It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week!

Day

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Baby Signing Time Volume 3 - A New Day

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 New Day sets your baby’s day to music with signs for everyday things in your baby’s world: nature, weather, following directions, and more.

Review by dotcomprincess:  Bravo! I absolutely love BST 3! Fresh, fun, catchy songs; it’s a fun and bright show. There is no better entertainment for kids, period!

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week!

SHOES

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This week’s sign comes from:

Baby Signing Time Vol. 2 - Here I Go

Baby Signing Time Volume 2 – Here I Go

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 Volume 2 sets your baby’s day to music as you learn signs for everyday events in baby’s life: getting dressed, traveling, being polite, getting ready for bed, and more.

One review By Rochelle Lockard states: 20+ Signs in One Month My 16 month old daughter LOVES this video! I had bought volumes 1 & 2 in October 2007 she was 13months after one month she was signing over 20 different signs that she learned in the video. Now she is requesting to watch it all the time baby doing the sign for baby signing time. It is so wonderful to be able to communicate with her and understand what she has to say through signing. I am a teacher and I have also incorporated the signs that I had learned in the video with my class and they too love signing. Thank you so much for this video our whole family loves it.

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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 hope you will enjoy this new weekly feature in our efforts to share Signing Time and ASL with families everywhere.

This Week’s Featured Sign: EAT

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Rachel and Emilie 2009

I was four years old and she was eight when we decided that we were best friends.

Little Emilie and Rachel

“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 good at flying under the radar.  Emilie was not.

Believe it or not, I was the “shy” and “quiet” one.  I didn’t want attention, and I would duck and seek cover from any potential limelight. Emilie, however, was “outgoing” and “motivated.”  She loved attention and I could always count on her to volunteer for every speaking opportunity or solo music performance that came within arm’s reach. Continue Reading »

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 and abilities by encouraging interaction through signing, singing, speaking and dancing.  The Signing Time series teaches American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary-building signs that are useful in daily life.

The videos airing on Nick Jr. include: “In a House,” which introduces the signs for different family members; “Feelings,” which teaches signs for feelings such as excited or scared and “Groove with Me,” which offers signs for activities such as jumping, swimming, dancing and running. NickJr.com will air these three videos in addition to two more exclusive music videos: “Leah’s Farm,” which presents the signs for animals and “A is for Alex and Alligator,” which teaches kids how to sign the entire alphabet.

Coleman co-created Signing Time as a means to teach children to communicate using American Sign Language (ASL).  As the mother of a daughter who is deaf, and another daughter with both cerebral palsy and spina bifida, sign language has played a central role in their family. Coleman has spent the last seven years making sign language fun and accessible for all children through the Signing Time series, which includes award-winning DVDs, music CDs, books, flashcards and a former public television show. Coleman, who is also a singer and songwriter, has written all the original songs featured in the series.  In 2008, Coleman was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series.

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