Learning sign language - Dutch Sign Language Challenge

I have been willing to learn sign language for quite a while now. My son having difficulties understanding and producing language, has made for an added incentive. Time has always been an issue though, and it so happened that I never got to it. When my son started in school a little over a year ago, I was offered a course to learn sign language (a special variant for pre-school kids), but that would mean several evenings a week of attending lessons. Time and energy I just did not have at the time.

Although my son refuses to use sign language at home, he uses it a lot at school. The teachers there also use sign language in addition to spoken words, to make it more easy for the kids to understand what they're trying to say. At home, we do use a lot of pictorial signs to make it more clear as to what day it is and what we will be doing that day:

But last week, my sister pointed out a post on Facebook, about the so called "Nederlandse GebarenChallenge", created by Bianca van der Horst. You get a video (5-10min) each week, for one year, covering 10 signs a week. It's pretty easy to follow along and the signs you learn are relevant to the time of year. This week, I learned:

• good morning
• good evening
• coffee
• thee
• hot
• cold
• winter
• freezing
• ice skating
• hot chocolate

If you're Dutch speaking and interested, be sure to check it out. You can enroll until March 1st.