Product Details

• Actors: Antoinette Abbamonte, John Kinstler
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Aylmer Press
• VHS Release Date: July 10, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305079706
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,799 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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77 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sign and ABCs is a great video., April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sign and ABCs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Sign and ABCs has been given a four star review by the Chicago Tribune - the most stars they give, and a national kids' magazine has named it as one of the two best videos of 1998, and it certainly deserves the acclaim. Not only does it teach the Sign alphabet and Signs for 88 words, but it encourages practicing finger spelling - an integral part of Sign language. It also has two new sign songs - one of which is the Alphabet Song. (A sign song is a song that has the lyrics Signed along to. The same producer has a wonderful video - Sign Songs, also sold by Amazon - featuring an actor from the National Theatre of the Deaf Signing along to the lyrics of eleven kids' songs.) And there are some Sign games at the end to help in learning the Sign alphabet and how to fingerspell. It features two very talented deaf performers - Antoinette Abbamonte and John Kinstler. This is an incredible video for people learning Sign, or for kids learning the alphabet.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, May 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sign and ABCs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While it does cover finger spelling and it does introduce new signs, the black background, strange songs and skits, abrupt way it shows children making a sign, and some dark scenes such as a witch making a brew makes this video convey a negative feeling about sign language, in my opinion. My son seemed scared by some parts, and my husband walked in the room and said, "this one is really weird" since the first song only adults could figure out. I prefer the more upbeat, positive and easier sign langauge videos that make my child smile throughout such as the Say, Sing and Sign series and Sign Me a Story.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sign and ABC nowhere near as good as Sign Songs, January 28, 2001

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Teresa Linton "tlinton" (Woodbridge, Va United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sign and ABCs [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After buying Sign Songs, I was eager to buy more videos produced by the same company. So eager, as a matter of fact, that when Amazon informed me they were unable to get Sign and ABC, I logged onto the company's website and ordered it directly from them (ten dollars more expensive than with Amazon).

I can definately see where someone would think this video is creepy or strange. The main song was meant to sound like a folk song, but didn't quite come off right, and the sound quality is poor.

A few of the children signing don't smile at all, either glaring at the camera or looking very apathetic. It's not fun to watch at all.