Signing Time Volumes 1-3 (from Series 1) will soon be available in Spanish! These special edition DVDs will feature two audio options:
Spanish: Watch the original program dubbed in Spanish (except songs). Plus, every time you see the written word for each sign, it appears in English and Spanish. This option is excellent for Spanish-speaking families who want to learn ASL. (features “United Nations-style” dubbing.)
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English + Spanish: Enjoy the original program in English, with the word for the featured sign written and spoken in Spanish. For example: “Apple. Manzana. You twist your knuckle in your cheek. Apple. Manzana.” This version is excellent for English speakers learning Spanish vocabulary with ASL, and for multilingual classroom settings.
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This product is due this spring/early summer, so stay tuned!
I can’t wait for this! We had to return the first two volumes of Signing Time to the friend who lent them to us a few years ago. Our two year old daughter had them memorized and would start the next sign even before it came up on the screen. We’re also trying to teach her Spanish by connecting the Spanish to the sign but she’s not catching that as well. I’ve been waiting for the bilingual version since before Christmas because if RACHEL teaches her Spanish, she’ll pay attention. Anything Rachel, Leah, or Alex does is worth of emulation. 🙂
This is great!
Can’t wait! Signing Times! taught my daughter sign language and is now teaching my son. Like Sara said, anything Rachel does is worth their full attention! We’ve been trying to add in Spanish, but since it’s not my first (or even my second!) language, it hasn’t been going that well. This will certainly be good. What a great idea! I spread the word about Signing Time! everywhere I go and now I have even more reasons! Thank you for all the great products!
I can’t WAIT!! I’ve been debating how to teach a 3rd language to my 3 yr old twins. I taught ASL using Signing Time, and they can’t get enough of it. I know that they will love learning Spanish with Alex and Leah too.
I can’t wait! My son caught on to the signs pretty well, and I think this is a WONDERFUL way to introduce another language!!! I hope it’s out soon!
I LOVE THIS. I am a developmental therapist with several Spanish speaking clients that are language delayed. This will be priceless to us!
I teach two-three year olds and the signing time is such a huge hit. I am struggling to try and find a way to make signing time and spanish co-exist. I am excited that they have it with spanish words now. I hope they up-date the teacher binder with spanish as well. I love my binder and use it all the time.
I can’t wait for this product to come out. It looks and sounds great. Hope it comes out soon.
Can’t wait to buy this!
Hope Signing Time does Practice Time Numbers with a whole bunch of different languages!
I’m very excited about this product. Our 5 year old is starting Kindergarten and as part of her schooling will be starting spanish. We have all of the dvds and she LOVES them; I’d love to reinforce her Spanish lessons from school with something so familiar at home!
Will there be any kind of discount for those of us who already own all these DVDs? I’d love to pass on my old ones to the local Library and replace them with these; just not sure if I can convince my husband that we do indeed *need* more Signing Time products!
¡Qué emoción! :oD Muchas gracias por escuchar nuestros comentarios y sugerencias…¡son de lo mejor! I’d like to think that this came about as a result of previous comments and suggestions that I made regarding signing time in Spanish!! :oDD If so, and even if not, sending you a heartfelt appreciation for your extra effort in providing us with this much needed resource!! Mi hija, la más chiquita, y a la que le he estado enseñando desde el principio estos videos y haciendo la traducción en español estaba muy feliz al ver el video doblado al español :oD jaja I called her in to watch the dubbed in Spanish clip and she gave this huge smile as she heard the Spanish! She loves it! (and of course wanted to watch more…but that will come soon :oD).
Con mucho amor y aloha,
Tara
¡Que gusto me da poder ver que por fin se han realizado nuestras sugerencias! So glad to see our suggestions finally being realized. Way to go Signing Time! I like how you have created 2 versions of Spanish, one for each target audience. Even though this is not the first children’s ASL product to include Spanish, it will likely be the first one many families are introduced to given the notoriety of your products. Thank you and don’t stop here!
Oh, how wonderful! My husband speaks Spanish with the kids, and I try, but once we started doing ST, their Spanish fell off. Now, we can do both. SO excited.
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Mine arrived a day earlier than expected! thank you for prompt delivery. I Cannot say enough good things about these videos. I can play it in Spanish with the English captions so I will know what our adopted daughter is hearing and learning and I can join in on the fun. The music is pleasing to the ear and the children are sweet! I love that there are many races and abilities pictured in the settings. Its not often that a product esceeds my expectations as this has. Many many thanks!
I keep checking back for this product but can’t seem to find it! I’ll keep checking back!
Signing Time Vol. 1-3 DVD with Spanish play options is located here http://www.signingtime.com/signing-time-dvd-gift-set-vol-1-3
this is excellent. we’re teaching our 16 m/o twin boys sign and spanish and i just googled ‘baby signing time in spanish’…so glad it’s coming! when???
Signing Time Spanish is available. To see this product, go to http://www.signingtime.com/signing-time-dvd-gift-set-vol-1-3
Signing time spanish sneak peek.. Nice 🙂
Will we be able to access via on demand? I’m not clear if we will be able to use the Spanish version if we don’t have the DVD.
Thanks.
When I was teaching English to young learners in Korea, I used ASL extensively in the classroom. When a word is accompanied by a sign, it anchors in the long term memory better, and I found my naughtier students who were previously disruptive had something to do with their hands during the lesson, which meant it was much harder for them to get distracted. I think that these students were kinesthetic learners who had failed to engage with the traditional methods of learning a second language. ASL is great for acquiring second language and I would recommend this as an approach in any second language context – this makes Signingtime in Spanish an excellent and versatile learning resource not only for bilingual families in the USA but for any family (or classroom) teaching a second language to young learners. The only way this could be improved if there were dedicated songs in Spanish as well.
Please! DUB THE SONGS IN SPANISH ALSO! They are so much fun, I got the baby singing time compleate collection, since the 4 CDs incuded two versions of each song, one with your voice and music and one with out your voice. I use the playback to sing to my baby the songs in my own Spanish translation of the songs. Ha,ha,ha. Instead of “It’s time to eat, eat, eat” I sing to him, “Hora de comer, comer, comer” or instead of “mom has a mom and she’s my grandma” I sing to him, “la mami de mi mami es mi abuela” hahaha! I just wish the songs could be translated as well. It would be so much easier, so I can play the cd for my baby over and over with out having to loose my voice, and the DVD’s as well Hahaha!
Awsome news about Spanish versions of the Signing time DVD’s, congratulations for all your work and effords!