Time to Eat

**Time to Eat** is a *Signing Time!* episode from season one.

## Characters

* Rachel
* Alex
* Leah
* Hopkins

## Synopsis

Alex, Leah, Hopkins, and Rachel invite viewers to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Signs and songs for cooking, eating, setting the table, and favorite foods are taught.

## Songs

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

1. Signing Time! Theme
2. The Garden Song
3. Let it Cook
4. Set the Table
5. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
6. Silly Pizza Song II

## 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 grow, garden, and everyday. "The Garden Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for cook, kitchen, and make. "Let it Cook" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for fork, plate, napkin, knife, spoon, cup, and bowl. "Set the Table" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and "May I be excused?". "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for egg, sandwich, soup, popcorn, peas, tomato, salad, and spaghetti. "Silly Pizza Song II" 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 crecer, jardín, and todos los días. "The Garden Song" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for cocinera, cocina, and hacer. "Let it Cook" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for tenedor, plato, servilleta, cuchillo, cuchara, taza, and cuenco. "Set the Table" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for desayuno, almuerzo, cena, postre, and "¿Permiso?". "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" is played.

Rachel shows the signs for huevo, emparedado, sopa, palomitas de maíz, guisantes, tomate, ensalada, and espaguetis. "Silly Pizza Song II" is played.

## Words in Spanish

1. **crecer** - grow
2. **jardín** - garden
3. **todos los días** - every day
4. **cocinera** - cook
5. **cocina** - kitchen
6. **hacer** - make
7. **tenedor** - fork
8. **plato** - plate
9. **servilleta** - napkin
10. **cuchillo** - knife
11. **cuchara** - spoon
12. **taza** - cup
13. **cuenco** - bowl
14. **desayuno** - breakfast
15. **almuerzo** - lunch
16. **cena** - dinner
17. **postre** - dessert
18. **¿Permiso?** - May I be excused?
19. **huevo** - egg
20. **emparedado** - sandwich
21. **sopa** - soup
22. **palomitas de maíz** - popcorn
23. **guisantes** - peas
24. **tomate** - tomato
25. **ensalada** - salad
26. **espaguetis** - spaghetti

## Trivia

* This is the 12th episode of the series.
* This is the only episode to premiere in March 19, 2006.
* This is the 12th appearance of Alex and Leah.
* This is the 9th appearance of Hopkins the Frog.
* This is the 12th appearance of Rachel Coleman.
* The DVD Menu playing in the background is the Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner song.
* The end credits playing in the background is the Let it Cook song.
* The Signing Time! Theme, The Garden Song, Let it Cook, Set the Table, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, and Silly Pizza Song II songs of this episode were featured in the *Come Sing with Us, Volumes 10-12* CD album.

## Goofs/Errors

* The music CD reads "All songs © Azevedo Music 2005 ASCAP" during the end credits.

## Gallery

Grow! Your hand grows out of your other hand like a plant growing out of the ground. Grow.Garden. Show plants growing in a lot of places and show the area. You can show a flower garden, or a vegetable garden, or a garden full of plants. Garden.Every day! Make an A and slide your knuckles across your cheek a few times. Every day.Cook. This hand is the pan and this hand is like the food being turned over. Cook. Now cooking is something that is only safe to do with a grown up, it is also fun to pretend you are cooking, like Alex and Leah love to do.Kitchen. Sign "cook", and "room", show the walls of the room, or sign "cook", but with a K for kitchen. Kitchen. The kitchen is a neat place, but we must be extra careful and always be there with a grown up.Make! Stack your fists and twist them. Make! Make.Fork! Your fingers are like a fork poking your food. Fork.Plate! Pretend to set down a plate. Plate!Napkin. Pretend you’re wiping your mouth with a napkin! Wipe, wipe. Napkin!Knife. One finger is the knife, the other finger is the food. Knife. Be really careful!Spoon! Your two fingers scoop food out of your other hand. Spoon!Cup! Make the shape of a cup on your hand. Cup!Bowl. Show the shape of a bowl. It can be a small bowl or a big bowl. Bowl.Breakfast. Sign eat and morning, like your hand is the sun coming up. Eat, morning, breakfast.Lunch! Sign eat and noon. Your hand is the sun at high noon. Eat, noon, lunch!Dinner! Sign eat and night. Your hand is now the sun going down. Eat, night, dinner.Dessert. Make Ds, lay them down and tap them together. Dessert! It does not have to be sugary. It can be fresh fruit, or yogurt, or whatever your family enjoys.May I be excused? This is the sign ‘may’ or ‘can’ I (point to yourself) be excused (slide your hand across the other hand). May I be excused?Egg! Your two fingers are like the egg being cracked open. Egg!Sandwich! One hand is the bread, the other is the filling inside. Sandwich!Soup! Just like spoon, but bring the soup all the way up to your mouth. Soup!Popcorn! Your fingers alternate popping open like popcorn. Popcorn!Peas! Your finger shows the peas in the pod. Peas.Tomato! One hand is the tomato. The other hand starts at your chin (like the sign for red because the tomato is red) and it slices the tomato. Tomato!Salad! Your hands toss the salad! Or you can toss it with forks. Salad!Spaghetti! Your pinkies show the long winding spaghetti noodles. Spaghetti."Thanks for signing with us today.""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.