Signing Time! Volume 9. The Zoo Train DVD :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Great video

2008-07-21
This is a great pre-zoo video for all children. I use it with my speech & development delayed son and he loves it! It is a great way for him to tell us what he saw in real life or books.

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2008-03-30
I love these videos and will own all of them. The only down fall is they don't have more to the series. My child has speech delay and can only verbal say 10 words at the age of 3. He's been in speech for over three months with little improvement. We started to buy Signing time series and he can now sign over 100 words. This has helped the communication between us. At one point he was banging his head in frustration because he couldn't relay want he wanted, felt or needed. Since these videos he has stopped. He loves these videos, he also and signs "signing time movie please". My child also picks up new signs within minutes and is proud to teach me them!

Signing Time is great!

2008-03-20
This is a "must have" series for anyone who uses sign language with children or wants to learn signs to use with kids. This is not a language course but teaches the signs for many things in a video that kids really enjoy watching. I use it often in my preschool class.

Love the Zoo Train!

2008-02-08
Highly recommend this to any animal loving toddlers! We enjoy learning the signs along with our son. Educational and entertaining!

So many animals, so many signs

2007-07-03
For our animal loving child, this is a huge hit. Needless to say we were quite thrilled when this one came out, so we could finally learn the signs to some of our favorite animals. Our 5 year old loves to sign and sing to all the songs on the video, especially Guess What I Am. We try to make a game out of it and it can go on and on and on... My 5 year old and I highly recommend Signing Time.

ASL for children, it's GREAT

2007-01-13
Signing Time! Volume 9: The Zoo Train

All Aboard! Let's get on the Zoo Train with Rachel, Alex, Leah and Hopkins and learn signs for all your favorite animals that you see (and sometimes don't see!) at the zoo.

ASL Signs you will learn:

* Rhinoceros * Bat * Seal * Panda * Hippopotamus * Zebra * Tiger * Lion * Shark * Dolphin * Whale * Octopus * Crab * Lobster * Starfish * Shrimp * Monkey * Kangaroo * Camel * Gorilla * Crocodile * Elephant * Penguin * Giraffe

DVD version includes special features and ASL tips.

Whole family loves it! 2007-01-06
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!

Great Product ever made for kids 2006-11-10
We were introduced by our son's child care giver. He was 20 months old when he first started with signing time in Daycare. Ever since then he came home signing and singing the melody of the songs from the DVDs. When he started to speak all the alphabets and numbers and words from the books, me and my husband were surprised and happy. When he was two years old, he already knew all the colors, number 1-10 and A to Z in additon to a lot of vocabs. Until today, he watches signing time everyday and continue learning.
We think this is a great fun learning product and we love it!

We love Signing Time 2006-08-16
Our school is currently using Signing Time in an after school program to introduce and teach American Sign Language to children ranging in grades K-6. Rachel does a good job of desribing and demonstating the signs. The music and songs create an enjoyable way to reinforce the new signs learned.

Entertaining and Educational 2006-05-30
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.