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I learned to read by watching The Electric Company. My mom tells me that I would sit in a trance while watching this show, especially during the "silhouette" s
by brandonmenc 5y ago
I learned to read by watching The Electric Company.
My mom tells me that I would sit in a trance while watching this show, especially during the "silhouette" segments. Just zoned out while being programmed by the TV.
When I entered preschool, she told the teachers that I could read and they were like, "yeah, right." After about a week they were shocked and amazed that I actually could read.
I recently purchased the DVDs for my nephews.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThere were a handful of firms and people that looked at television and recognized the immense educational potential of an immersive audio-visual broadcast media. I've seen inklings of this in VR but nothing I'd call on the scale of an Electric Company, Sesame St, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, or 321-Contact yet.
- GeekyBear 5y agoPBS also had a show to teach English to native Spanish speakers in the early 70's, Villa Alegre. They made some effort to teach Spanish to English speakers too, but too much of the show was only in Spanish for young me to follow. The theme song from that show is quite the ear worm.