Helping Out Around the House

**Helping Out Around the House** is a *Signing Time!* episode from season two.

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins
* Cow

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach viewers signs for household chores.

## Learning Modules

1. ABC Time!
2. Story Time!

## Songs

**Note:** This is based on the album's track list.

1. Signing Time! Theme Song
2. Helping Out Around the House, Part 1
3. Helping Out Around the House, Part 2
4. ABC Song
5. Helping Out Around the House, Part 3
6. I'd Love to Read a Book
7. Helping Out Around the House

## Summary

### English

Rachel welcomes Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and the viewers to sing and sign with us. "Signing Time! Theme Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for help, wash clothes, fold, washcloth, towel, and socks. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 1" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for clear the table and do the dishes. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 2" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's ABC time. "ABC Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for sweep, broom, dustpan, vacuum, and dust. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 3" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's story time. "I'd Love to Read a Book" is played. The story is called "Rainbow Salad".

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Helping Out Around the House" is played.

### Spanish

Rachel welcomes Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and the viewers to sing and sign with us. "Signing Time! Theme Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for ayuda, lavar la ropa, doblar, paño de lavado, toalla, and calcetíns. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 1" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for limpiar la mesa and lava los platos. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 2" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's ABC time. "ABC Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for barrer, escoba, recogedor, aspiradora, and polvo. "Helping Out Around the House, Part 3" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's story time. "I'd Love to Read a Book" is played. The story is called "Rainbow Salad".

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Helping Out Around the House" is played.

## Words in Spanish

1. **ayuda** - help
2. **lavar la ropa** - wash clothes
3. **doblar** - fold
4. **paño de lavado** - washcloth
5. **toalla** - towel
6. **calcetíns** - socks
7. **limpiar la mesa** - clear the table
8. **lava los platos** - do the dishes
9. **barrer** - sweep
10. **escoba** - broom
11. **recogedor** - dustpan
12. **aspiradora** - vacuum
13. **polvo** - dust

## Trivia

* This is the fifth Signing Time! episode to feature the cow mooing sound effect.
* This is the 23rd episode of the series.
* This is the first episode to premiere in December 2007.
* This is the 8th episode to listen to farm animal sounds. This time, it’s a cow.
* This is the 23rd appearance of Alex and Leah.
* That house is similar to "My House".
* The lowercase letters are: b, f, o, s, x, and z.
* In "ABC Time!", this is the first episode that contains lowercase letters.
* This is the 23rd appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* This is the 20th appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* When Rachel says "What Time Is It?", the audio is taken from "Happy Birthday to You".
* The DVD Menu and end credits playing in the background is the Helping Out Around the House song.
* The Signing Time! Theme Song, Helping Out Around the House, ABC Song, and I'd Love to Read a Book songs of this episode were featured in the *Series 2* CD album.

## Gallery

Help. Put your fist, thumb up, on a flat hand, and bring it up. Help.Wash clothes. To sign wash clothes or do the wash, your hands show the clothes rotating in the washer. Wash clothes.Fold! Just pretend that you are folding clothes. Fold.Washcloth. Hold the washcloth in one hand and wash your face with it. Washcloth.Towel. It’s just like you’re holding a towel and drying your back! Towel.Socks. Point your fingers down pointing at your socks, and brush them together. Socks.Clear the table! Sign table. Your arms show the flat surface of the table. Then sign clean up. Clear the table. Great!Do the dishes. One hand is the dish and the other hand washes it. Do the dishes."There’s singing time and dancing time, and laughing time and playing time, and now it is our favorite time..."ABC Time!B is for badge.F is for feathers.O is for the opening of a bottle.S is for snake.X is for X mark.Rachel signing the letter Z in American Sign LanguageSweep. One hand is the floor, and the other hand sweeps everything away. Sweep!Broom. Hold the handle of the broom with both hands and sweep. Broom.Dustpan. Pretend one hand is the dustpan and use the other hand to sweep everything into it. Dustpan.Vacuum. It’s just like you’re holding the handle of the vacuum and vacuuming! Vacuum.Dust. It’s just like you’re holding a cloth and dusting. Try it with me. Dust!(cow mooing)"There’s singing time and dancing time, and laughing time and playing time, and now it is our favorite time..."Story Time!Rainbow SaladThe End