Lesson Tutor: ASL Signs for Farm Animals

American Sign Language Series II Lesson 2: Farm Animals
By Elaine Ernst Schneider

horse
cow
chicken
turkey
sheep/lamb
pig
dog (snap fingers)
mouse
goat

ASL Series II Lesson 2: Farm Animals

Sign Word Description
chicken Place a right “g” hand at the mouth (this is the sign for “bird). Then place tips of the “g” hand into the upturned palm of the left hand. Note: It is the second half of the sign that makes the sign specific to “chicken,” as a chicken is a bird that pecks.
cow Touch the right temple with the thumb of a “Y” sign to illustrate a horn.
dog Snap your fingers, hand at your side. Here, pup!
goat To show the beard and horn of a goat, touch the right “S” hand to the chin. Then move it upward to just in front of the forehead, changing to a “V” hand.
horse Touch the right temple with the thumb of an “H” sign and move the “H” several times, as if the horse’s ear is twitching.
mouse Gently brush the nose twice with a right “D” hand.
pig Tap the chin twice with the back of a right “P” hand.
sheep, lamb Using the back of a right “v” hand, pantomime cutting wool on the left forearm


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