How do you say 'well done' in sign language please?

[suwoo]

Can't seem to find anything on google that shows me.

Thanks

Is it just the thumbs up sign, i.e good?

if its realy good we use double thumbs =is very good

Is there not a particular specific sign then? I can do the thumbs but I wanted her to feel I had really tried to acknowledge her achievement. Any old hearing person can do the thumbs up IYSWIM.

I don't think there's a specific sign, just the thumbs, though my BSL is very rusty. I use Makaton in work and it's thumbs up.

She might use Makaton (have just googled), I have no idea. She is profoundly deaf and I think has other SN too. She comes with a support worker. I normally just smile and nod, but feel that is a real copout and would like to make more effort.

Use you face to show your delight, smile, use the thumbs up and say "well done" or "very good".

Yeah, thats what I do coco, but I will be more expressive with my smile and actually say well done. So that is enough effort then? As long as I have done enough to welcome her and make her feel valued then thats ok by me . Thanks for your help.

in bsl it would be thumbs up in a cyclical movement towards the praisee (!), probably blowing out your cheeks to show you are really impressed.

We use the BSL. Though we're not too fussy what direction it is in.

Thanks for that explanation Robin, I'm sure it was difficult to express that gesture in words!

I do 2 thumbs up if its really good. i am not sure what it is though (makaton)

i have a makaton book though that i could dig out if you like?(will be 2mo as its in a box on top of the DSs wardrobe!)

i had to keep doing it to work out how to say it, so any deaf person looking through my window would think i was really heaping the praise onto my computer!!!

at Robin. Can you clarify the blowing out your cheeks thing- don't want to get that wrong and look like an idiot! Whitenoise, that would be great thanks. Is there a big difference then between makaton and bsl? How would you know which one someone used?

I brush clap hands (very) and thumbs up ( good) Makaton)

it is a thumbs up or 2 thumbs up for very good. You would use facial expression as well but am guessing you already know that

BSL and makaton signs are very similar in places but i personally find makaton easier. I find the signs simpler and i don't have to sign every word either! With makaton you have to speak the words as well so if your friend is deaf she may use BSL.

Either way - thumbs up is a pretty universal sign for well done

I did a Makaton course yesterday. We learnt so much!

We learnt two signs for well done - the thumbs up sign (or two for very well done!) and touching your pointer finger to your thumb, so it makes an "o".

Apparently in some cultures using the "thumbs up" sign is offensive!

We learnt that wiggling the thumb (is that what you meant Robin?) was the sign for "Ok".

We learnt it really important to use as many communication cues as possible, so saying the words, and smiling!

BSL is a language in itself and verbal "words" are not used. The grammar and word order is completely different eg "I am going to work" would be signed as "Work I am going". In Makaton it would probably just be "me" or "I" and "work" (and maybe going if you felt inclined but it is much simpler).

We do the thumbs up with Ds1 and also the sign for "clever boy", which is a thumb drawn horizontally across the forehead, followed by a finger drawn horizontally across the botton of the chin. For girls repeat the first step then lightly rub at the cheek with a finger tip.

That is interesting aswell. Do you think bullet, if I made that sort of sign to an adult it could be patronising? Think I will just 'say' well done and do a thumbs up with a big smile- that would be most natural to me. I have noticed her support worker doesn't use any sign language, so maybe my customer is a proficient lip reader?

To an adult, yes, it would be seen as patronising in my opinion. Ds1 is 5.5 and is very young for his age in a lot of ways, so he likes it, but I would not say it to an adult.

Thats what I thought. I'll stick with my original plan then. Its good to know for future reference though.

when ds is really good we do a thumbs up and say good boy. After he has been naughty and is back in the room he does it

magso: no i was talking about a directional sign that moves towards the person you are praising, both hands moving alternately in a cyclical motion.

suwoo: blowing out your cheeks does sound a bit odd, eh? kind of like you would do if you were hot or out of puff. it's a way of putting emphasis on what you are saying - kind of, "wow! that must have been difficult!" or "phew! well done!"

i think i'd use the bsl sign with adults too. now i'm worried!!

woops, sorry magso. meant mm22bys there!!