Kickstarter

Filming in Vegas for TreeSchoolers

One of the most satisfying elements of our Kickstarter campaigns has been the opportunity to film Backers from all over for new shows. We have filmed families that have traveled to us from as far as Pakistan! And we have traveled as far as Paris to film! Most recently, our crew filmed families in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our film site was the Hilton Lake Las Vegas, who graciously supported our mission by allowing us to film on their property. The lush grounds included a waterfall, lake, gardens, and a sandy beach! The Hilton Lake Las Vegas staff were gracious hosts …

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How Kickstarter Works

How to Get Started What is Kickstarter? Why use Kickstarter? How can I participate? What is a pledge? Do I get something in return for my pledge? What are Backer Rewards? How do I make a pledge? What is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a crowdsourcing platform for creative projects. We’ve used it to fund: Signing Time Christmas Rachel & the TreeSchoolers Ep. 2-6 Rachel & the TreeSchoolers Ep. 7-9 – NOW FUNDING! Why use Kickstarter? Kickstarter lets YOU become our partner in production. YOU help us decide what shows to create. And you can even choose to have YOUR KIDS be filmed for those shows! For …

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TV Execs Say NO, Parents Say YES!

Families Fund New Show When Two Little Hands Productions pitched the pilot episode of their educational show for preschoolers to television executives, “we were told that it was too educational,” says co-founder and show host, Rachel Coleman. “We didn’t want to water down the material. Kids are smart. They deserve smart media. There’s no reason a show can’t be both educational and incredibly fun.” So, Two Little Hands took the show, Rachel & the TreeSchoolers, directly to families through Kickstarter, a crowd-funding platform that allows individuals (called “backers”) to fund the development of new projects in exchange for rewards that can …

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Viewers Like YOU Make the Call: How Your Support Makes Quality Programming Happen

By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C Take one company with a long history of producing high quality children’s media; legions of fans who ask, beg, and demand for “MORE Signing Time, PLEASE!”; an idea of bringing high quality media to television in the form of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers; and you would think it was a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, TV executives took a look at the pilot episode of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers and deemed it “too educational for television”. (Yes, this really happened!) Now, if you know Rachel Coleman (and her team), you know that the answer NO, isn’t exactly …

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Now in Production – Rachel & the TreeSchoolers: Amazing Animals

Because of YOU… We are in production of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers: Amazing Animals, and we’d like to send out a big THANK YOU to all of you who backed our Kickstarter campaign. You made this show possible! In this episode, the TreeSchoolers explore how each and every one of them have unique talents and abilities, even though they are different kinds of animals. Key questions What is an animal? How are animals different from one another? How are animals the same as each other? Key skills, concepts, and values Animals grow up, and change as they grow. Everyone has special talents and …

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Now in Production – Rachel & the TreeSchoolers: A Happy, Healthy Me

In this episode of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers, Abigail has a cold and is unable to use her voice to sing. The TreeSchooler friends help us learn about how our bodies get sick, and how to take care of our amazing bodies.     Key questions Why do our bodies get sick? How can we keep our bodies healthy? Key skills, concepts, and values Respecting our bodies (by taking care of ourselves!) Compassion – the Treeschoolers make Abigail a card Appreciating being healthy Join our list to be notified of the release! Your kids in our show Many families chose the “Your Child …

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Kickstarter brings new faces to TreeSchoolers

Because of YOU… As we wrap up production of the latest episode of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers My Amazing Body, we’d like to send out a big THANK YOU to all of you who backed our Kickstarter campaign. You made this show possible! Missed it? Don’t worry! We’re days away from Kickstarting the remaining episodes of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers. Join our list and we’ll let you know when the new campaign starts so you can grab of those amazing early-bird backer rewards before they get snapped up. Your kids in our show Many families chose the “Your Child in Our Show” reward in our last Kickstarter campaign, so you’ll …

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Behind the Scenes of Rachel & the TreeSchoolers Episode 4

Thanks to the pledges of nearly 2,400 individuals, “Rachel & The TreeSchoolers” Episodes 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 were successfully funded through our Kickstarter campaign last August. Rachel and our crew just wrapped up the filming of Rachel & The TreeSchoolers Episode 4 – “My Amazing Body”.  We were visited on set by a family of ten who chose the “Your Child in Our Show” + “VIP On-set Experience with Rachel” Reward.The whole family enjoyed lunch with the crew. After lunch, they had front row seats as Rachel filmed a number of musical sequences. Next, they went to hair, makeup and wardrobe, and …

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Signing Time Christmas is close to becoming a reality!

Watch the captioned edition of this video here Every year we get requests for Signing Time Christmas. And every year we talk about it, get all excited, but then we always seem to get stuck on the question: Do enough people really want it to justify the cost of doing it? So we decided to Kickstart it. We set the goal for $75,000 and posted it up a few days ago. We seem to have gotten our answer already: 750 families pledged more than $62,000 since the campaign started! If we make our goal by December 9, 2013, we’ll make …

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TreeSchoolers on the News!

Rachel Coleman and her brother, Aaron de Azevedo, were recently invited to KSL, the Salt Lake NBC affiliate station. They talk about why they are creating Rachel & The TreeSchoolers and how you can join Signing Time families to fund new episodes. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzQB5kaTWA8?list=UUwl5RE0vM0sBVQzRvM965fw]   Signing Time Families are funding new episodes through Kickstarter!   Parents like you are pledging every minute! Click here for up-to-date information. See the captioned Kickstarter video here.

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