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Island

To sign island, make you dominant hand into a fist and stick out your pinkie finger. This is the ASL symbol for 'I'. Next, swirl your pinkie in a circle on the back of your other hand (usually in closed or fist form) to represent the island surrounded by the ocean.

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SIGN USAGE

Island is a concept that will not be fully grasped until the child is older. But showing your baby pictures and teaching the sign can help prepare your baby for a new experience. Introducing this concept along with beach and ocean will allow them to feel more comfortable in this new setting.

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Flash Card

Geographical concepts are difficult to teach. For island, we waited until our babies were old enough to show curiosity about stories set on islands.