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Talking Hands: A Sign Language Video For Children
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781892703255
Format: Color, Live, NTSC
ISBN: 1892703254
Label: Consumervision
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Consumervision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Consumervision
Release Date: September 01, 2000
Running Time: 45 minutes
Studio: Consumervision
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
Kids gobble cookies, blow bubbles, open and close a box of dress-up items, even sit on the potty 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 Baby's First Impressions series. --Liane Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A waste of time and money....
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" ... Read More
Rating:  - Kids enjoy it
I have 3 sons and they all enjoyed watching this video, and learning to speak with their hands.
Rating: - Not useful as a signing video
This video MAY have its place, but teaching signs isn't it. However, my baby loves watching scenes of other kids at play, and was as captivated by the kids in this video as she would be with any other, non-signing video.
The video introduces about ten to twelve (maybe more?) VERY basic signs - mother, father, baby, on, off, love, etc, plus cookie (which I personally don't feel is necessary for a baby to learn).
There IS a nice diversity of kids and adults shown - different ... Read More
Rating:  - Timing and Accompaniment Might Make the Difference
If you have other signing videos and environments for your child, he or she may not like Talking Hands much at first. He or she might come to appreciate it over time, however... quite a bit. Other reviews here describe its content fully; I write here to testify that your child's first impressions of it can change.
My son received this as a gift for his first Christmas. It was his first signing video, and he was just beginning to see a few signs from us as a support for learning language ... Read More
Rating: - Check it out from the library before you would buy it.
I got this video from the library. I am glad I did so I didn't spend money on buying one. They teach 30-some signs in this video. The signs are:
mother, father (daddy), baby, boy, girl, grandmother, grandfather, love, please, thank you, eat, drink, more, cookie, potty, help, socks, shoes, hat, open, close, stop, go, sit, stand, off, on, play, ball, car, bubbles, books, video.
Here's an example of how it's done. For the word "mother" a woman signs it 3 times, a boy signs ... Read More
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