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Sign Language - Food Signs - Apple to Blackberry
Communicate What You Want to Eat

By Jamie Berke, About.com

Updated April 26, 2009

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One of the most important things that need to be communicated in sign language, especially for children, is food. Books are available with food signs, and signs are available on the web and in regular sign language dictionaries. There is even food safety information in sign language.

Books

Beginning Sign Language Series: Foods Compare Prices is a thin, colorful picture book of food signs for children, with 43 signs. A similar one from the same publisher is Beginning Sign Language Series: Fruits & Vegetables Compare Prices, with 39 signs.

Food Sign Language Video

The Bravo Family series includes "Beginning ASL Videocourse #2: Breakfast with the Bravo Family," a video that shows breakfast and dining signs. It can be viewed online for free on the website of the Described and Captioned Media Program. Another one is "Beginning ASL Videocourse #4: Let's Go Food Shopping," which teaches about shopping at a grocery store and is also available on the DCMP website.

Food Safety Information for Deaf People

The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service offers a series of signed and captioned web videos on food safety. Topics range from E.coli to feeding large groups.

Web Signs and Dictionary Signs

Here are selected food signs for the words apple to blackberry and their example sources from the Sign Language Word Reference Guide at About.com: Deafness:

apple ASL Browser LessonTutor
apricot Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices
artichoke Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices
asparagus Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices
avocado Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices
bacon ASL Browser Handspeak.com* LessonTutor
banana Basic Guide to ASL ASL Browser Handspeak.com* LessonTutor
beef Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices LessonTutor
berry ASL Browser LessonTutor
biscuit ASL Browser
blackberry Picture Plus Dictionary Compare Prices

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More Food Signs:

Blueberry to Cabbage Cake to Chocolate Cookie to Fork French Fries to Juice Ketchup to McDonalds Meal to Pear Peas to Plum Popcorn to Sausage Shrimp to Watermelon
All Food Signs
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French Fries to Juice
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Shrimp to Watermelon
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