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learning South African signs with SASL,  \nEnglish, Zulu & Afrikaans  \nA special word of THANKS  \nA teacher, friend & family resource for beginners  \nWe have loved working on this project, as it has been a fun and collaborative project - a labour of love for all of us as we share a dream ... a happy and fulfilling life for all our deaf and hard of hearing children .  \nThe Centre for Deaf Studies would like to thank our two collaborators on this project, Einsteinhands and Thrive. Along with a huge thanks to the members of the Deaf community for their input and especially Monique Sutcliffe. Thank you to Delia van Zyl, Emma Segoati & Gemimi Masienyane, our 3 models, the graphic designer; Charmaine Jordaan as well as the Photographer, Marais Nell  \nINDEX PAGE  \nPage  \nWelcome & thanks  1-2  \nIntroduction Letters  3-14  \nAlphabet  15-17  \nNumbers  18-19  \nFinger reference  20  \nThemes  \n1. Animals  21-36  \n2. Bath routine  37-42  \n3. Beach  43-47  \n4. Birthday  48-51  \n5. Clothing  52-59  \n6. Colours  60-66  \n7. Days and calender  67-76  \n8. Deafness  77-79  \n9. Descriptions  80-105  \n10. Emotions & Feelings  106-116  \n11. Family & People  117-127  \n12. Food, Fruit, Veggies & Treats  128-164  \nPage  \n13. Home  165-180  \n14. Manners  181-184  \n15. Money  185-189  \n16. Months  190-200  \n17. Nature, Seasons & Weather  201-213  \n18. Occupations & Places  214-222  \n19. Pronouns  223-226  \n20. Question words  227-232  \n21. Safety  233-240  \n22. Sport 241-246  \n23. Toys  247-252  \n24. Transport  253-261  \n25. Verbs & Instructions  262-284  \n26. Miscellaneous words  285-292  \n27. Basic conversation  293-302  \nBASIC SASL VOCABULARY KIT  \nWelcome to our introductory South African Sign Language (SASL) vocabulary curriculum. We are so excited to have developed this foundational SASL vocabulary kit of just over 300 words along with “Einstein Hands” as we know that every Teacher, Parent and family member of a deaf or hard of hearing child needs some basic building blocks of vocabulary in this new language, South African Sign Language.  \nThis set of vocabulary has been developed with specific core themes in mind; themes that all teachers, families and friends can use to begin communicating with their young deaf child. This resource has not been developed to serve as a dictionary, but rather as a foundational resource as you start to learn this rich and beautiful language. 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