Talking Hands: A Sign Language Video For Children

Buy This Item Talking Hands: A Sign Language Video For Children by Consumervision  Available from Amazon  $16.95  on 11-14-2008     Kids gobble <I>cookies</I>, blow <I>bubbles</I>, <I>open</I> and <I>close</I> a box of dress-up items, even sit on the <I>potty</I> to illustrate some of the 31 hand gestures taught throughout this excellent sign language video. Much like a mini video "dictionary," teaching focuses on word recognition alone--not the alphabet nor on full sentence structure--and covers a smart variety of simple verbs and nouns (based on American Sign Language and Signing Exact English). The format is simplistic but highly effective, and keeps the action moving. After the word appears on-screen, an adult carefully signs and pronounces it twice. Then, scenes flip open like book pages or spin like revolving doors to reveal several real-life examples; for instance, "grandfather" fishes with his grandson, eats cereal, and reads a book. More hand gesture repetition, performed by a culturally diverse group of grownups and kids, offers lots of practice time. Probably best used in the home or in a hearing classroom, this visually and audibly appealing 40-minute show comes from the folks who created Parent's Choice award-winning <I>Baby's First Impressions</I> series. <I>--Liane Thomas</I> Reader Reviews My wife.. She is Deaf, and taught Sign Language, she laughed at the movie MORE than I did. Signs were inconsistent, example: The other people were signing "Ball" and one woman was signing (looked as if...) "Certificate or Certification". The sign for "Go" is traditional (yeah.. like 30 years ago). A sign for "Sock" was pointed down and looked like the sign for "handicap"... The sign for "potty" (as they put it), looks like the one handed sign for TOY(s)(look at the sign for "play" here and you'll understand the orgin) potty should be the "T" sign short shaks from left to right, "potty " here is signed left to right..turning in and then turning out, this is more like LAZY sign, this It goes on and on. We are of the belief, teach it RIGHT to begin with.. then the "lazy" (I hate this term.. my wife uses it ALOT)sign develops naturally with time and conversations and culture. THEN you can take that SIGN they way they USE here and understand the context in which it is used. OHHHHHHHHH the sign for "video" is a signed english form of the word from the sign "movie".. it's dumb and incorrect, DON'T USE THIS SIGN! (PLEASE) When you have a bunch of Hearing people, (probably instructed by OTHER hearing people) this is probably what a sign language video will look like. Deaf people HATE expressionless people! (esp expressionless faces).. For hearing people it's the same as sitting thru a mono-tone lecture where sooner or later the speaker sounds like the teacher from Charlie Brown (wha waa waa, blah waa waa, waa blah blah etc... boring huh?) Want a GOOD investment in your child and money!? Get the Baby Einstein Sign Language videos... Professionally done, NOT BORING for toddlers that will probably get up and walk away... and Baby Einstein videos HOLD the interest of the short attention span mind.

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