ASL The 20’s are weird

1-5 review  Palm Orientation in  Number 3 is middle, index and thumb  Number 4 is all but thumb  Practice 3 to 4

6-10  Palm Orientation out  Starting with the smallest of fingers and work your way up through 9 and 10 is just the thumb up with a little shake from side to side  Tap 6-9, not to confuse with ”f’ or “w”

11 and 12  Palm Orientation in  Flicking motion  Index finger for 11 and index and middle fingers flicking in unison for 12

14 and 15  Palm orientation in  Closed “4” hand shape for 14 and closed “5” hand shape for 15  Folding at the crease across your palm like the “come here” motion

16-19  Twisting motion from wrist  10 to 6, 10 to 7, 10 to 8…

20  Palm Orientation out  “L” is the connection to the 20’s except for 22  “L” hand shape to an “L” O

21  Palm Orientation out  “L” to 1  Deaf way: ”L” hand shape with thumb pulsing

22 and all double numbers: 33,44,55…  Palm Orientation down  The number with a bounce and slide motion toward your dominant side, making an arching movement.

23-29  Palm Orientation out  “L” 3, “L”4, “L”5, “L”6, “L”7, “L”8, “L”9  The Deaf way for 23: the sign for three with the middle finger waving.  The deaf way for 25: ring finger and middle finger in unison wave.

30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90  Palm orientation out  Start with the sign for the number of tens you are describing  Then fold that number into an ”O” Caution: You do not make a full “O” with all your fingers only the number of tens you are describing

From here you can count to 99…  Because it just becomes compounding. Caution: 45, 52, 31 I give these example to make the point that the palm orientation for the number of ones represented in these examples has the palm orientation out not in as the numbers 1-5 have.