The My Smart Hands ‘Alphabet signs’ flash card app is designed for children of all ages. Even pre-readers can have fun looking the cards and playing the exciting quiz game. Simply swipe your finger along the screen to move from card to card and tap once on the screen to flip the card to the reverse side.
When you flip through the cards, youll find colorful, fun illustrations on one side as well as the ASL and written letters of the alphabet. On the reverse side there are children showing you how to make the sign for that word. Additionally, there is a ‘watch’ feature that plays a video of Fireese showing you and your child how to make the sign.
Anyone can have fun playing the quiz games. There are two quiz options:
1. SIGNS OPTION: tests your childs knowledge of the signs. A picture of the child signing the word will appear along with answer buttons that have both the pictures on them for the pre-readers and the words for early word recognition.
2. ALPHABET OPTION: tests his/her knowledge of the ASL alphabet. The hand shape of the ASL letter will appear and the answer buttons will have the different letter choices. The letter optons will show both upper and lower case letters to help your child begin to recognize both styles.
In both quizes you can select from four, six or eight questions. The quiz works on a points system vs a ‘wrong’ answer system. If your child gets the answer right on the first guess they get three points. If your child selects the wrong answer that one will simply be eliminated as an option leaving the other two choices. If the child selects the right answer at this time they will get two points and if they get it wrong leaving only the correct answer left they will still get one point. As part of the quiz option, children can select ‘watch’ at any time to see a video of Fireese making the sign.
Also included in this app is a video featuring all of the signs set to an original song! Youll also receive a code and simple instructions to download a free MP3 version of the song onto your computer, to play on any device that plays MP3s.
We know this app will give your child hours of fun!
Be sure to check out our My Smart Hands Baby Sign Language Dictionary app and watch for more exciting My Smart Hands apps coming soon!