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April Hand-y Craft: Windsocks

Create and Display! Windsocks are a fun activity to welcome spring. Use colored paper and ribbon to create a unique windsock of your own. Download directions Download other Signing Time Hand-y Crafts Additional Resources Signing Time Preschool and Child Care Program Signing Time Classroom Edition Signing Time Guides

Signing Time Instructors are Making a Difference

There are Signing Time Academy Instructors around the world providing parent workshops, baby sign language classes, teacher training, signing clubs, play groups, home parties, and free presentations. We love sharing some of the amazing things they are doing. Baby Signing Time Instructor, Brenda Bonk, Simply Signing Northwest, LLC has a lot of exciting things coming up in Oregon! On March 21st, Brenda Bonk will be partnering with a local art studio, Art ala Carte (www.artalacartepdx.com), to teach a Play & Sign: Toddler Talk class. Monthly classes at this location are in the works for “attend as you can” type classes. …

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What Parents and Educators are Saying about TreeSchoolers

“We just watched our DVD of Rachel and the Treeschoolers and we absolutely love it! My girls are ages 3 and 4 and learned ASL through Signing Time and Baby Signing Time, but this program adds other learning concepts perfect for the preschool age! They want to watch it again and again! It was a great review for them with the signing portions too! I hope there will be more episodes to come in this series!” ~Heather Seidel   “My kids LOVE movies when it comes to doing SCHOOL TIME.  The day my kids opened this package we watched the …

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Sign of the Week – Cookie

Here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Cookie Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/cookie(1).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.) 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 only on DVD. Close-Captioned. Approximate run time: 30 minutes, plus special features. Everyday Signs includes the following …

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Sign of the Week – Hurt

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

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Train Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/train(1).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.) Signing Time Volume 2 – Playtime Signs Everyone loves playtime! Alex, Leah, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs related to sharing, toys, manners, and more. Created for ages 1-8 but enjoyed by all! Available only on DVD. Close-Captioned. Approximate run time: 30 minutes, plus special features. Playtime Signs includes …

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Sign of the Week – Apple

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Apple Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/bst3apple.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 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 …

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All ASL episode of “Switched at Birth” airs March 4th

We were really happy to see this press release from ABC Family! We’ll definitely be tuning in. ABC FAMILY ANNOUNCES GROUND-BREAKING TELEVISION EVENT WITH AN ALL-ASL EPISODE OF “SWITCHED AT BIRTH” TO AIR MONDAY, MARCH 4                            Burbank, CA (January 11, 2013) – ABC Family’s award-winning original series, “Switched At Birth,” will produce an episode told entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), a first for a scripted series on mainstream television, which will premiere Monday, March 4 at 8:00PM ET/PT. The special episode will be told from the perspective of the series’ multiple …

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February Hand-y Craft – Animal Memory Game

Create, Learn, Play! Create this month’s Hand-y Craft by coloring these animal cards. Cut out the cards to play “animal concentration.” Turn the cards over and use your memory to make a match. When you’re all done, make the sign for each of the animals on the cards you’ve collected!   Download directions and the flash cards Download other Signing Time Hand-y Crafts Additional Resources Signing Time Preschool and Child Care Program Signing Time Classroom Edition Signing Time Guides

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