My Favorite Things

**My Favorite Things** is a *Signing Time!* episode from season one.

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach ASL signs for colors of the rainbow, fruits and vegetables, and physical activities.

## Songs

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

1. Signing Time! Theme
2. The Rainbow Song
3. 5 a Day
4. I'm Really Good
5. Shine

## Summary

### English

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

Rachel shows the signs for colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and rainbow. "The Rainbow Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for fruit, strawberry, pear, peach, grapes, and watermelon. "5 a Day (Today)" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for vegetable, carrot, corn, lettuce, bean, and potato. "5 a Day (Tomorrow)" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for walk, run, sit, swing, dance, sing, jump, and swim. "I'm Really Good" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for soup, noodles, tomato, white, black, brown, pink, work, and practice. She waves goodbye to the viewers. The episode ends with the song called "Shine".

### Spanish

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

Rachel shows the signs for colores, rojo, naranja, amarillo, verde, azul, morado, and arcoíris. "The Rainbow Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for fruta, fresa, pera, melocotón, uvas, and sandía. "5 a Day (Today)" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for verdura, zanahoria, maíz, lechuga, frijol, and patata. "5 a Day (Tomorrow)" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for caminar, correr, sentar, columpio, bailar, cantar, salto, and nadar. "I'm Really Good" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for sopa, fideos, tomate, blanco, negro, marron, rosado, trabajar, and práctica. She waves goodbye to the viewers. The episode ends with the song called "Shine".

## Words in Spanish

1. **colores** - colors
2. **rojo** - **red**
3. **naranja** - **orange**
4. **amarillo** - **yellow**
5. **verde** - **green**
6. **azul** - **blue**
7. **morado** - **purple**
8. **arcoíris** - rainbow
9. **fruta** - fruit
10. **fresa** - strawberry
11. **pera** - pear
12. **melocotón** - peach
13. **uvas** - grapes
14. **sandía** - watermelon
15. **verdura** - vegetable
16. **zanahoria** - carrot
17. **maíz** - corn
18. **lechuga** - lettuce
19. **frijol** - bean
20. **patata** - potato
21. **caminar** - walk
22. **correr** - run
23. **sentar** - sit
24. **columpio** - swing
25. **bailar** - dance
26. **cantar** - sing
27. **salto** - jump
28. **nadar** - swim
29. **sopa** - soup
30. **fideos** - noodles
31. **tomate** - tomato
32. **blanco** - **white**
33. **negro** - **black**
34. **marron** - **brown**
35. **rosado** - **pink**
36. **trabajar** - work
37. **práctica** - practice

## Trivia

* This is the only episode to feature the **light green** chalkboard in Sign Review.
* This is the only episode to feature the **dark green** chalkboard.
* This is the last episode to feature a 2004 different font style.
* This is the 6th episode of the series.
* This episode was dedicated to Zane Alexander Gardner, who died on February 11, 2002 at the age of 3.
* This is the second and final episode where an animal goes fu. The first was ABC Signs.
* This is the last episode to premiere in December 14, 2004.
* This is the 3rd appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* This is the 6th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* This is the 6th appearance of Alex and Leah.
* In More Signs segment, Rachel says "See you soon.".
* Hopkins singing is reused in "ABC Signs".
* The DVD Menu playing in the background is the I'm Really Good song.
* The Signing Time! Theme, The Rainbow Song, 5 a Day, I'm Really Good, and Shine songs of this episode were featured in the *Come Sing with Us, Volumes 4-6* CD album.
* This is the third and final episode where both Alex and Leah bow as Rachel says the final lines.

## Quotes

**Alex**: I once saw a rainbow. It was red, and orange, and yellow, and green, and blue, and purple.

**Leah**: I once saw a rainbow. It was red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

## Gallery

"Colors!"Colors. Wiggle your fingers on your chin. And that’s the sign for colors.Red. Your lips are red, so you point to them and pull it down. And that's the sign for red.Orange. It's like you're squeezing an orange under your chin.Yellow. Make a Y and shake it. Yellow.Green. Make a G with your fingers and then shake it just a little bit. Green.Blue. Make a B and then twist it. Blue.Purple. You make the letter P, ‘cause purple starts with P, and then you shake it like this. And that's the sign for purple.Rainbow. First, you sign colors. Remember on your chin? And then draw the rainbow in the sky."I once saw a rainbow. It was red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.", Alex said."I once saw a rainbow. It was red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.", Leah said.Fruit. You make an F and you twist it right by your mouth.Strawberry. It’s like a strawberry on a stem. Strawberry!Pear. Show the shape of a pear.Peach. Your cheek is soft, just like a peach.Grapes. It’s like clumps of grapes on a vine.Watermelon. You know the sign for water. Now you thump a melon. Water. Melon."1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a day, eating in a healthy way.""1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a day, 5 every day."Vegetable. Make a V for vegetable, and then you tap it right by your mouth. Vegetable.Carrot. Like you're holding a carrot, and you chomp it off.Corn. It’s like you’re holding and eating corn.Lettuce. You tap your palm on your head. It’s called a head of lettuce.Bean. It can be a little bean or a string bean. Bean.Potato! It’s like a potato that you’re sticking a fork in. Potato."1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a day, eating in a healthy way.""1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a day, 5 every day."Walk. It's like your hands are walking.Run. Make two Ls, hook them together, and make them run.Sit. Here's your chair, and here's your legs, and you sit.Swing. Here's your swing, here's your legs, sit down and swing!Dance. Here's your stage, here's your legs. Dance.Clip reused in "ABC Signs"Sing. It's just like you're leading music right over your arm. Sing.Jump. Here's the ground, here come your legs, and jump! Jump.Swim. It's just like you're swimming through the water. Swim."The End. Goodbye Hopkins.""Wow, you were really good at signing today.""Now here's some more signs for foods: like soup or noodles. Or this one's kinda silly, because many people, they think it's a vegetable, but it's really a fruit, it's a tomato. Tomato.""And here's some more signs for colors: like white, black, brown, and pink. That's my favorite. Pink.""And more signs for activities: like work or practice. And you know, everybody's good at something, but sometimes you have to work, and sometimes you have to practice.""We love signing with you.""See you soon!"Thank you for signing with us!