Lesson Tutor: American Sign Language meets Spanish Vocabulary

Joanne Mikola

English	ASL	Spanish
red	Touch a right “d” hand to the lips, glancing the top and then the bottom lip in a downward motion.	rojo
white	Touch all fingertips and thumb of an open and slightly curved right hand to the chest. Move the hand forward, while closing it so that the fingertips touch about eight inches in front of the chest.	blanco
blue	Slight shake a right “B” hand as you hold it to the right of the body	azul
black	Touch the index-finger side of a right “d” hand to the forehead. Then move it across the forehead, (just above the eyebrows) in a left to right motion.	negro
orange	Squeeze an “s” hand in front of the mouth to pantomime squeezing an orange.	anaranjado
green	Slightly shake a right “g” hand.	verde
yellow	Hold the right “Y” hand to the right side of the body, gently rotating it side to side several times.	amarillo
brown	Draw a right “b” hand across the right cheek, starting at the right side of the nose and ending at the bottom of the mouth.	cafe
pink	Draw a ‘p’ hand down across lips.	rosado
purple	Hold “p” hand to the right of the body and move once from side to side.	morado
grey	Pass fingers through open spaces between fingers as hands move in opposition.	gris

Ideas for learning games:
– print this page.
– glue a sheet of construction paper to the back of the page
– Cut the page into the ‘squares’ as indicated – reconstruct the ‘lines’ like a puzzle – example – place all the ‘red’ words together.

Play your own version of Concentration – any two squares that are the same word meaning can be matched.
(Remove one square from each word with a picture option. Dealer’s choice!)

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