Happy Signs Day: Learn Baby Sign Language

I order items from Amazon regularly - at least twice a month - and I rely heavily on customers reviews for my decisions. This is the FIRST time I felt compelled to review an item myself. My son was recently diagnosed with some sensory perception issues along with speech delay - he is just over 2 years old. This DVD has not only taught him some signs but he is very ENGAGED - he can actually watch it TWICE over - I have to stop it! He runs to MORRIS the Monkey and is now beginning to copy not just the words but the signs also. We have just started this about 3 weeks and I am very encouraged - I am buying the NIGHT version of the DVD. **It does not have too many signs on it like a reviewer said but it is enough to get started and it covers all the major FUNCTIONAL signs for a toddler to communicate. They include: MORE, EAT, ALL DONE, TOOTHBRUSH, COAT, DOG, BIB, HAT and DRINK. These signs are repeated over and over again in a fun way with music, color and MORRIS the MONKEY. It seems like the idea is for both the sign and the words to be learned silmultaneously. For kids with any kind of delay - repetition is vital and this works EXCELLENTLY. I hope this helps somebody. I am not sure how effective a DVD with tons of sign language covering every single thing will be helpful to kids who have some delay difficulties to begin with - a few fun signs at a time seems a great idea so I like this. Good luck and God bless! Not given 5 stars because POBODY's NERFECT! :)

My 2-year old likes watching it, and seems to learn the signs, so I can't complain very much. It has less content than some other DVDs I have bought, and it has a format that is a bit repetitious for adults.

This video's graphic are poor and the selection of words taught is minimal. Good for a starter video, not worth the price I paid for it. I bought the used one even.

Our 10 month old baby girl loves these DvDs, we bought both the daytime and nightime ones and she sits and avidly watches them. They hold her attention great and the basic but bright colours on the screen catch her eye from across the room. They are simple enough and repetitive enough that she seems to be taking them in quite well. As yet we have not seen any constant signing but every now again she does what we think are the starts of signs, we are just having to learn how she does her signs.She already knows the starting music when it comes on she sits right down ready to watch. We have these DvDs and others playing most the day while she plays in the living room and she runs back and forth then takes a few moments to sit and watch them, sometimes longer. They have also helped her father and I learn the basic signs and we now use them as much as possible.I would definatly reconmend these to others and as we have our next baby due in a month I am definatly going to have him watch them aswell at a much earlier stage.

I bought this for my 2 1/2 year old with special needs and it really didn't capture her interest for long. They didn't teach as many signs as I had anticipated either. If it had cost a little less it may have been worth it. The inclusion of animation was a good idea, it was helpful in keeping my daughter engaged for a little while. I wouldn't recommend it though.

This was obnoxious repetitive and the woman's voice is a little irritating, but my baby does seem interested in it because of the animals and animation. I am not sure the signs are all ASL. Some of the differ from other ASL DVD's I have, like My Baby Can Talk DVD's. Those get 5 stars all the way!

This video moves at a very, very, slow pace. I understand the need for repetition, but the pace does not hold my child's attention...it just seemed to drag on and on.

Baby really enjoys this one and has learned to sign hat from two viewings. I think because of the cartoon characters and the amount of repetition not found in other sign videos the happy signs is a series i would purchase more of. FYI The sign for drink in this video is slightly different than in other videos we have.

I am a new mom looking to teach my little one some basic signs. I am also working so am unable to take signage classes offered in my area. Needless to say I thought this DVD was a perfect solution. However, DVD was not at all what I expected. Taught only a handful of signs - literally a handful. Definitely will NOT be recommending this to anyone else. Extremely disappointing.

Over all it works well, my 16 month old picked up two signs right away. The animation is weak but other then that I'd say it's a wonderful tool to help teach little ones.