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The sign for paint looks like you are slathering paint on a wall. Take your non-dominant hand and hold it vertically as if it were a wall. Using your dominant hand, move it up and down across the wall as if you were painting.

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SIGN USAGE

For children that love to paint, teach this sign so they learn to associate the sign with the activity. Once the child understand paint in this personal context, you can start to generalize the sign.

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Flash Card

If your infant loves making little masterpieces, then paint is going to be a popular sign. Begin teaching the sign in the context of real-world painting, then generalize the sign using this flash card.