If you could choose for your child/children to watch programs from when you were a child, which one(s) would you choose?
Old childhood programs
09/26/2011
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I watched all those shows and enjoyed them, but I picked my 2 favorites. Mr. Rogers because it promoted self-acceptance and acceptance of others who are different from you, and Reading Rainbow because it promoted reading.
09/26/2011
Ah fudge...his name just slipped out of my train of thought...the science dude...not Bill Nye, the other one. Mr. Wizard! Right. Him.
I thought all of his experiments were really cool and his show aired before school, so you were kind of put in the mood to learn before you ever left the house. Or, at least that's true for me. I really liked it when the show concentrated on chemical reactions, not just the physics of science.
And though it could be salacious at times, PeeWee Herman's Playhouse was great because it taught memorization skills and how to express your personality, even when others thought you were nuts for doing so.
I thought all of his experiments were really cool and his show aired before school, so you were kind of put in the mood to learn before you ever left the house. Or, at least that's true for me. I really liked it when the show concentrated on chemical reactions, not just the physics of science.
And though it could be salacious at times, PeeWee Herman's Playhouse was great because it taught memorization skills and how to express your personality, even when others thought you were nuts for doing so.
09/26/2011
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Wasn't Captain Kangeroo a guest time to time on Mr. Rogers?
Originally posted by
Wildchild
If you could choose for your child/children to watch programs from when you were a child, which one(s) would you choose?
09/26/2011
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Wheres Kermit, Miss Piggy and Fozzy Bear?
Originally posted by
Wildchild
If you could choose for your child/children to watch programs from when you were a child, which one(s) would you choose?
09/26/2011
I vaguely remember a purple dinosaur, but can't remember its name. Unless its name was Big Purple Dinosaur.
09/26/2011
If I had child/children, which I won't ever. I would probably choose, Mr Rogers, for them. The Muppets, for me.
09/26/2011
My child does watch Sesame Street but I would like Reading Rainbow to be back on too.
09/26/2011
Mr. Rogers and Cap. Kangaroo. There was a show called Romper Room (I'm dating myself) when I was really small. It was a TV nursery school. I loved it, because she would take out a mirror, and then it would spin and she'd say, "I see Bobby and Jimmy and Sally and Marianne and..." and alternate names every day. I have a very common name. Every time she would say my name I would get all excited thinking she could see me. Like I said, I was very small.
"Do be a Do Bee." LOL! We laughed about that slogan when we got into High School. (A "Do Bee" was a well behaved child on the show.)
Sesame Street is a well done show, but it has the capacity to cause children to have shorter attention spans. The length of segments on older shows, and slower pace works better with a lot of children. Two of my children loved Sesame Street, but my youngest, who is shy and paces herself hated it. "It goes too fast and makes me scared." was what she said about Sesame Street. She learned how to read before she was three anyway.
"Do be a Do Bee." LOL! We laughed about that slogan when we got into High School. (A "Do Bee" was a well behaved child on the show.)
Sesame Street is a well done show, but it has the capacity to cause children to have shorter attention spans. The length of segments on older shows, and slower pace works better with a lot of children. Two of my children loved Sesame Street, but my youngest, who is shy and paces herself hated it. "It goes too fast and makes me scared." was what she said about Sesame Street. She learned how to read before she was three anyway.
09/26/2011
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LOL Romper Room was actually around quite a while because I was on it in 1987 There were apparently several incarnations of it and at some point they were taping it in NJ and my aunt got my cousin and I to go on the show.
Originally posted by
P'Gell
Mr. Rogers and Cap. Kangaroo. There was a show called Romper Room (I'm dating myself) when I was really small. It was a TV nursery school. I loved it, because she would take out a mirror, and then it would spin and she'd say, "I see
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Mr. Rogers and Cap. Kangaroo. There was a show called Romper Room (I'm dating myself) when I was really small. It was a TV nursery school. I loved it, because she would take out a mirror, and then it would spin and she'd say, "I see Bobby and Jimmy and Sally and Marianne and..." and alternate names every day. I have a very common name. Every time she would say my name I would get all excited thinking she could see me. Like I said, I was very small.
"Do be a Do Bee." LOL! We laughed about that slogan when we got into High School. (A "Do Bee" was a well behaved child on the show.)
Sesame Street is a well done show, but it has the capacity to cause children to have shorter attention spans. The length of segments on older shows, and slower pace works better with a lot of children. Two of my children loved Sesame Street, but my youngest, who is shy and paces herself hated it. "It goes too fast and makes me scared." was what she said about Sesame Street. She learned how to read before she was three anyway. less
"Do be a Do Bee." LOL! We laughed about that slogan when we got into High School. (A "Do Bee" was a well behaved child on the show.)
Sesame Street is a well done show, but it has the capacity to cause children to have shorter attention spans. The length of segments on older shows, and slower pace works better with a lot of children. Two of my children loved Sesame Street, but my youngest, who is shy and paces herself hated it. "It goes too fast and makes me scared." was what she said about Sesame Street. She learned how to read before she was three anyway. less
I would have to say Fraggle Rock was my favorite...I was a weird kid; my favorite shows were LA Law and China Beach because I was an only child and was probably a little too smart for my own good.
09/26/2011
I've always liked Sesame street
09/26/2011
Mr. Dressup.
It was on CBC, he passed a few years back.
It was on CBC, he passed a few years back.
09/26/2011
I used to watch all of these. I also watched Pennywise, The Word Shop, The Electric Company, Square One, and Mr. Wizard. I pretty much watched anything on PBS.
09/26/2011
Definitely Reading Rainbow! Loved that show.
09/26/2011
I watched Sesame Street, and my kids loved it too. Electric Company is one I remember as well.
09/26/2011
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Barney? and Baby Bop?
Originally posted by
Errant Venture
I vaguely remember a purple dinosaur, but can't remember its name. Unless its name was Big Purple Dinosaur.
09/26/2011
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OOOh! I loved the Electric Company!
Originally posted by
Sammi
I watched Sesame Street, and my kids loved it too. Electric Company is one I remember as well.
09/26/2011
Mr. Rogers for sure. I have a sweatshirt of his neighborhood.
09/26/2011
Mister Rogers and Sesame Street!
09/26/2011
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+1 for Fraggle Rock!
Originally posted by
Wildchild
If you could choose for your child/children to watch programs from when you were a child, which one(s) would you choose?
09/27/2011
Seseme street is the way to go...
09/27/2011
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+1 also
Originally posted by
The-IT-Guy-And-My-Secretary
+1 for Fraggle Rock!
09/27/2011
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I've never heard of Baby Bop, so I think it was Barney. Thanks.
Originally posted by
js250
Barney? and Baby Bop?
09/27/2011
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Capt. Kangaroo always had a point to make, without you knowing it. An earlier version of Mr. Rogers.
Originally posted by
Wildchild
If you could choose for your child/children to watch programs from when you were a child, which one(s) would you choose?
09/27/2011
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