Year: 2013

Want us to produce more shows? 5 ways you can make that happen.

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5 Easy Ways To Share Rachel & The Treeschoolers  YOU, our Signing Time Families, are creating new episodes of Rachel & The TreeSchoolers. Well, we’ll film the videos, but right now, you are the ones telling us how many episodes to make. If you haven’t joined the campaign yet, check it out at http://bit.ly/treeschoolers. You can help us kick our Kickstarter campaign into high gear by telling the families you know about our newest video series (the one deemed “too educational for children’s television”by TV execs). Here are 5 ways you can help spread the word.  – Rachel   1. LIKE these …

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Sign of the Week – Frog

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Frog Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/frog.mp4″ image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. The file contains a few color and black-and-white options. Print according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from Baby Signing Time Vol. 1 – It’s Baby Signing Time Baby’s first step into signing! The Baby Signing Time Series combines clever songs, animation, and real signing babies – all age two and under – to make signing easy and fun. This is the first …

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Hang out with Rachel! Have dinner or coffee together

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Rachel Coleman is traveling to Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts, and California for a handful of once-in-a-lifetime events created for Signing Time Families like yours. You can hang out with Rachel and have coffee together. Or you can attend a pizza party with her and a small group of Signing Time Families! She’s coming to town just for these private events and they are only offered through our Rachel & The TreeSchoolers Kickstarter campaign – see details below. Openings are limited, so pledge today!   Attend a Pizza Party with Rachel By pledging $350 and selecting one of the Kickstarter rewards listed …

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Up Close With Rachel! All-Request Concert in Salt Lake City, Utah

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  Up-Close with Rachel Coleman is an exclusive Signing Time Concert where you pick the songs.  Limited to only 100 seats, in an intimate venue you will be “up-close” to Rachel, Alex, Leah and Hopkins. This event is being offered through our Kickstarter campaign for Rachel and the TreeSchoolers.       Pledge: $200 Date: Saturday, August 31, 2013 Time: Morning/Afternoon   Your pledge gets you a Reward Package, which includes: Four (4) Up-Close Concert Tickets Meet the cast of Signing Time! Get autographs and take pictures at a special meet and greet. Plus you’ll get: All 3 Rachel & The TreeSchoolers DVDs+CDs …

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Helping Children Embrace Change: The Arrival of a New Sibling

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  By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C There’s nothing as quite earth shaking to a little one as the arrival of a new sibling. Whether accompanied by a great deal of excitement, or a little apprehension and a dose of sibling rivalry, things are going to be changing at home! There’s a lot you can do to help older children prepare for the arrival of a new sibling, and it starts long before baby comes home and goes on long after, too.   BEFORE BABY COMES HOME 1)   Make sure you are the one to tell your child about the pregnancy …

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Letter from Rachel Coleman: Have we made a difference for you?

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Dear Friend, Here at Two Little Hands, we have been told by TV executives that our newest shows are too educational for television. I don’t think our shows teach too much – I think most TV shows teach too little. So, we’ve decided to take our new show, Rachel & The TreeSchoolers, directly to you through the crowd-funding site Kickstarter! What is Kickstarter?

Sign of the Week – Grapes

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Grapes Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/grapes.mp4″ 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.  

Your Guide to the TreeSchooler Kickstarter Rewards

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We want to say thank you to the hundreds of fans who have already backed the TreeSchoolers Kickstarter campaign. If you would like to become a backer, here’s a quick guide to the rewards you can choose.   $10 Pledge: DIGITAL MUSIC PACKAGE $30 retail value Select the “DIGITAL MUSIC PACKAGE reward on Kickstarter and you’ll get:  MP3s from all 3 shows (about 18 songs, each with a corresponding sing-along track)     $35 Pledge: COMPLETE DIGITAL PACKAGE $75 retail value Select the “COMPLETE DIGITAL PACKAGE reward on Kickstarter and you’ll get:   DIGITAL MUSIC PACKAGE (above) Digital videos of all 3 …

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Birthday Gift Idea: Video Call with Rachel Coleman!

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As a part of our Kickstarter campaign for Episodes 2 and 3 of Rachel and the TreeSchoolers, Rachel Coleman is offering once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to Signing Time fans. At the time of publication, 47 people can take advantage of this reward, available for a pledge of  $150 or more:   SKYPE CALL You’re getting a “face-to-face” SKYPE video call with me, Rachel Coleman.  You and I will SKYPE for 10-20 minutes. How about a BIRTHDAY SKYPE for your kiddo? Note: Calls will be scheduled within 6 months.    TREESCHOOLER DELUXE REWARD Shipping charges included; US delivery only; Estimated delivery: Oct 2013 All 3 …

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Hand-y Craft: Activity Dice

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Create and Get Active! Design your own die with your favorite actions and then have some fun dancing, jumping, spinning, and more! Download directions Download other Signing Time Hand-y Crafts

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