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Zoo Train
Zoo train title card
Airdate February 26, 2006
Season 1
Episode 9
Previous The Great Outdoors
Next My Day

The Zoo Train (or simply just Zoo Train) is a Signing Time! episode from season one.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach ASL signs for animals often seen at the zoo.

Songs[]

Note: This is based on the album's track list.

  1. Signing Time! Theme
  2. Zoo Train
  3. Walkin' Through the Zoo
  4. Guess What I Am
  5. In the Water
  6. Zoo Train (reprise)

Summary[]

English[]

Rachel welcomes Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and the viewers to sing and sign with us. A shortened version of "Signing Time! Theme" is played.

Alex and Leah are going to the zoo. "Zoo Train" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for rhinoceros, bat, seal, panda, hippopotamus, zebra, tiger, and lion. "Walkin' Through the Zoo" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for monkey, kangaroo, camel, gorilla, crocodile, elephant, penguin, and giraffe. "Guess What I Am" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for starfish, shrimp, lobster, crab, octopus, dolphin, whale, and shark. "In the Water" is played.

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Zoo Train (reprise)" is played.

Spanish[]

Rachel welcomes Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and the viewers to sing and sign with us. A shortened version of "Signing Time! Theme" is played.

Alex and Leah are going to the zoo. "Zoo Train" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for rinoceronte, murciélago, foca, panda, hipopótamo, cebra, tigre, and león. "Walkin' Through the Zoo" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for mono, canguro, camello, gorila, cocodrilo, elefante, pingüino, and jirafa. "Guess What I Am" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for estrella de mar, camarón, langosta, cangrejo, pulpo, delfín, ballena, and tiburón. "In the Water" is played.

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Zoo Train (reprise)" is played.

Words in Spanish[]

  1. rinoceronte - rhinoceros
  2. murciélago - bat
  3. foca - seal
  4. panda - panda
  5. hipopótamo - hippopotamus
  6. cebra - zebra
  7. tigre - tiger
  8. león - lion
  9. mono - monkey
  10. canguro - kangaroo
  11. camello - camel
  12. gorila - gorilla
  13. cocodrilo - crocodile
  14. elefante - elephant
  15. pingüino - penguin
  16. jirafa - giraffe
  17. estrella de mar - starfish
  18. camarón - shrimp
  19. langosta - lobster
  20. cangrejo - crab
  21. pulpo - octopus
  22. delfín - dolphin
  23. ballena - whale
  24. tiburón - shark

Trivia[]

  • This is the last episode to feature a 2005 different font style.
  • This is the second and final episode without a child narrating the title card. The first was in "Everyday Signs".
  • This is the 9th episode of the series.
  • This is the only episode to premiere in February 26, 2006.
  • This episode is upside down before Rachel signs "bat".
  • Rachel Coleman hangs upside down like a bat.
  • The scene that does this is where Alex and Leah see the bats hanging upside down on their branches.
  • This is the 9th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
  • This is the 9th appearance of Alex and Leah.
  • All 24 animals are rhinoceros, bat, seal, panda, hippopotamus, zebra, tiger, lion, monkey, kangaroo, camel, gorilla, crocodile, elephant, penguin, giraffe, starfish, shrimp, lobster, crab, octopus, dolphin, whale, and shark.
  • This is the only episode to listen to zoo animal sounds.
  • This is the 6th appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
  • The DVD Menu and end credits playing in the background is the Zoo Train song.
  • The Signing Time! Theme, Zoo Train, Walkin' Through the Zoo, Guess What I Am, and In the Water songs of this episode were featured in the Come Sing with Us, Volumes 7-9 CD album.
  • Alex’s Line, “That’s not a Rock, It’s a Lobster” might be a reference to the 1978 song by the B 52’s, Rock Lobster.

Gallery[]


Series 1 Episodes
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
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