Going Outside

**Going Outside** is a *Signing Time!* episode from season two.

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins
* Cow

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach viewers signs for things in nature.

## Learning Modules

1. Hopping Time!
2. Story Time!

## Songs

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

1. Signing Time! Theme Song
2. Outside, Part 1
3. Outside, Part 2
4. Hopkins Hop
5. Outside, Part 3
6. I'd Love to Read a Book
7. Outside

## 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 outside, sun, flowers, grass, bug, and today. "Outside, Part 1" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for wind, trees, leaves, and sky. "Outside, Part 2" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's hopping time. "Hopkins Hop" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for clouds, rain, thunder, and snow. "Outside, 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 "My Favorite Pet".

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Outside" 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 fuera, sol, flors, césped, insecto, and hoy. "Outside, Part 1" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for viento, árbols, hojas, and cielo. "Outside, Part 2" is played.

Rachel tells the viewers that it's hopping time. "Hopkins Hop" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for nubes, lluvia, tormenta, and nieve. "Outside, 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 "My Favorite Pet".

Rachel waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Outside" is played.

## Words in Spanish

1. **fuera** - outside
2. **sol** - sun
3. **flors** - flowers
4. **césped** - grass
5. **insecto** - bug
6. **hoy** - today
7. **viento** - wind
8. **árbols** - trees
9. **hojas** - leaves
10. **cielo** - sky
11. **nubes** - clouds
12. **lluvia** - rain
13. **tormenta** - thunder
14. **nieve** - snow

## Trivia

* This is the fourth Signing Time! episode to feature the cow mooing sound effect.
* This is the 18th episode of the series.
* This is the last episode to premiere in October 2007.
* This is the only episode featuring a sound effect from Hopkins Hop.
* On the DVD, this is the only episode where the subtitles are not available for the Main Menu.
* This is the 5th episode to listen to farm animal sounds. This time, it’s a cow.
* This is the 15th appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* This is the 18th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* This is the 18th appearance of Alex and Leah.
* When Rachel says "You've learned a lot of signs today.", she signs the word today in American Sign Language.
* The DVD Menu and end credits playing in the background is the Outside song.
* The Signing Time! Theme Song, Outside, Hopkins Hop, and I'd Love to Read a Book songs of this episode were featured in the *Series 2* CD album.

## Gallery

Open and close your hand as you move it further outside. Outside. Try it with me. Outside!Sun. Draw the sun and then show the rays. Sun.Flowers. First sign flower. It’s just like you are smelling a flower. Then show lots of flowers. Flowers!Grass. Let the grass tickle your chin just like this. Grass!Bug. Show the bug's antenna on your nose. Bug.Today. To sign today, make Ys with both hands, turn them upside down and bounce them twice. Today.Wind. Your hands show the wind blowing back and forth. Wind.Trees. Make a tree with your arm. When you twist it you’re showing a lot of trees. Trees.Leaves. Use your pointer to show the stem, and your hand is the leaf. Twist it to show leaves all over. Leaves.Sky. Use your hand to show the sky. Sky!"There’s singing time and dancing time, and laughing time and playing time, and now it is our favorite time..."Hopping Time!Clouds. Make Cs with both hands and outline the clouds! Clouds.Rain. Your hands show the rain falling. Rain!Thunder. Point to your ear and then make fists to show the loud thunder. Thunder. Okay! That’s enough thunder!Snow! Use your fingers to show snowflakes drifting down. Snow!(cow mooing)"There’s singing time and dancing time, and laughing time and playing time, and now it is our favorite time..."Story Time!My Favorite PetThe End