Lobster in Sign Language
Learn how to sign lobster in ASL (American Sign Language)! Do you like to eat lobster? Or just watch them scuttle around?
- Rest both elbows near the waist and extend forearms out.
- Make a V-shape (or scissors shape!) with your pointer and middle finger extended, and the ring and pinky fingers tucked into the palm with the thumb holding them down.
- Open and close your middle and pointer finger together like snapping lobster claws. Look out!
- This sign looks like a lobster opening and closing its claws! Use this visual to help you remember the sign.
Teaching Tips – to learn how to sign lobster in ASL
- Turn pretending to be a lobster into a game. Those little “claws” you make in this sign are excellent tickle fingers too. Giggle and sign your way through practicing this sign.
- Preschool learning can happen anywhere – even the grocery store! Visit the fish section and observe the live lobsters in the tank. Ask your child to talk about what he notices and practice the sign.
Transcript:
Lobster! Make scissors with your fingers like the lobster claws. Lobster!