MATCH-UP SIGNS Pruchase Deaf Children's Playng Cards (I can tell you where to purchase them). The cards are in pairs with the same sign on two cards. Distribute cards among your players. Have the players do the sign without speaking. Those doing the same sign must find their match.
BIRTHDAY BUDDIES: Have all the players use theri ingenuity. Ask players not to talk but in the same way find other people who are born in the same month.
CHARADES: Play a game of charades by miming only. No talking. The subjects may be machines such as vacuum cleaner, washing machine, hedge trimmer, or household chores such as using a broom, dring dishes, wasing windows or animals using mime or the signs. Hope you have fund with these. Also there is the game of "Horse" It is difficult to explain, but I will try. The players form a circle with one person in the middle. The person points to someone on edge of circle, the two players on either side of the pointed one make horse ears on that person with their fist below the top hand that forms ears. Sometimes the person on the side is right handed and has to do it left handed and can't do it well. I think the person in the center counts to 3 or so, and if they haven't made horse ears by then, then that person goes in the middle. Lots of laughter accompanies this fun game. It is played much among the deaf in my area of Ohio"
—JANETGRANGE
"I play this with my son and daughter often. My son is deaf so my daughter came up with the game.
Things you need: people,markers, and paper So here how you play: First tell everyone to sit in a circle. You pick someone to be it. The person that is it will pick a letter and do the sign language. The person that writes down the letter first and puts the paper up in the air and is it and you start from the top.Once you start getting the hang of it you can go to words."
—DANNIEGIRL37
"Maybe there are few ideas/suggestions that I have for you. New signers or hard of hearing students can have more thinking concept skills with the list of words to memorize signing. Then, you sign back and one to respond what that word is! That would be a challenge experience for them! I provide the Alcohol and Drug prevention education for my Deaf youth groups in the summer camps for the past 2 years. I have cards, DUI goggles and some games. To start a signing exercise in the group, perhaps they can start basic words and take turns but use visually gestures and try to develop new communication. I hope it is helpful!"
—JBOYD127
"Sign language games - you can play go fish with the students. Make cards or buy cards with the words on them that you want them to learn then play go fish.
Another fun game to teach them visualization is call snapshot. You have them tell a story such as a fairy tale or nursery rhyme by using their bodies. No signing or talking and no movement. It's a lot of fun! Another game: Stand in a circle. Have one person either fingerspell their name or use their name sign and then pick an animal that starts with the first letter of their name. The person the right then fingerspells that person's name (or sign their name sign) then the animal then his/her own name and animal and so on. So if you're at the end of the line you will have to have a very good memory! But it's a lot of fun!!!"
—About Visitor
"A good way to teach children signs, is by playing the game Memory using flash cards. This can be done in two ways. You may play a game using pictures may it be food, animals,ect. and if the child matches the two cards right they have to give the sign before the child is awarded the point. Or you may do it the opposite by having each card have a different sign. And if the child matches up the sign, the child then has to tell what that sign means. That way the child learns to identify different signs and then applies the knowledge by describing what each sign means."
—About Visitor
"When I started to learn Sign Language, my teacher taught us to play "Guesstures". We acted out the words, but, we had to sign the answers. We also played a game called "Favorite Signs". We all sat in a circle, and each person signed Their favorite signs. Then, the first person signed someone else's sign, that person then signed that person's sign, and another's sign. It goes on until someone makes a mistake, then that person is out. The game goes on, until there's only one person left."
—About Visitor
"A neat game to play for a vocab review is to write vocabulary words on index cards - one per card. One person turns the cards over one at a time and holds them up for the players to see. Everyone else sits in a circle facing toward the center. One person is selected to begin. This person goes and stands behind another person so that both can see the card that is being held up.
