Fingerspelling is an important part of American Sign Language. It only takes a few minutes to learn the letters of the manual alphabet. You can begin fingerspelling words as soon as you have learned the handshapes of the manual alphabet.

Today, we will learn 5 alphabet letters: a, b, c, d, e.

A a	B b
C c	D d
D d

Congratulations! You have learned your first set of sign letters. You can finger spell some words now. Keep practicing to remember them.