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Rachel: Hi. I'm Rachel. Come join my friends Alex, Leah, and Hopkins for "Signing Time!". Leah uses American Sign Language. We'll teach you some. Come sign with us!
(Song: Signing Time! Theme plays.)
Child: Follow Hopkins to Leah's Farm.
Rachel: Farm. It’s an open hand that slides all the way from jaw to jaw like the fence across the front of the farm. Farm!
Child: Farm.
Child: She's running to the farm.
Child: Farm.
Child: Farm.
Child: They're at the farm.
Child: Like the fence of the farm.
Child: Farm.
Child: Chicken.
Chicken: (clucks)
Rachel: Chicken. This is the sign for chicken. Make the sign for bird and then you peck at the ground. Chicken.
Child: Chicken.
Child: A chicken.
Child: Sign "bird", then peck the ground.
Child: Bawk, bawk, bawk.
Child: Let's sign chicken.
Child: Chicken.
Horse: (whinnys)
Child: Horse.
Rachel: Horse. Make your two fingers flap like a horse's ear. It's also an H for horse. Horse.
Child: Horse.
Child: Wave his ear.
Child: Neigh.
Child: The horse is eating.
Child: Sign horse.
Child: Horse.
Goat: (bleats)
Child: Goat.
Rachel: Goat. Show the goat’s chin hair and its horns. Goat!
Child: Goat.
Child: It's the chin hair and the horns.
Child: Maa.
Child: It's a little goat.
Child: Sign goat.
Child: Goat.
Child: Mouse.
Rachel: Mouse! Take your pointer and brush the end of your nose, showing the mouse’s little nose. Mouse!
Child: They're signing mouse.
Child: Brush your nose.
Child: A mouse.
Child: Mouse.
Child: Sign mouse with Rachel.
Child: Mouse.
(Night becomes day in the bedroom, and then the rooster crows 4 times to wake Alex & Leah up.)
Rooster: (crows three times)
Alex: Leah.
Child: Rooster.
Rooster: (crows)
Rachel: Rooster! Make a 3 and put your thumb on your forehead! Looks just like a rooster’s comb. Rooster!
Child: Rooster.
Child: Wow! Rooster.
Child: Make a 3 on your forehead for rooster.
Rooster: (crows)
Child: Rooster.
Child: Oh, Hopkins.
Sheep: (bleats)
Child: He sheared the sheep.
Rachel: Sheep! Take your two fingers and move it up your arm like you are shearing sheep. Sheep!
Child: Sheep.
Child: Sheep.
Child: Shear the sheep.
Sheep: (bleats two times)
Child: Sheep.
Child: Sign sheep.
Child: Sheep.
Cow: (moos)
(cowbell clanking.)
Child: Cow.
Rachel: Cow! Make a Y and put it up on the side of your forehead like a cow’s little horn. Can you sign cow?
Child: Cow.
Child: That's a big cow.
Cow: (moos)
Child: It's the cow's little horn.
Child: Sign cow.
Child: Cow.
Donkey: (brays)
Child: Donkey.
Rachel: Donkey! Put your thumb on the side of your forehead and wave your whole hand like a donkey’s ear. Donkey!
Child: Donkey.
Child: I like the donkey.
Child: Hee-haw, hee-haw.
Child: She can sign donkey.
Child: Sign donkey.
Child: Donkey.
Pig: (snorts)
Child: Pig.
Rachel: Pig! Put your hand under your chin and wave it like food dripping off a pig’s chin. Pig!
Child: Pig.
Child: Oink, oink.
Child: Show food on the pig's chin.
Child: Oink, oink.
Child: Sign pig with us.
Child: Pig.
Turkey: (gobbles)
Child: Turkey.
Rachel: Turkey! Take your thumb and pointer at your chin, pointing down like the turkey’s waddle. Turkey!
Child: Turkey.
Child: I see a turkey.
Child: Turkey's waddle.
Child: Turkeys.
Child: Gobble, gobble, gobble.
Child: Help Rachel sign turkey.
Child: Turkey.
(Song: Leah's Farm plays.)
Child: Pet.
Rachel: Pet! Just like you are petting an animal. Pet!
Child: Pet.
Child: It's like you're petting a pet.
Child: Pet.
Child: Squirrel.
Rachel: Here’s the sign for squirrel! It’s like a squirrel’s little teeth munching a nut. Squirrel!
Child: Squirrel.
Child: Like he's munching on a nut.
Child: Squirrel.
Child: Sign those little teeth.
Child: Sign squirrel.
Child: Squirrel.
Child: Duck.
Rachel: Duck! It’s just like bird but with two fingers to show the duck’s bill. Duck!
Child: Duck.
Child: Quack, quack, quack, quack.
Child: Make the duck's bill.
Child: Duck.
Child: Sign duck.
Child: Duck.
Child: Rabbit.
Rachel: Rabbit. Cross your arms and show the rabbit’s ears with your two fingers. Rabbit! Or you might see it signed like this. Rabbit!
Child: Rabbit.
Child: Show the rabbit ears.
Child: She can sign rabbit.
Child: Sign rabbit.
Child: Rabbit.
Child: Snail.
Rachel: Snail! Show the snail slowly moving along your hand. Snail! Or show the snail and here’s his shell. Snail!
Child: Snail.
Child: Slowly crawling along
Child: That's a lot of snails.
Child: Sign snail.
Child: Snail.
(Song: Did You Know? plays.)
Child: Frog.
Rachel: Frog. Your fingers jump out like a frog jumping. Frog.
Child: Frog.
Child: Ribbit, ribbit.
Child: Make your fingers pop out.
Child: Frog.
Child: Sign frog.
Child: Frog.
Child: Snake.
Rachel: Snake! Your two fingers move out like a snake’s tongue. Ooooo snake.
Child: Snake.
Child: Snake.
Child: Show the snake's forked tongue.
Child: Can you sign snake?
Child: Snake.
Child: Lizard.
Rachel: Lizard! Make an L for lizard and run it up your arm. Lizard!
Child: That's a cool lizard.
Child: Lizard.
Child: It scampers up your arm.
Child: Lizard.
Child: Let's sign lizard.
Child: Lizard.
Child: Turtle.
Rachel: Turtle! Your thumb is the turtle’s head and your other hand is the shell. Now make his head nod. Turtle!
Child: Turtle.
Child: Show a turtle's head.
Child: It peeks out of its shell.
Child: Turtle.
Child: Turtle.
Child: Turtle.
(Song: Turtle Rock plays.)
(Day becomes night in Leah's Farm.)
Rachel: Wow, that was sure fun visiting Leah's Farm. You learned a lot of signs! To sign barn, you fingerspell it. Try it with me. B A R N. Barn! And did you catch the sign for rock, during Turtle Rock? Rock! We love signing with you, and we can't wait to play again.
(Song: Goodnight to Leah's Farm plays.)
(The end credits scroll up as the song: Goodnight to Leah's Farm plays.)
Child: Come visit us at https://signingtime.com.
Rachel: Let's practice our ABC's together. Ready?
Rachel: 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.
Rachel: Nice job. Now let's see if you can recognize some words. Sound them out as you see each letter. Ready?
Rachel: Dog.
Rachel: Baby. That was great.