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Bell

Bell in ASL looks like you are striking a bell with a mallet and then the mallet is recoiling back after the strike. You take your non-dominant hand open and stand your whole forearm up as if to make the wall of a bell. Then you take your dominant hand in a first, with thumb and index finger both pointing down. The dominant hand strikes the non-dominant hand, then goes back vibrating.

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SIGN USAGE

A bell makes a good introductory musical instrument. Babies love shaking a bell and learning how their action can create a sound. Highly motivational objects, like bell, make great early signs because your baby's fascination with the object makes them want to learn the sign.

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We can teach bell during the holiday season or as part of introducing our babies to musical instruments, if they attend kinder music or a similar program.