Feb 25, 2025 · Welcome to Creative ASL Teaching. I have been a Secondary American Sign Language teacher for more than 20 years. Prior to that, I taught elementary school, mainly Kinder and third grade. I live in southern California with my husband (also a teacher), our two children, a feral cat named Lily, and our two Puggles.

Jan 20, 2019 · Battleship – The actual game is an excellent way for students to practice letters and numbers. ASL teachers are always looking for fun ways to practice numbers. Taboo – Again, this is another high-level, thinking game made for mid to upper-level language learners.

As the founder of Creative ASL Teaching blog I have helped thousands of teachers take their teaching from static to inspirational. Teachers all over the globe are using resources, lesson plans, and ideas provided from this blog to create their own dynamic classrooms.

Nov 11, 2023 · Fingerspelling Fun! Fingerspelling can be a tedious learning task for students. It can often leave students feeling frustrated, lacking in skill, or even incapable of achieving success in ASL. To make fingerspelling fun, try to implement entertaining and creative ways to practice it.

Aug 10, 2024 · Idea #6 – Find Someone Who This is just a classic. Create your bingo board and fill the squares with questions you want students to know about each other. These can be “Find someone who has the same number of siblings as you” but I like to learn a little more about my students by asking questions that relate to ASL.

Feb 26, 2020 · In that post, I created and shared an ASL lesson to use with students. Since then I have been thinking about why ASL lessons have to be so dry, dull and uninspiring in the upper-level classes.

Feb 17, 2020 · Teaching ASL vocabulary in context, combining vocabulary with visual and signing activities and providing students with different opportunities to use the words (conversational, interpretive, analytical) will enhance language development.

Feb 12, 2020 · The main focus of this post is to help you encourage students to build their ASL vocabulary especially in the upper-level courses of ASL. However, many of the ideas I will share with you can cross over to lower levels of language learners.

Jan 30, 2024 · In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the marriage of traditional teaching tools like Story Squares with modern technology like QR codes brings innovation to the ASL classroom.

Sep 20, 2022 · This is quicker but not as fun as drawing. There is just something about drawing that makes people relaxed. Looking for more great activities to add to your lessons? Try one of these. Looking for pre-made lesson plans to make your life easy, save you time, and engage your students? Try the Creative ASL Teaching Curriculum. Get Social