Nano signs "Thanks!"

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Nano signs "Thanks!"

Get Nano to sign by editing a costume.

Millions of people use sign language to communicate. A common way to sign 'Thank you' is to place your fingers on your chin with your hand as flat as possible. You then move your hand forwards, away from your chin and slightly down.

The Nano sprite saying, "Thanks!"

Nano uses sign language

You will edit a costume of Nano to get them to sign "thank you".

You can edit costumes for sprites with the Paint editor.

Click on the Costumes tab to see the costumes for the Nano sprite:

The available costumes for the Nano sprite.

Click on the nano-b costume. Click on the arm on the left-hand side.

The nano-b costume with the left arm selected.

Select the double-headed 'rotate' arrow and drag the mouse up to rotate the arm.

The rotate tool highlighted

The direction to rotate - curving up and to the left

The costume should look like this:

Nano's arm rotated so it touches their chin

Select the 'Front' tool to make the arm the front layer.

Nano's arm at the front layer

Tip: If you make a mistake in the Paint editor, you can click on Undo.

The 'Undo' icon.

Animation showing rotating the arm and placing it on the front layer.

Test: Click on the Nano sprite on the Stage and check that Nano's costume changes to the costume that you have edited.

You have learned how to sign "thank you". Next time you thank someone, why not use your new skill?

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