Learning Sign Language

This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week and Deaf Aotearoa has issued the challenge for every New Zealander to learn 25 signs.  Room 20 accepted this challenge for our homework task this week.  We decided to start by learning the finger-spelling alphabet - that's 26 signs already!  Then we really got inspired.  We used the Online Dictionary of Sign Language and learned how to sign words that we find useful or interesting.  Some of us have mastered up to 40 signs!  We have even begun learning how to sign this amazing song, Paradise by Waimarie Smith.  What a gorgeous interpretation of New Zealand.  Have a listen and learn some of the signs below: