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Sign Language Games to Practice Finger Isolation

Have you ever played sign language games to practice finger isolation? It can be a fun way to mix up other classic games using sign language.

Have you ever played sign language games to practice finger isolation? It can be a fun way to mix up other classic games using sign language. You can download a FREE printable at the end of the post to use a visual support for sign language.

Have you ever played sign language games to practice finger isolation? It can be a fun way to mix up other classic games using sign language.  You can download a FREE printable at the end of the post to use a visual support for sign language.

How to Play the Sign Language Games

Guess the Word

Play this game with friend. Player one signs several letters. Player two has to guess the word that player one is signing. Switch roles and repeat the game.

Categories

Change up the game and pick a category. You have to sign a word associated with the category. For example, if the category is colors you have to sign a color word such as blue, green, or red.

Play Memory

Play a memory game. Player one signs one letter. Player two signs that letter and adds a new letter. Player one has to sign letter one, letter two and add a third letter. Keep playing until someone can not remember.

Tactile Telephone Sign Language Game

Do you know how to play telephone? Children sit in a circle. Player one whispers something into the next child’s ear. That child repeats what they think they heard to the next child. This continues until you get all the way around the circle and the last child says out loud what they think they heard. There are laughs all around!

To make telephone a sign language game, sign a three letter word to the child next to you. Make sure you turn your backs so no one can see what you are signing. That child passes it to the next child and so on. Can the last player get the three letter word correct?

Guess the Letter

In this sign language game, player one thinks of ONE letter in their head and gives a clue such as “this letter is between the letters A and F”. Player two makes a guess and chooses one letter to sign from A, B, C, D, E, or F. If they get it right on the first try, player two gets one point. If they get it right on the second try they get 2 points, etc. Play five rounds switching roles. The player with the least amount of points in the winner!

Resource to Help Children Develop Fine Motor Skills

Busy OTs, teachers, and parents will love these Fantastic Fingers® Fine Motor Skill Builders to develop hand function in children.  Three levels of fine motor activities are ready to go!

We all understand that children need practice time to develop hand function that is essential for life skills. But it can be a real struggle to find the time to create graded levels of activities to complete at home or in the classroom.

Developed by an experienced OT, Ingrid C. King, the Fantastic Fingers® Fine Motor Skill Builders includes 54 pages total of 3 levels of fine motor activities (18 pages each) plus an introductory letter in Word format (you can edit it!).

It is delivered electronically as 3 PDFs and the introductory letter in Word format immediately following payment. FIND OUT MORE.

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Have you ever played sign language games to practice finger isolation? It can be a fun way to mix up other classic games using sign language.