Year: 2011

Sign of the Week – Yellow

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Yellow Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/yellow.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: Vol. 6: My Favorite Things – DVD Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs for fruits, vegetables, colors of the rainbow, and activities. Buy Now

Sign language + story time = More fun and learning!

by Lane Rebelo, LCSW, Master Signing Time Instructor In communities across America, story time is a favorite activity at libraries, child care centers and preschools for good reason. Children enjoy stories that seem to jump off the pages of the book thanks to engaging extras like songs & rhymes, puppets, props, related crafts, or simply an animated storyteller who entrances the children with every word. Story times that incorporate American Sign Language can introduce families with young ones to a hands-on second language and add an appealing new twist, making story time even more fun, educational, and engaging. Why Story …

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Sign of the Week “J”

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: the Letter “J” Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/j_letter.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.)   Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and host Rachel Coleman teach the alphabet in American Sign Language. Created for ages 1-8 but enjoyed by all! Available only on DVD. Close-Captioned. Approximate run time: 30 minutes, plus special features. ABC Signs includes the following original songs, written by Rachel …

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Ghana Trip (and AWESOME Pins)

Rachel and the Team are heading back to Ghana in January of 2012 to help Signs of Hope International with their work, supporting the Deaf students and community in that part of west Africa. Thank you for your interest in both of these pins that supported the Foundation’s work!   . ..

Need holiday gift suggestions? See our staff picks!

With the holidays quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to let you know which products the Two Little Hands staff likes to give as gifts and why. Sing & Sign Rachel de Azevedo Coleman, Co-owner, Writer, Producer & Star When I scripted Sing & Sign I was able to give our customers a number of things they had been asking for. People often said they would like to see me sign the entire song, without the camera cutting away. I like to think that’s because I am so engaging;) but realistically I think it’s because they wanted to …

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Signing Time was Olivia’s Motivation

We received this inspiring letter from a mom recently and had to share it with you! Olivia has a rare genetic disorder, partial trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) & partial trisomy 10. Through a series of medical misdiagnoses when she was a tiny baby, she ended up dependent on a feeding tube. Until early this year when we attended a feeding clinic in Baltimore, she had not taken any nutrition by mouth since she was 3 months old! After surgery in June 2005 for reflux (Nissen fundoplication) and g-tube placement, she stopped eating. After exhausting every therapy available in Denver and …

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Be the FIRST to get the new POTTY TIME products!

Have you ever wished that Rachel could teach your child about potty training? Now she can! Very soon, Two Little Hands Productions will release the new Potty Time Program. It will help you and your child sing, sign and dance your way through potty training! Watch a preview here. If you want to be the first to get Potty Time, do the following: “Like” our Potty Time Facebook page Sign up for email notification on the home page of www.pottytime.com Follow us on Twitter, @easypottytime                              

Halloween Crafts

Create a Signing Time craft for Halloween fun!   1. Signing Time Pumpkin Patterns Download patterns   2. Bat and Ghost Lollipop Holders Download directions   3. Witch Hats Download directions     Additional Resources: Download dozens more Signing Time Hand-y Crafts – all free! Get new Hand-y Crafts delivered to you each month! Subscribe to our newsletter. Download How-To Guides for signing with children of all ages and abilities.  

Sign of the Week – Sister

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Sister Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/sister.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: Signi ng Time Volume 4 – Family, Feelings & Fun Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs for family members, feelings, and things outside. Buy Now

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