My Dad Does My Fingerspelling 101 Course

[@ELIZA-wh6kw]

I love your dad, he’s so energetic and filled with heart🤍🥲

[@pwnmeisterage]

I can tell he doesn't really like being filmed for youtube. Just not naturally comfortable with it. But he puts out his full attention and his best show for her.

[@reneesotelo4929]

You and your father are just adorable together 💖

[@Kdsmith1407]

I just love you and your dad. I can see you do that “daughter eye roll” at your dads goofiness and it’s so endearing! Thank you for making these videos!!

[@signedwithheart]

Aw! Thanks so much for your comment ☺️ I enjoy filming videos with him, he's so fun! Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it!

[@PicklesFiona]

I just started the course, it’s been very helpful with my receptivity of finger spelling already. Some people might find it basic, but foundationally it’s very important.

[@cherokeemami78]

Your so lucky to have a dad who s willingly learn practice! He s funny.. My dad knows abcs but my dad cant catch fingerspell fast. He d get frustrated tht why I have to fingerspell very very slowly again. like i said your so lucky! 💕

[@besybuybunny]

Your dad is absolutely adorable! I can tell he’s eager to learn and he wants nothing more than to communicate better with you. I agree 100% with him. It’s easy to identify individual letters but it’s really hard to keep up when people finger spell quickly. I’m trying to learn sign language and your videos are the best I’ve seen so far! Keep up the good work!

[@68pointbreak]

Life stuff happens, going thru a difficult time now. My studies are on hold . I fear im forgetting everything i worked hard and learn this past year. Thank you, you and your pop gives me the desire to keep learning. I'll be back soon. 🤗🤗

[@jubileeYAVEL]

It's ok, even if you get a little rusty you'd be surprised how much you remember. And practicing every day really helps commit things time long term memory

[@LivingProcess]

I would definitely be interested in a more advanced course.

[@paulg3251]

Yeah same here maybe words around the house or whatever is in the refrigerator 👍

[@theotherwalt]

I did the same thing as your father, "what word is that?"

[@meyerjoshua123]

I just had to say, I really love your content. I'm quite new to ASL but I can now fingerspell and say some basic words and phrases thanks to your videos.

[@DanielLowe-net]

Love your videos, Ashley. The thing about hearing people is that learning to spell or read a word letter-by-letter very quickly is something we never ever have to learn. Even when reading we "chunk" the letter shapes together, and I suspect it's the same for the motions of fingerspelling. Maybe it would be useful to have exercises that start with sequences of two letters, then three, then four. That would help a lot to prevent students from trying to stare down every individual letter.

[@gautambittu8826]

Most energetic Dad, Daughter Duo... ❤️❤️😍👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL]

In England we use mostly two hands for British sign language to comucate with others (I swim as a deaf swimmer and use BSL when I can with my mum mostly)

[@guerogb]

I've been very interested in learning asl and am so thrilled to know you are teaching!!!! Signing up soon!

[@theotherwalt]

Ashley, when you say 'look at the first three letters' I turned into Google suggestions; "A-P-P...." my brain starts thinking apple, appliance, applesauce, application, Appalachian Mountains, and I don't pay attention to the rest of the letters. You will say 'Content is important' but after the third letter is important. As with any language when you first see/hear it, the signer/speaker is fast. Native signers are very smooth with the transition between letters and newbies don't see the individual letters. I miss seeing letters because I think it isn't a letter but a transition between letters. Keep up the great work.

[@1locomotiveman]

Love this Ashley&Dad

[@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL]

In England we don't usually finger spell each word we have a sign for each word, that we would like to use and then if we stuck we would use the ABC signing (we use two hands USA use one hand)

[@richtaub]

Great to see both of you again, I always look forward to your videos. Though making a new course takes time, it would great to see one soon. I like how you held your dads arm to "stop the bounce" :D I look forward to your next posting Regards Rich

[@jkimsc]

Such a great channel. Please do more instructional videos! Or maybe even just your recommendations on best learning methods. Thank you!

[@marygrinter4878]

your dad is really cute! i have the same struggle he has where the individual letters are easy but hard to put them all together into the single word

[@elizabethbellah7407]

Hey Ashley! I know I'm a little late I just recently started watching your channel. I watch Sign Duo all the time, I love their channel and yours now too. I just wanted to share a little trick for your dad. I've been signing on and off for most of my life, and I agree, the hard part is making the word. My teacher in high school taught me a good trick though. If you're hearing, which your dad is, you should focus on the sound the letter makes. Instead of just remembering all the letters you see, try and sound the word out in your head as you're watching. Hopefully that will help your dad!

[@trackclubbabe]

YAY!!! love that you guys did this- and that's seriously the best price ever! you're amazing!

[@christopherantonio3612]

Congrats on the 200k!

[@alextonu3926]

My 4 year old and I love your videos. We have watched them all and are learning sign because of you! I would love for you to do a first responders themed video. I work as a paramedic and would love to know how to ask a patient common questions to figure out what is going on.

[@themandalolo]

I think Bill Vicars has a series of videos on Medical Signs on his KZbin channel. You can check those out too.

[@Dig_tigs]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy when you two work together.

[@mattsmith894]

Love your videos. Also I would pre-order a receptive finger spelling course right now, if Ashley is trying to gauge interest in that.

[@ErnieV76]

Yay! Can’t wait to watch it. ☺️🙏🏼

[@Carlywithac]

Hey Ash, I like Japanese sign! It's somewhat similar to American, but more artistic.

[@alexiagarcia4961]

This is Wholesome. 🥰🤩 I just discovered your channel and hope I can learn from your videos. There are 2 customers who come into my store that are deaf, and i get quit upset because I can’t communicate with them due to my lack of knowledge on ASL. 😪🤧

[@Idk-gn1kj]

I love this channel and well she teaches sign and you and your family are such great and nice people tysm

[@lisahinton9682]

So nice that Ashley tried to gently correct the bouncy-bouncy fingerspelling, which is so impossible to read.

[@nova-kiin]

Really? 😯 Would you mind explaining why? Thankfully I don’t bounce when I spell but I never thought about that. Is it because it moves too much so it’s hard to focus or is there perhaps another reason?

[@JamieM470]

@@nova-kiin Well, it's like trying to read a book while someone is bouncing it up and down. Makes it hard to read, and it makes you kind of dizzy. Also, thrusting your hand forward with each letter is the equivalent of shouting. It's just rude.

[@nova-kiin]

@@JamieM470 I see, I never thought about that! Thank you for explaining ☺️

[@PicklesFiona]

Yeah, it’s easy to do that without realizing it, I think it’s because We are emphasizing it in our minds, same as you would say a word louder to remember it. I absolutely have to make myself NOT bounce!

[@lisahinton9682]

I noticed when I was new, I used to make signs really big and dramatic, too - apparently another trait of new signers (which I still am, but at least I've managed to not do bouncy-bouncy or huge, dramatic signing anymore!) Learning a second language, any second language, is hard on so many levels!

[@LivingProcess]

Brilliant as always 🌿🤟🏼💚

[@deafmogilev]

*THANK YOU*

[@theservantofyeshua]

Praise Jesus Christ for you and your dad! 👍 I love to spend time with my daughter rest of my life! She knows ASL. One of her friend is taking ASL class in College ( not her major ). She will use ASL and chat with me. That will be neat!

[@nonenone2760]

You really have great content about ASL lqngouge it is the best thank you

[@orestesdelgado4372]

FUNNY DAD SIGNS I AM LAUGHTER

[@nsknyc]

haha this is so wholesome.

[@dmitorex]

😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@dongrahamkarate1018]

Finger spelling is the hardest part.

[@jimcolebank8469]

Hi dad

[@neilcastro8801]

This is your father was deaf?

[@katelyn371]

For me context is important. If the topic is school and I see m, a, h I know its math. I don't need to see everything.

[@cessnaespitia4150]

Are you Deaf?

[@katelyn371]

@@cessnaespitia4150 No I am hearing. I started learning asl at 11 years old online and through communicating with natives. Fingerspelling has always been my weakness so I have picked up a few tricks over the years!

[@sevensisters5496]

Shadowbanned.

[@petrilindfors9584]

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[@theotherwalt]

I know you had a poll but please remove the captions so that those of us that want to practice reading sign language can practice, those that need the captions can turn them on if they are needed. We want to get better! Thank you.

[@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL]

I need It on because I use BSL (British Sign Language) the lady uses ASL very different to mine I'm learning over again sometimes difficult for me to Fallow so fast

[@theotherwalt]

​@@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL Everyone would still have access to the text by clicking the "CC" button on the lower right of the video. For those of us that want to IMPROVE our sign language reading skills we watch the video without the words on the screen. We try understanding the video without the words, then we watch the video with the CC turned on and see how well we did. You are never going to improve if the cheat codes are always turned on. I have tried BSL, I like the idea of using both hands, some letters look similar to the actual shape of the written letter but I think single-handed is much easier for communication.

[@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL]

@@theotherwalt I can't in my phone

[@theotherwalt]

@@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL on the Android app CC is on the upper right next to the three dots. Tap the video when it is playing. I am sure it is the same on the iPhone app.

[@coachdanny4212]

Dont show the letter „T“ to a turkish Person... 😂🤫

[@jimcolebank8469]

Sorry for your divorce Jesus loves you