Fingerspelling

Manual Alphabet and Numbers 1-9

Dominant Hand O Always fingerspell with your dominant hand O Dominant Hand is typically the hand you write with O Those who are ambidextrous, use the hand that feels most comfortable O Do not slide your letters out too far O Your hand should be directly below your shoulder when fingerspelling

When do we fingerspell O Names of places O Proper Nouns O Names O Words we don’t know O For emphasis O Certain words that are easy to fingerspell

Which ones do we fingerspell O The Detroit Lions O Lion O Tigers O The Detroit Tigers O Stoney Creek High School O Supercalfragolisticexpialodoucous

Double Letter Bounce O BB O CC O DD O FF O GG O II O NN O PP O RR O TT O PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

Double Letter Slide O OO O AA O SS O LL O MM O EE O RR O PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE