Family, Feelings, and Fun

**Family, Feelings and Fun** is a *Signing Time!* episode from season one.

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins (debut)

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and Rachel teach ASL signs for family members, feelings, and things outside.

## Songs

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

1. Signing Time! Theme
2. In a House
3. Beautiful Day
4. Feelings
5. We Got Love

## Summary

### English

The episode starts with the song called "Signing Time! Theme".

Rachel shows the signs for house, home, family, brother, sister, son, daughter, uncle, aunt, and cousin. "In a House" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for tree, wind, leaves, grass, clouds, rain, snow, coat, boots, gloves, and hat. "Beautiful Day" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for feelings, grumpy, surprised, silly, scared, excited, sick, love, and "I love you". "Feelings" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, bugs, spiders, butterflies, tired, proud, sad, and happy. She waves goodbye to the viewers. The episode ends with the song called "We Got Love".

### Spanish

The episode starts with the song called "Signing Time! Theme".

Rachel shows the signs for casa, hogar, familia, hermano, hermana, hijo, hija, tío, tía, and primo. "In a House" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for árbol, viento, hojas, césped, nubes, lluvia, nieve, chaqueta, botas, guantes, and sombrero. "Beautiful Day" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for sentimientos, gruñón, sorpresa, tonta, asustada, emocionada, enferma, amor, and "Te amo". "Feelings" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for mama, papa, abuela, abuelo, insectos, arañas, mariposas, cansada, orgullosa, triste, and feliz. She waves goodbye to the viewers. The episode ends with the song called "We Got Love".

## Words in Spanish

1. **casa** - house
2. **hogar** - home
3. **familia** - family
4. **hermano** - brother
5. **hermana** - sister
6. **hijo** - son
7. **hija** - daughter
8. **tío** - uncle
9. **tía** - aunt
10. **primo** - cousin
11. **árbol** - tree
12. **viento** - wind
13. **hojas** - leaves
14. **césped** - grass
15. **nubes** - clouds
16. **lluvia** - rain
17. **nieve** - snow
18. **chaqueta** - coat
19. **botas** - boots
20. **guantes** - gloves
21. **sombrero** - hat
22. **sentimientos** - feelings
23. **gruñón** - grumpy
24. **sorpresa** - surprise
25. **tonta** - silly
26. **asustada** - scared
27. **emocionada** - excited
28. **enferma** - sick
29. **amor** - love
30. **te amo** - I Love You
31. **mama** - mom
32. **papa** - dad
33. **abuela** - grandma
34. **abuelo** - grandpa
35. **insectos** - bugs
36. **arañas** - spiders
37. **mariposas** - butterflies
38. **cansada** - tired
39. **orgullosa** - proud
40. **triste** - sad
41. **feliz** - happy

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to feature the **light green** chalkboard.
* This is the first episode to feature a 2004 different font Style.
* This is the 4th episode of the series.
* This is the 1st episode to premiere on December 14, 2004.
* 2 songs: In a House and Feelings are featured on the "Nick Jr.'s Move to the Music".
* This is the 1st "Signing Time!" episode to be released on DVD.
* This is the 1st appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* This is the 4th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* This is the 4th appearance of Alex and Leah.
* The DVD Menu playing in the background is the Signing Time! Theme Song.
* The Signing Time! Theme, In a House, Beautiful Day, Feelings, and We Got Love songs of this episode were featured in the *Come Sing with Us, Volumes 4-6* CD album.
* This is the first episode where both Alex and Leah bow as Rachel says the final lines.

## Quotes

**Alex**: This is my house.

**Leah**: That is my home.

**Alex**: I share my house with my family.

**Alex**: This is my sister. I'm her brother, her favorite brother.

**Alex**: I'm their son. See my sister? She is their daughter.

**Alex**: Leah! Where is your family? That's Leah's family. She's got a sister too. Leah's dad is my uncle.

**Leah**: Alex's dad is my uncle.

**Alex**: Leah's mom is my aunt.

**Leah**: Alex's mom is my aunt.

**Alex**: Leah and her sister are my cousins.

**Leah**: Alex and his sister are my cousins.

**Alex**: We're also friends.

**Alex and Leah**: Yeah! Yahoo! Hoo! Hoo!

**Alex**: We forgot the most important feeling— love.

## Gallery

House. You show the roof and two walls.Home. It’s where you eat and where you sleep.Family. You make two Fs and make a circle.Brother. You sign boy and stack your pointers.Sister. Sign girl.Son. You sign boy and then rock your baby.Daughter. You sign girl and then rock your baby.Uncle. Circle a U by your forehead. Uncle.Aunt. You circle an A by your chin. Aunt.Cousins. Sign a C by your chin for a girl cousin and a C by your forehead for a boy.Tree. You make your arm look just like a tree.Wind. It's just like your hands are feeling the wind.Leaf. This hand is your leaf, and this is the stem. Leaf.Grass. It's like you're resting your chin in grass.Cloud. You take Cs and draw the shape of a cloud.Rain. Your fingers show the rain coming down.Snow. Your fingers are like the snowflakes.Coat. Well, it looks just like you're pulling on your coat.Boots. You make Bs and knock them together. Boots.Gloves. It’s just like you’re pulling on your gloves.Hat. Tap your head where you put the hat. Or hat, like you're putting it on your head."Let's find some feelings today."Feelings. You brush your middle finger right by your heart.Grumpy. You crinkle your hand over your face. Grumpy.Surprise. You show the surprise in your eyes!Silly. Use your thumb and pinky and brush your nose. ‘Cause you’re such a silly.Scared. Open up your fingers and show that you’re really scared.Excited. Remember feelings? Well, this is excited. It’s a lot of feelings!Sick. It's like your forehead or your tummy feels sick.Love. It’s like you’re hugging somebody you love.I love you. It’s the initials for I love you. I, love, you. I love you."I love you!""The End. Goodbye Hopkins.""We had so much fun signing with you today.""And here's some more signs about families: Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa.""And more signs about things that you'd see outside: like bugs, or spiders, or butterflies.""And more signs about feelings: tired, proud, sad, and happy.""We love signing with you.""And we can't wait to play again."Thank you for signing with us!