Signs
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Description
of Sign Action
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alligator
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Starting
with open hands slightly curved like alligator jaws, move hands
together, interlocking fingers when they meet. |
elephant
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Using a right
curved "B" hand, trace an imaginary elephant's trunk from your nose
outward. |
frog
|
Hold a closed right hand
under the chin, palm facing down. Flick out right and middle fingers to
indicate the jumping of a frog. |
giraffe
|
Place
a right "C" hand at the neck and then move it upward and outward as if
tracing the exceptionally long neck of the giraffe. |
hippopotamus
|
Using curved hands, left
tips up and right tips down, place fingertips together. Open hands wide
and then close again, to imitate the opening and closing of a hippo's
mouth. |
kangaroo
|
Hold curved "b"
hands slightly in front of the body, palms down. Then move hands up and
down twice to imitate the jumping of a kangaroo. |
lion
|
Hold a cupped open-fingered right hand at the forehead's
hairline. Then move the hand backward across the curve of the top of
the head, illustrating the lion's mane. |
monkey
|
With curved hands,
pantomime scratching sides as a monkey would. |
shark
|
Place a right "B"
hand between the fingers of theleft hand (two fingers on each side of
the "B" hand). Hold hands in that position as you move them to the
side. Hint: The right hand represents the shark's fin that is visible
above the water, which is illustrated by the left hand.
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| snake |
With
a curved "V" hand (illustrating the fangs of the snake) move forward
from the chin, slightly rotating the hand. |
| tiger |
Move open hands (fingers slightly bent)
across the eyes and outward, illustrating the tiger's stripes.
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| zebra |
Place
open hands on the center of the chest and move both hands outward
simultaneously. |
