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Joseph Garcia is not out to make babies smarter; he simply wants to help them communicate earlier. Based on his book of the same name, this 62-minute tape shows parents how to teach their prespeaking tots simple signs to indicate their needs and thoughts, thus avoiding the common frustration of a baby who understands language but cannot use it. Several sets of parents and babies demonstrate Garcia’s lessons, which he breaks up into chapterlike segments, complete with recaps at the end of each. Garcia guides parents from beginning efforts, such as teaching 7- to 10-month-olds signs for “eat,” “milk,” and “more,” to more complex concepts such as “help” and “pain,” allowing for plenty of variation along the way. His no-pressure attitude is reinforced by clips of his classes with parents and children, while an early-childhood-development expert and speech pathologist add their support of his methods. Included at the end is a 13-minute sign “dictionary” with codes for easy reference. –Kimberly Heinrichs

Director: 
Sign2Me

VHS Tape: 
Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC

Company: Sign2Me / Northlight Communications, Inc. 

(1999-07-01)

ISBN: 0966836715

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VHS Tape: 
Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC

Company: Universal Studios 

(1992-03-01)

ISBN: 6302161452

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Originally a special for HBO, this Jim Henson production (he also directed) was one of the first real forays into the more realistic, less vaudevillian direction for the Muppets. It also included Frank Oz (Muppeteer), Paul Williams (songs), and Jerry Juhl (script), some of the Muppet Show’s usual suspects. Emmet Otter and his jug band are trying out in the local talent show, but they face fierce competition from a gang of toughs, the Riverbottom Gang and their rock band. Perhaps the most notable thing is the creation of a sense of poverty and want that suffuses the little production. Even Emmet’s mother, who sacrifices her washtub to further Emmet’s cause, gets in the act. Fine Christmas viewing for all ages. –Keith Simanton

VHS Tape: 
Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC

Company: Sony Pictures 

(1998-09-29)

ISBN: 076781598X

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Color, NTSC

Company: United American Video 

(1995-12-03)

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Director: 
Virgil W. Vogel

VHS Tape: 
Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC

Company: Universal Studios 

(1995-04-25)

ISBN: 6303410170

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VHS Tape: 
Color, NTSC

Company: Bmg Video Label 

(1996-10-03)

ISBN: 6303994938

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VHS Tape: 
Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC

Company: Warner Home Video 

(2001-12-11)

ISBN: 0790701510

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Signing Time! Volume 2: Playtime Signs

Everyone loves playtime! Alex, Leah and friends share playtime ASL signs with your child. “Playtime Signs” is the perfect building block for your growing ASL sign vocabulary. More of everything you love about Signing Time! More music and more ASL signs!

Signs in this volume include:

* Friend * Play * Train * Doll * Bike * Bear * Please * Share * Your turn * My turn * Book * Read * Socks * Yes * No * Drink * Thirsty * Dirty * Clean * Potty * Bath * Hurt * Sorry * Stop * Go * Wait * Wash hands * Thank you * Grandma * Grandpa

Director: 
Jon Pierre Francia; Emilie de Azevedo Brown

VHS Tape: 
NTSC

Company: Two Little Hands Productions 

(2002-11-14)

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VHS Tape: 
Color, NTSC, HiFi Sound, Closed-captioned, Surround Sound

Company: Buena Vista Home Entertaiment 

(1993-03)

ISBN: 6302642248

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Disney’s adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story–the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won’t have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she’s going to a ball designed to find the handsome prince an appropriate sweetheart, but perseverance, animal buddies, and a well-timed entrance by a fairy godmother make sure things turn out all right. There are a few striking sequences of pure animation–for example, Cinderella is reflected in bubbles drifting through the air–and the design is rich and evocative throughout. It’s a simple story padded here agreeably with comic business, particularly Cinderella’s rodent pals (dressed up conspicuously like the dwarf sidekicks of another famous Disney heroine) and their misadventures with a wretched cat named Lucifer. There’s also much harrumphing and exposition spouting by the King and the Grand Duke. It’s a much simpler and more graceful work than the more frenetically paced animated films of today, which makes it simultaneously quaint and highly gratifying. –David Kronke

VHS Tape: 
Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC

Company: Walt Disney Video 

(1995-10-06)

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Director: 
E.H. Shipley

VHS Tape: 
Color, NTSC

Company: Good Times Home Video 

(1995-04-27)

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This is Disney’s most magical musical animated adventure of all! An enchanting world where childhood last forever! Once you take heart to flight you never grow old!

VHS Tape: 
Color, Animated, NTSC, Full Screen

Company: WALT DISNEYS CLASSIC 

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Chapter breakdown:2.1 Credits 0:03; 2.2 Introduction 0:16; 2.3 Warm-up:55 (4:31); 2.4 Plie Phase 5:26 (2:25); 2.5 Standing Oblique crunches 7:51 (1:40); 2.6 Lunges 9:31 (3:19); 2.7 Standing Oblique crunches 12:50 (2:04); 2.8 Squats 14:54 (3:45); 2.9 Hamstrings 18:39 (2:05); 2.10 Resistance bands 20:44 (8:55); 2.11 Floorwork 29:39 (6:34); 2.12 Abdominals 36:13 (6:25); 2.13 Stretch & yoga 42:38 (6:10)

VHS Tape: 
Color, Full Screen, NTSC

Company: Beach Body 

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In the title story, Tommy and his friends fear Santa breaking into their homes after hearing from others about his M.O. That crisis aside, Tommy and the gang try to get to the North Pole with their broken toys in “The Blizzard.” This inevitable Christmas special deserves to be one of those seasonal classics from the animated world. –Tom Keogh

Director: 
Barry Vodos, Broni Likomanov, Celia Kendrick, Chris Hermans, Craig Bartlett

VHS Tape: 
Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC

Company: Hasbro 

(1996-10-01)

ISBN: 6304168179

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VHS Tape: 
Color, NTSC

Company: Warnervision 

(1994-08-06)

ISBN: 6303182232

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