We received this cute email the other day and wanted to share it with you all. Dear Signing Time, We had some pictures taken of my 17- month old Emily last week, and when the photographer asked her to say cheese, she signed cheese. Just wanted to share the picture! Sincerely, Julie Z. from Chicago
We are excited to announce the Signing Time Sweepstakes Winner, Christine N. from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Christine is the mother of two children, Sean (3 ½) and Danielle (1). Christine discovered Signing Time when Sean was one year old and started learning basic signs with him. She found that using sign language helped her understand Sean’s needs and wants and started watching Signing Time weekly. Christine has also been in the childcare business for 20 years and started using sign language with children she takes care of. A couple years later, Danielle, who was born with Down syndrome, did not …
I am Grateful! by Alex from Signing Time Last January I went to the city of Accra in Ghana, Africa. I felt thankful for things I had never really thought about before. In Accra, there isn’t a good trash removal system. Instead, people put their garbage in a bag, set it on the street, and set fire to it. All the fires made the air smoky. I realized how thankful I was for a garbage system and clean air. Where we stayed in Ghana, if I wanted a hot shower, I took water from the well (the water was not …
Remember that 17-month old toddler, Elizabeth Barrett, who astonished us all when she proved that reading at such a young age was possible? Last March, Elizabeth and her parents were invited to appear on the Today Show, where Elizabeth read words and even sentences in front of a nation-wide audience. Elizabeth’s parents attribute her early reading in part to Signing Time. According to the Today Show website, “The Barretts are speech pathologists, and when Elizabeth was born, they started teaching her sign language along with spoken language. They read to her often, and her favorite television program — the only …
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Happy early Halloween from Signing Time! We wanted to share a cute email we got the other day from a fan: Hi there, We thought the Signing Time team might get a kick out of seeing some of their fan club dressed up for Halloween. Brynn, our two-year-old daughter, was one of the signers for Baby Signing Time. She wanted to be Rachel for Halloween, so we did our best with a yellow hoodie and magic markers. We also dressed up her baby sister, Paigey, as Hopkins. As the picture shows, Brynn is pretty excited about it. Baby Hopkins, not …
See Rachel at the Klamath Falls Early Childhood Education Conference and Literacy Fair Early Childhood Education Literacy Fair: Show Me a Sign When: Friday, October 31st. The Literacy Fair is from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Rachel will be performing at 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Where: Altamont Elementary School, located at 2450 Summers Lane in Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603. Additional Information: This is a free public event that will focus on early childhood communication from birth to age eight years old. Children will receive free books and can participate in many other fun activities. Klamath Falls Chapter of the …
You think you’ve got a Signing Time star? Send us your video and one lucky family each month will be featured on our website and monthly newsletter!! If we choose your video, winners will be notified by email and will receive a $25 gift certificate to use in the Signing Time store! You can learn some great tips on how your child can become the next Signing Time Star and enter your child by visiting the Signing Time Star page on our website.
There are still news reports coming in from Rachel’s visit to Wilmington, North Carolina. I just couldn’t let these pass by without you knowing about them. You can watch the latest Signing Time related news clip on the WWAY-TV Channel 3 website.
Since the release of our new website and blog, many of you have requested that we post this article written by Lex de Azevedo, President of Signing Time, and father of Rachel Coleman and Emilie Brown. We included the original article in one of our newsletters that we put out earlier this year, but like it so much that we want to share it again. If you would like to begin receiving newsletters, visit our Monthly Newsletter Home Page. This article is an excerpt from Out of the Chaos: Notes on Raising Nine Independent Children Ransacked! June 2008 by Lex …
A letter from Emilie Brown, Co-creator of Signing Time Don’t you love fall? I sure do. October is inevitably one of the busiest times for us at Two Little Hands Productions. Aside from dealing with the reality that school is back is session, and winter is around the corner, October means that we better have everything ready for the holidays. It’s also National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, which means Rachel is on the road non-stop performing at Buddy Walks around the country. (Plus her birthday is in October!)