Sign of the Week – Hungry

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It’s Tuesday…oh, wait…it’s Wednesday already?!?! Shucks. Well, here’s your sign of the week, a day late. Hop to it! This Week’s Featured Sign: Hungry Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/V301RachelTeachesHungry.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.)         Signing Time Volume 3 – Everyday Signs Alex, Leah, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs for the things you see, do and experience every day. Created for ages 1-8 but enjoyed by all! Available …

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Sign of the Week – Milk

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Milk Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/V102RachelTeachesMilk.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.) Signing Time Volume 1 – My First Signs The very first DVD in the Signing Time Series! From their magical animated treehouse, Alex (age 3), his cousin Leah (age 4) who is deaf, and host Rachel Coleman (Leah’s mom) teach beginning American Sign Language (ASL) signs with your child in …

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Sign of the Week – Friend

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! Friend Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/01RachelTeachesFriend.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from: Baby Signing Time Volume 4 – Let’s Be Friends Created specifically for babies as young as 3 months old up to 3 years, yet fun for the whole family! Features host Rachel Coleman, along with animated Baby Alex, Baby Leah, and Baby Hopkins. Baby Signing Time Vol. 4: Let’s …

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Sign of the Week – Day

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! Day Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/V318RachelTeachesDay.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from: Baby Signing Time Volume 3 – A New Day Created specifically for babies as young as 3 months old up to 3 years, yet fun for the whole family! Features host Rachel Coleman, along with animated Baby Alex, Baby Leah, and Baby Hopkins. Baby Signing Time Vol. 3: A …

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Introducing: “Sign of the Week”, a new regular feature

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We’re happy to present to you our “Sign of the Week”,  a new regular feature on this blog! Parents and educators have frequently asked us to share just one sign that they can work on each week. Now ANYONE can have fun learning ASL signs with Rachel, Alex, and Leah by simply subscribing to this blog. Feel free to spread the word! Beginning this week, every Tuesday in 2010, we’ll post a video clip that teaches one ASL sign from Signing Time or Baby Signing Time. You’ll also be able to download and print the corresponding Flash Card image. We …

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From Rachel: Happy Birthday, Emilie!

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I was four years old and she was eight when we decided that we were best friends. “You’re my best,” she said. “You’re my best, too.” I answered. And that’s how it was. In some ways it was a simple rendition of the reality-TV show Survivor – Emilie and I had an early alliance. We had to, you see; in a family of nine kids, there were ongoing battles with the other siblings, and even though it seemed that it might be easier at times to join forces with the stronger ones, Emilie and I instinctively stuck together. I was …

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Welcome to the Signing Time Academy Blog!

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The mission of the Signing Time Academy is to provide signing education and support to families everywhere.  When we opened the Academy a little over a year ago, our first task was to attract and train a team of well-qualified instructors to teach ASL classes using Signing Time materials. The response has been phenomenal! We now have nearly 500 incredibly knowledgeable and passionate instructors on our team. In addition to expanding our instructor team in the year ahead, we will focus on facilitating communication between signing families around the world and our network of instructors, who have a wealth of …

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Nick Jr. Airs Signing Time Interstitial Music Series Beginning Dec. 9, 2009

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This news release was sent out December 8, 2009, from Nickelodeon: NICK JR. TEACHES PRESCHOOLERS SIGN LANGUAGE WITH NEW INTERSTITIAL MUSIC SERIES, SIGNING TIME, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2009 – Nick Jr., Nickelodeon’s 24-hour commercial-free, educational network, will premiere Signing Time, the network’s first interstitial music series dedicated to teaching sign language to preschoolers, on Wednesday, Dec. 9.  Three videos, starring Emmy-nominated Rachel Coleman, will be in regular rotation on Nick Jr. airing 1-2 times per day.  Two additional videos will air exclusively on Nickelodeon’s award-winning website, www.nickjr.com. Signing Time reaches children with diverse learning styles …

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“Story Time” DVD Wins iParenting Award!

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We are excited to announce that our newest release, Story Time, has received the  iParenting Media Award. iParenting.com, a subsidiary of Disney, is a premier media site that evaluates and tests new products and collects objective feedback from parents. Story Time received the following positive feedback from the judges: “My kids were glued to the show the entire time. Afterward, they were so excited to show me the sign for Daddy, Mommy and a few other words. This DVD is a great way to teach kids how to sign in an interactive way. The story helps hold their interest and …

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New DVD Coming Soon – Sing & Sign!

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by Rebecca Overson, Editor-in-Chief Many of you have been asking for a DVD of Rachel signing some of your favorite Signing Time songs from beginning to end. Well, this is it – Sing & Sign is almost here! Wanna take a peek at it before it’s available? Watch this short clip of Sing & Sign being tested with a real dad in our Top Secret Product Testing Lab. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4sK5iej7hc&hl=en&fs=1&] Sing & Sign includes: * NINETY minutes of material * Thirteen Signing Time “music videos” – favorite song segments back-to-back * Rachel demonstrating the ASL concepts in each song * …

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