Sign Language FingerSpell Patch Program®

2″ Embroidered Iron-On Patch.

Suggestions for how younger girls can earn the Sign Language Patch.

1. Watch this video “Kids Meet a Deaf Person”

2. Print the finger spelling download attached to your order confirmation. Use the download to learn to finger spell your name. Practice until you can spell it without looking at the worksheet.

3. Print the color download attached to your order confirmation. Use the download to learn how to sign the colors on the worksheet.

4. Print the sign language scavenger hunt attached to your order confirmation. Use the answer key to learn how to sign the words for the clothes. Put the answer key away. Fill in the names of the clothes. Find as many of the articles of clothing as you can in the room you are in.

5. Print the sign language family matching game attached to your order confirmation. Study the signs for the types of family members. Cut apart the signs and the words. Mix them up and match them back together.

Suggestions for how older girls can earn the Sign Language Patch.

1. Watch this video or invite a speaker a speaker from the Deaf community to share their experiences.
   https://youtu.be/pDA_EXFTpxo?si=q_RogZkRGzunr-ZV
2. Experience a “silent meal” where participants communicate using only gestures and writing. Discuss how this experience made you feel and what you learned about communication.’
3. Print the finger spelling download attached to your order confirmation. Use the download to learn to finger spell your name. Practice until you can spell it without looking at the worksheet.
4. Print the gestures download attached to your order confirmation. Fill in the answers and use the worksheet to memorize the gestures. Practice with a partner until you can do them naturally.