My Neighborhood

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

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel teach ASL signs for playground activities, vehicles, places to go and people to see in a neighborhood.

## Songs

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

1. Signing Time! Theme
2. Down at the Park
3. Watch Me Go
4. My Job
5. People in the Neighborhood
6. Everyday

## Summary

### English

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

Rachel shows the signs for playground, rollerskate, picnic, kite, swing, slide, climb, and sand. "Down at the Park" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for helicopter, bus, boat, motorcycle, slow, and fast. "Watch Me Go" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for store, buy, stamp, mail, library, story, office, work, and restaurant. "My Job" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for firefighter, police officer, doctor, and nurse. "People in the Neighborhood" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for bank, movie, school, and park. She waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Everyday" is played.

### Spanish

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

Rachel shows the signs for patio de juegos, patín, picnic, cometa, columpio, deslizar, subida, and arena. "Down at the Park" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for helicóptero, autobús, barco, motocicleta, lento, and rápido. "Watch Me Go" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for tienda, comprar, estampilla, correo, biblioteca, historia, oficina, trabajar, and restaurante. "My Job" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for bombero, policía, médico, and enfermero. "People in the Neighborhood" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for banco, película, escuela, and parque. She waves goodbye to the viewers and the episode ends. "Everyday" is played.

## Words in Spanish

1. **patio de juegos** - playground
2. **patín** - rollerskate
3. **picnic** - picnic
4. **cometa** - kite
5. **columpio** - swing
6. **deslizar** - slide
7. **subida** - climb
8. **arena** - sand
9. **helicóptero** - helicopter
10. **autobús** - bus
11. **barco** - boat
12. **motocicleta** - motorcycle
13. **lento** - slow
14. **rápido** - fast
15. **tienda** - store
16. **comprar** - buy
17. **estampilla** - stamp
18. **correo** - mail
19. **biblioteca** - library
20. **historia** - story
21. **oficina** - office
22. **trabajar** - work
23. **restaurante** - restaurant
24. **bombero** - firefighter
25. **policía** - police officer
26. **médico** - doctor
27. **enfermero** - nurse
28. **banco** - bank
29. **película** - movie
30. **escuela** - school
31. **parque** - park

## Trivia

* This is the 11th episode of the series.
* This is the only episode to premiere in March 12, 2006.
* This episode is available on Google Maps, but it isn't.
* This is the 11th appearance of Alex and Leah.
* This is the 8th appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* This is the 11th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* The DVD Menu and end credits playing in the background is the Watch Me Go song.
* The Signing Time! Theme, Down at the Park, Watch Me Go, My Job, People in the Neighborhood, and Everyday songs of this episode were featured in the *Come Sing with Us, Volumes 10-12* CD album.

## Gallery

Playground! Sign play, pinky and thumb, and show the ground. Playground.Rollerskate! Your two fingers are the front wheels skating. And this is the sign for inline skates. Rollerskate!Picnic! Rub your hands together like you're excited to have a picnic! Picnic!Kite! This hand is the string and the other is the kite waving in the wind. Kite!Swing! Your two fingers swing on the other two. Swing!Slide! These two fingers slide down the others like a slide! Slide.Climb. Pretend you're climbing up a ladder. Climb.Sand! Feel the sand between your fingers. Sand!Helicopter. Your first two fingers and thumb make the body of the helicopter and these are the blades spinning. Helicopter!Bus. Reach up with your two fingers like you're holding the handrail as you ride through town, or you can ding for the next stop. Bus.Boat. Make your hands into the shape of a boat floating through the water. Boat.Motorcycle! Hold those handle bars and rev it. Vroom, vroom! Motorcycle.Slow! Draw your hand slowly up your other hand. Slow!Fast! Make your pointers pull back fast! Fast.Store! Your hands are in front of you like you are pushing a shopping cart but you shake them. Store!Buy. This is the sign for money, so buy is money that you give to someone. Buy.Stamp! Your two fingers are the stamp. Pretend to lick it and press it on the other two fingers. Stamp!Mail! Now your thumb is like the stamp being licked and put on the letter. Mail. A piece of mail or a letter.Library. Circle an L for library. Library.Story. Your fingers grab and slide like you're telling a neat story. Story.Office! Make Os and show the walls of the room, the front walls and the side walls. Office!Work! Tap your wrist on the other fist like it’s hard work. Work.Restaurant! Brush an R for restaurant on the sides of your mouth! Restaurant.Firefighter. Show the shield on the firefighter's hat. Firefighter.Police officer! Make a C and show the police officer's badge! Police officer.Doctor! Tap your fingers on your wrist, like a doctor taking a pulse. Doctor!Nurse! Just like doctor but an N for nurse taking a pulse. Nurse!"I've been to places in my neighborhood lots of times, but taking you with me makes it special again. See you soon!""Let's practice our ABC's together. Ready?"A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z.