sat there and looked up the signs for "eggs" and "pancakes". Our process is, I learn them, then I teach Buggy and tell her she needs to use sign to talk to me, and she then teaches Daddy. It's a good process. Both Buggy and I make pretty good progress because we're incorporated teaching into our learning process. Daddy gets to watch Buggy make cognitive leaps and he gets to learn some ASL while he's at it. :) Win-win situation.
I had stepped out for a moment to get something out of a car and when I got back, a man was standing at our table. He was Deaf and telling Buggy how good she was doing with her signing. And then he turned to me and, as far as I can tell... I'm still a novice, he expressed how great it was that I was teaching Zoe ASL. I told him that I only know a little, but I thanked him. It made me feel so good! And getting kudos for parenting always gets my little heart all aflutter.
I'm spending a moment to hold onto this positive feeling. Neurologists say that savoring successes further encourages motivation to do more of your goal-oriented behavior.
My heart is still buzzing from the encounter.
This morning, my husband and I took Buggy to a restaurant. While we were waiting for our food, I sat there and looked up the signs for "eggs" and "pancakes". Our process is, I learn them, then I teach Buggy and tell her she needs to use sign to talk to me, and she then teaches Daddy. It's a good process. Both Buggy and I make pretty good progress because we're incorporated teaching into our learning process. Daddy gets to watch Buggy make cognitive leaps and he gets to learn some ASL while he's at it. :) Win-win situation.
I had stepped out for a moment to get something out of a car and when I got back, a man was standing at our table. He was Deaf and telling Buggy how good she was doing with her signing. And then he turned to me and, as far as I can tell... I'm still a novice, he expressed how great it was that I was teaching Zoe ASL. I told him that I only know a little, but I thanked him. It made me feel so good! And getting kudos for parenting always gets my little heart all aflutter.
I'm spending a moment to hold onto this positive feeling. Neurologists say that savoring successes further encourages motivation to do more of your goal-oriented behavior.
My heart is still buzzing from the encounter.
