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| Airdate | December 14, 2004 |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 5 |
| Previous | Family, Feelings, and Fun |
| Next | My Favorite Things |
ABC Signs (or simply just ABC's) is a Signing Time! episode from season one. It aired on PBS Kids in the United States on December 14, 2004. It was the fifth episode of the first season aired in the United States. It was removed and replaced with the new episode My Favorite Things.
Contents
Characters
Summary
Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach the alphabet in American Sign Language.
Songs
Note: This is based on the album's track list.
Plot
Intro - This is Rachel Coleman's theme song.
- Song #1: Signing Time! Theme
Rachel signs the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G in American Sign Language.
- Song #2: A-G
Rachel signs the letters H, I, J, and K in American Sign Language.
- Song #3: H-K
Rachel signs the letters L, M, N, and O in American Sign Language.
- Song #4: LMNO
Rachel signs the letters P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W in American Sign Language.
- Song #5: P-W
Rachel signs the letters X, Y, and Z in American Sign Language.
- Song #6: A is for Alex and Alligator
Rachel learned a lot of ABC's, she signs the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in American Sign Language. She waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends.
- Song #7: Lonely Letter X - The end credits roll with the song playing.
End - Rachel Coleman created "Signing Time!" for 6 episodes. She began teaching ASL (American Sign Language) for babies and toddlers. "Signing Time!" created songs for babies and toddlers. Come visit our Signing Time! website at https://www.signingtime.com.
Sign Review
- A or a
- B or b
- C or c
- D or d
- E or e
- F or f
- G or g
- H or h
- I or i
- J or j
- K or k
- L or l
- M or m
- N or n
- O or o
- P or p
- Q or q
- R or r
- S or s
- T or t
- U or u
- V or v
- W or w
- X or x
- Y or y
- Z or z
- One or 1
- Two or 2
- Three or 3
- Four or 4
- Five or 5
- Six or 6
- Seven or 7
- Eight or 8
- Nine or 9
- Ten or 10
ASL Words
- Alex and Alligator
- Best Friends and Baseball
- Caterpillar
- Diaper and Dance
- Elevator
- Funny and Fright
- Good Morning and Good Night
- Hopkins and Helicopter
- Ice
- Juice
- King and Kiss
- Leah
- Mouse and Mmmmm
- Nice and Never
- Owls
- Picnic and Peanut Butter
- Quiet
- Ready and Run
- Sit and Swim
- Tree and Tired
- Under and Umbrella
- Vacation
- Work
- X-Ray
- Yo-Yo
- Zipper
Stock Footage
- In "The Great Outdoors", the end of the video shows Rachel counting to 10 in American Sign Language.
Trivia
- This is the final episode to feature the light green chalkboard.
- Xylophone starts with the letter X during Lonely Letter X.
- In this episode, Rachel Coleman had her first name embossed on the back of her shirt.
- This is the 5th appearance of Alex and Leah.
- This is the 5th episode of the series.
- This is the first episode where an animal goes fu. The second was My Favorite Things.
- A crowd can be heard cheering on Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004, where this is released), but unfortunately, this is a sound effect from Sound Ideas' Series 2000.
- Hopkins the Frog doesn't hold a sign. It reads "The End" in letters.
- This is the only episode where Rachel says "You just learned all of your ABC's.".
- This doesn't happen again until Season 2.
- This is the 5th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
- This is the only episode to feature the fade in/fade out end credits.
- This is the 2nd appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
- The signs are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
- The DVD Menu playing in the background is the Lonely Letter X song.
- The Signing Time! Theme, A is for Alex and Alligator, LMNO, and Lonely Letter X songs of this episode were featured in the Come Sing with Us, Volumes 4-6 CD album.
- This is the second episode where both Alex and Leah bow as Rachel says the final lines.
Goofs/Errors
- In the A is for Alex and Alligator song, Rachel zips his yellow sweater while singing.
Quotes
Alex and Leah: Work, work, work, work, work.
Gallery
| Series 1 Episodes |
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| My First Signs | Playtime Signs | Everyday Signs | Family, Feelings, and Fun | ABC Signs | My Favorite Things | Leah's Farm | The Great Outdoors | Zoo Train | My Day | My Neighborhood | Time to Eat | Welcome to School |
