CrisM
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering what hand gestures you use for Speak. I'm teaching Valentine both "Speak" and "Quiet." I thought about using my hand as if it were a mouth and opening it for Speak, but I use a similar grasping gesture when she drops something too far for me to reach or to tell her what specific toy I want her to get when I'm calling it by name.
For Quiet I think I'll use the old pointer finger to the lips.
Maybe it doesn't need a gesture? I feel like an awful lot of our commands start with "S," though: Sit, Stay, Stand, Spin, Shake, and now Speak.
Here are the gestures I use so far:
Sit: Vertical Back of Hand Rises Up
Down: Finger Points Down
Flat: Hand Horizontal with Floor
Go Get _____ (Specific toy’s name): Grasping Gesture with Fingers
Stand: Horizontal Hand pulls away from her
Stay: Stop Gesture
Touch: Point to Object
Shake: Reach Hand out to Shake
What do you think?