About ASL Kids
For kids, by kids and parents
A practical ASL learning home for children, families, and first-time learners
ASL Kids helps children, parents, teachers, caregivers, and beginners learn American Sign Language through short videos, everyday signs, printable practice, classroom activities, and an app made for young learners.
ASL Kids was created by parents of a deaf son. That family experience is why the site focuses on useful communication, visual learning, and approachable first steps instead of overwhelming beginners with long lessons.
What We Make
Beginner lessons
Guides such as First 50 ASL Signs, the 7-day challenge, and lesson plans help families start with a clear path.
Kid-friendly practice
The ASL Kids app, dictionary, printables, and ASL games are designed for short, repeatable practice at home, in preschool, in therapy, or in class.
Helpful buying guides
Some pages compare books, flash cards, posters, courses, and classroom supplies. These pages are meant to support practice, not replace video examples, qualified instruction, or Deaf community learning.
Editorial Standards
ASL Kids is built for real beginners, so we try to make every guide practical, accurate, and easy to use. Our editorial approach is simple:
- Start with signs children can use in daily routines, such as more, help, eat, all done, book, play, family, feelings, and classroom needs.
- Show signs in motion whenever possible through the app, dictionary, or embedded video, because still pictures cannot show the full sign.
- Explain that ASL is a real language with its own grammar, movement, facial expression, and Deaf cultural context.
- Use plain English for parents and teachers while avoiding promises about therapy, speech, hearing, school placement, or medical outcomes.
- Update pages when we improve a learning path, add a printable, fix a broken link, or find a clearer way to explain a beginner concept.
For background on ASL as a complete natural language, we point readers to trusted public resources such as the NIDCD overview of American Sign Language.
Responsible Use
Many visitors use ASL Kids with babies, autistic children, children with speech delays, deaf or hard-of-hearing children, classrooms, AAC supports, or family communication goals. We want those pages to be useful and careful.
ASL Kids is educational. It is not medical, therapy, legal, or educational placement advice. If you are making decisions about hearing, speech, language development, autism, AAC, IEPs, or therapy, work with qualified professionals such as a doctor, audiologist, speech-language pathologist, teacher, therapist, or your child’s care team.
We also encourage families to learn from Deaf educators, ASL-fluent teachers, local community resources, and qualified classes when possible.
How ASL Kids Earns Money
ASL Kids earns money from app-related traffic, affiliate links, course referrals, and Amazon links. These earnings help support the website, app, printables, and free learning resources.
Affiliate links do not change the price you pay. We try to recommend resources that fit beginner needs, such as clear visuals, durable classroom use, routine-based signs, and materials that pair well with video practice.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read the full affiliate disclosure for more detail.
Corrections, Feedback, and Contact
We welcome corrections, resource suggestions, broken-link reports, and feedback from families, teachers, ASL learners, Deaf community members, and professionals who work with children.
Email info@asl-kids.com or use the contact page.
Supporting a deaf or hard-of-hearing child?
Use the ASL for Parents of Deaf Children guide to start a family ASL path with first signs, app practice, parent course options, and trusted support resources.