Chair – Baby Sign
Watch this baby sign video to see the ASL sign for chair, plus learn how to teach your baby to sign chair in Baby Sign Language.
LEARN IT
How to Sign Chair
To do the baby sign for chair, hold your pointer and middle finger out with both of your hands. Your non-dominant hand is in front of you with the back of your hand facing away from you. Your dominant hand’s two fingers sit on your non-dominant hand’s two fingers.
REMEMBER IT
Remembering the Baby Sign for Chair
To remember the baby sign for chair, think of what it looks like to sit in a chair.
TEACH IT
Teaching your Baby to Sign Chair
To teach your baby to sign chair, always do the sign while verbally saying the word in a sentence.
It’s time to go in your high-chair. Put your baby in his or her high-chair.
Can you grab your little chair, please? Show your baby what you want him or get to grab.
To eat this, you need to be on your chair. Gesture to the chair.
Try to be consistent, so your baby will make the association between the sign and chair. By using the sign in a sentence, your baby is also exposed to verbal language and more vocabulary. Awesome!
USE IT
Your Baby Signing Chair
Here are a couple ways your baby can use the baby sign for chair.
She can ask to go in her chair.
He can ask you to get him a chair.
She can better understand that you want her to sit in a chair in order to eat or have something.
When else does your baby sign chair? Share with everyone in the comments below!
BABIES SIGNING
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END OF THE LINE
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