{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/asl-animals",
 "id": "asl-animals",
 "title": "ASL Animals",
 "category": "world-languages",
 "subject": "American Sign Language",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "How to sign common animals in ASL, only signs that are widely used.",
 "tags": [
  "american sign language",
  "vocabulary"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "English",
 "backLabel": "How to sign it",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Dog",
   "Pat the leg, then snap the fingers, like calling a dog"
  ],
  [
   "Cat",
   "Pinch and pull at the cheek twice, like whiskers"
  ],
  [
   "Bird",
   "Index finger and thumb open and close in front of the mouth, like a beak"
  ],
  [
   "Fish",
   "Flat hand swims forward, wiggling like a fish"
  ],
  [
   "Horse",
   "Thumb on the temple with two fingers flapping down, like horse ears"
  ],
  [
   "Cow",
   "Thumb of a Y hand twists at the side of the forehead, like a horn"
  ],
  [
   "Pig",
   "Flat hand under the chin flops down twice"
  ],
  [
   "Rabbit",
   "Two fingers at the side of the head bend like rabbit ears"
  ],
  [
   "Mouse",
   "Index finger brushes the nose twice, like a twitching nose"
  ],
  [
   "Monkey",
   "Both hands scratch the sides of the chest, like a monkey"
  ],
  [
   "Elephant",
   "Hand makes a trunk, moving out from the nose in a curve"
  ],
  [
   "Lion",
   "Fingers sweep back over the head like a mane"
  ],
  [
   "Bear",
   "Cross both arms and scratch the chest with clawed hands"
  ],
  [
   "Turtle",
   "Fist for the head pokes out from under the other cupped hand, the shell"
  ],
  [
   "Butterfly",
   "Hands cross at the thumbs and the fingers flap like wings"
  ],
  [
   "Duck",
   "Fingers and thumb snap open and shut at the mouth, like a bill"
  ]
 ]
}