Signing Time! Volume 9: The Zoo Train

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.

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 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!!!

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 son loves this series and especially this DVD. So much music and very educational. I am a sign language interpreter and these are actual signs and very age appropriate!

This is a great video for teaching sign language or for language development / concept development. We used this video for a month before our zoo field trip. We had a student who was scared to go to the zoo (mom said she would have huge meltdowns there so their family couldn't go together to the zoo) but she did fine on the field trip after the first 15 minutes of being there. She discovered for herself that she liked the zoo. (We also used a social story I made using actual pictures from our zoo.)

Wish I give zero stars . This didn't work from out of the box. Very low quality. So disappointed

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.