Two Little Hands Productions
| Signing Time! | |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by |
Rachel Coleman Emilie Brown |
| Directed by | Damian Dayton |
| Starring | Rachel Coleman Leah Coleman Alex Brown Aaron de Azevedo |
| Voices of | Clara Poulsen Alex Brown Zachary Brown |
| Theme music composer | Rachel Coleman |
| Opening theme | Signing Time! Theme |
| Composer(s) | Rachel Coleman Lex de Azevedo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English ASL (vocabulary only) |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28–30 minutes |
| Distributor |
American Public Television PBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 1, 2006 – January 19, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Baby Signing Time! Practice Time! |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Signing Time! is a television program targeted towards children aged one through eight that teaches American Sign Language. It is filmed in the United States and was created by sisters Emilie Brown and Rachel Coleman, the latter of whom hosts the series. Between the years 2006 and 2008, it was aired by American Public Television in many cities across the US.Signing Time! is produced and distributed by Two Little Hands Productions, which is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Signing Time’s multi-sensory approach encourages learning through three senses — visual, auditory and kinesthetic — and reaches children with diverse learning styles and abilities by encouraging interaction through signing, singing, speaking and dancing.
The series teaches signs for common words, questions, phrases, movements, colors, sports, days of the week, everyday objects, and common activities.
Currently, Signing Time! interstitial music videos can be seen on Nick Jr. As of October 4, 2010, public television stations were allowed to show the series for the next two years..
In 1996, Rachel Coleman had a daughter, Leah. When their daughter was 14 months old it was discovered that she had been deaf since she was born. Subsequently she was taught sign language, first with Signing Exact English (SEE), then with American Sign Language (ASL), so that they could learn to communicate. Coleman noticed that within six months, Leah's sign language vocabulary surpassed the vocabulary of hearing children her same age.
Coleman and her sisters and Emilie created a visual video for hearing children's learn ASL, and started Two Little Hands Productions, their production company. A foundation, Signing Time! Foundation, also exists to teach ASL.
Coleman hosts the show, with her daughter Leah and nephew Alex also starring to provide support. In My First Signs, it was not originally planned for her to be in the videos, but she was added to demonstrate the signs because Alex and Leah could not consistently sign clearly enough to teach viewers the signs.
The second season introduced a new format that includes new signs and more original music. Each program addresses a single theme, marked by a theme song, which is introduced verse by verse. In addition, new segments “ABC Time,” “Counting Time,” “Game Time,” “Story Time,” and “Hopping/Moving Time” explore the episode theme or other skills in a playful way.
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