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Signing Time! Volume 9: The Zoo Train DVD

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As the mother of twins, one hearing and one deaf, I have had the opportunity to check out many programs for teaching ASL to small children. This is by far the best series out there. Most other products are so boring that parents must struggle to stay awake during the production, and there is no way a toddler would tolerate a viewing. My 2-year-old twins request Signing Time all of the time. At home they want the DVDs playing almost constantly. In the car my hearing daughter starts asking for the Signing Time CD before I even have her strapped into her carseat. My 2-year-old deaf daughter is using 5-sign sentences, which is almost unheard of for the deaf child of hearing parents. My extended family owns a total of 6 sets of Signing Time. Whenever my daughters' cousins have a birthday they ask for the latest Signing Time DVDs. Children of all ages love this product.

Play,sing and sign along with Signing Time while learning American Sign Lauguage. It's natural and fun for them to use their bodies to communicate. Research shows that children love signing.

We love signing times! Number nine and number one would probably be our least watched that said, we still watch it and my children know all of the signs.

This is by far one of the best videos in our house right now. My two boys, age 1.5. and 4 both enjoy watching it as does my husband! The songs are catchy and well done. I'm assuming if you're reading this, you're already well aware of the benefits of teaching hearing children ASL, but I can't say enough positive things about it.

We started signing with our first son when he was one (without these videos) and around 15 months he "got it" and starting picking up signs everyday. Eventually he could do about 50 signs and recognized others as well. It DEFINITELY reduces or eliminates the frustration many toddlers feel when they can't communicate their wants and needs to you. We never experienced that as he would just sign whatever was on his mind.

We did the same with our second son but also bought a few of these Signing Times videos. He's 18 months and already knows well over 50 signs. He'll pick them up just watching the video! They are so much fun to watch and both kids are mesmerized watching the other kids sign. The animation is well done, songs are fantastic, clips of each animal are enjoyable and the entire concept is wonderful!

This particular video (zoo train) is better than our other one (Great Outdoors), mostly in terms of songs and "games" (guess what animal I am). The game is my older son's favorite part. I've taken two ASL courses and even learned new signs here! Definitely recommend this video whole heartedly!

My 13 month old has learned almost all the animal signs and can do them from watching this video. I took ASL in college but forgot A LOT and never learned some animal signs. It's a great refresher for me too! This was the first "Signing Time" video we bought. Our son has a few other baby sign videos that covered the basics "mama", "dada", "dog", "cup" etc. This was nice as most on the market cover the same 20-30 basic beginner baby signs. I like the format and songs. Keeps baby's attention and unlike some videos (i.e. the baby einstein style) where they sign "dog" and then show 4 different types of dog toys- it doesn't feel like one long commercial for the BRIO toy coorporation. We'd had a mother's helper that is a homeschooled teenager who is taking ASL at a community college. She likes it too- and it helped her review for her class.

Two Little Hands has done it again! Instant approval from my 20 month old, 3- & 5- year-old. We go to the zoo often so they were excited to learn the signs for more of their favorite animals. The animation is enjoyable. The songs, as with all Signing Time volumes, are fantastic. A must have in your collection!!

My daughter started to watch these collections fter she turned one. She definitely preferred this over Lyour baby can read". Its a lot more interactive, more songs and the woman in the video has a great voice that toddlers enjoy listening to. I highly recommend it.

My kids love this. We actually got it initially at the library and my twins (33 months) didn't want to take it back. They know many of the signs when we go to the zoo or the aquarium. It has cute songs and is very educational. I want to look into buying some of their other DVDs.

My 18-month old whizzed through the Baby Signing Time DVDs between 8 and 10 months. We then started purchasing other Signing Time videos to keep her learning. She uses signs for almost everything, but also says the words now too. It's helpful that everyone uses signs as our 6-month old starts learning too. I love how Signing Time has made our lives so easy and enjoyable. Seriously, no fussing b/c she can communicate. She had cleft palate surgery at 12-months old and was able to tell us when and where she hurt. Beautiful tool that I think every child should have. THANK YOU, RACHEL!!!

We go to the zoo a ton, so I thought this would be a fun one to add to our Signing Time library. I don't like the songs as well as some of the others we have, but my girls love it and seeing my 18 month old sign penguin while watching the penguins - priceless. We often put it on in the car on the way to the zoo.