90 learning to use a sign language
Ask questions that can be answered
with a single sign.
Do you want
your doll or
blanket?
want
doll
blanket
If your child answers, praise her. If your
child does not answer:
Doll. • she may not understand the sign.
• she may not understand the idea
of a question — that it needs an
answer.
One way to teach your child about questions is to answer them for her at
first. After a while she will get the idea.
How many squash
do we need?
We need
2 squash.
Squash?
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)