From the Actor
We are so excited to offer 3 more volumes of Signing Time! Our customers have spoken and we listened. More signs… you’ve got them. More songs… done! So much fun! ~Rachel Coleman FAQ- Why are your fingers painted? Answer: My fingers are color coded in two groups; Blue thumb and pointer. Red paint on pinkie, ring and middle. We did this so that the very young children would have an additional visual element to distinguish between signs. As we move into m Read more…
February 19th, 2010 on 2:15 am
The *theme song* isn’t as catchy as it used to be (they changed a few of the words and slowed it down) and are only 1/2 hour long, per volume, but other than that the new videos are every bit as good as the first three… and the other songs are all wonderful. They’ve added a cartoon character named Froggy, who acts a lot like the puppets in “Baby Einstein”, introducing each new theme. The new songs won’t let those of you down who enjoyed volumes 1-3, and she covers several words in volume 4 such as: “Grandma, Grandpa, Cousin, Aunt, house, home, outside, tree, grass, leaf, clouds, rain, snow, hat, coat, boots, gloves, grumpy, excited, surprised, afraid, love (and the compound sign “ILY”)… and those are just the words I remember. Rachel’s wearing colored paint (latex?) on her hands, which is a bit distracting, but I think the idea was so that the children would be able to tell which fingers she was using. My three year old is trying to sing one of her new songs even as I type this. LOL I should mention he’s speech delayed, and Signing Time has been very instrumental to his language skills. The songs, the children in the videos, and the bright colors all draw him in and get him excited enough to want to share what he’s seeing. Getting him to *want* to talk is half the battle, and signing time makes it easy.
February 19th, 2010 on 8:09 am
Rachel has such a way of teaching kids to sign and have fun the whole time. There have been signs I’ve been working with my son for a few years that he showed little interest in. Until we got this volume and suddenly, he started signing them enthusiastically! As with the previous volumes of Signing Time, William (4½) quickly learned all the signs in it. He loves singing and signing along with Rachel, Alex and Leah. I know some parents are concerned that signing might impede their child’s speech development, but we have found just the opposite here. William has Trisomy 21/aka Down syndrome and apraxia. Signing Time has helped him with Total Communication~ when his speech hasn’t been clear, the signing helps him refine the word. I’ve found that as he watches Signing Time and the repetition of each new word introduced, William is more apt to repeat the word with greater clarity each time. He loves to go around labeling things he’s learned from the videos, and then he wants to know more, more more! This is another must-have for a video library!