Sprout and The Electric Company - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-28T15:43:42Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/sprout-and-the-electric?groupUrl=elementaryteachers&commentId=2665237%3AComment%3A7257&groupId=2665237%3AGroup%3A4647&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCallie,
Thanks for posting th…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-05-05:2665237:Comment:73412009-05-05T17:55:24.014ZJiyean Yoonhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/JiyeanYoon
Callie,<br />
Thanks for posting the clips of the shows.<br />
My favorite is Good night show as well. What a great way to put young children go to sleep! It's really hard to make my little nephew go to sleep. As you mentioned, they get all hyper and refuse to go to bed and get all cranky sometimes. But if I show the Good night show, I think it would really help them to be calm and relaxed.<br />
The struggle readers would really enjoy Electric Company shows. It'll help them to improve writing and reading skills.
Callie,<br />
Thanks for posting the clips of the shows.<br />
My favorite is Good night show as well. What a great way to put young children go to sleep! It's really hard to make my little nephew go to sleep. As you mentioned, they get all hyper and refuse to go to bed and get all cranky sometimes. But if I show the Good night show, I think it would really help them to be calm and relaxed.<br />
The struggle readers would really enjoy Electric Company shows. It'll help them to improve writing and reading skills. Callie, Sprout has free yoga…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-05-05:2665237:Comment:72952009-05-05T04:20:17.563ZSophy Josephhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/SophyJoseph
Callie, Sprout has free yoga on it? Wow, now that would be a great relaxation exercise for my students. We did as a class start doing yoga on Friday afternoons, I would love to access it for free though. Sprout did such a great job trying to meet or better yet follow the schedule of a preschooler. Shows such as this sincerely do care abou the children involved. Now in regards to Ghost Writer, I remember loving this show as a child simply because the show did a good job representing an urban…
Callie, Sprout has free yoga on it? Wow, now that would be a great relaxation exercise for my students. We did as a class start doing yoga on Friday afternoons, I would love to access it for free though. Sprout did such a great job trying to meet or better yet follow the schedule of a preschooler. Shows such as this sincerely do care abou the children involved. Now in regards to Ghost Writer, I remember loving this show as a child simply because the show did a good job representing an urban setting. I feel that it is important for children to see where and who they are represented in children's programming. Hi Callie- thanks so much for…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-05-04:2665237:Comment:72572009-05-04T21:39:25.595ZMollie McAllisterhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/MollieMcAllister
Hi Callie- thanks so much for posting the clips and the links! I love that you related The Electric Company to Ghostwriter. I haven't thought about that show in a long time either. I remember not liking that show at all but was forced to watch it when I was at friends houses. I think I didn't like it because I knew that it was an educational show, which was typical of me as a child. I wasn't the biggest fan of school when I was younger. I responded earlier to someone's blog saying that I want…
Hi Callie- thanks so much for posting the clips and the links! I love that you related The Electric Company to Ghostwriter. I haven't thought about that show in a long time either. I remember not liking that show at all but was forced to watch it when I was at friends houses. I think I didn't like it because I knew that it was an educational show, which was typical of me as a child. I wasn't the biggest fan of school when I was younger. I responded earlier to someone's blog saying that I want to use Electric Company in my classroom, but now I'm wondering about that. I wonder if this show is used in the classroom, will students stop watching it or enjoying it because they know that its educational? or maybe they will enjoy learning more since it's coming from an entertaining show? Hey Callie!
I’m a little emba…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-05-02:2665237:Comment:69942009-05-02T03:47:19.508ZDaniella Nusblathttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/DaniellaNusblat
Hey Callie!<br />
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I never heard of Sprout or The Electric Company before this conference. I thought it was so great that the Electric Company was targeting an older audience. I wonder how the kids respond to these educational shows and if they realize how much content information is embedded into the storylines. I was especially taken back by the clip where the vocabulary words were presented. I could see myself using this in the classroom to teach new words in…
Hey Callie!<br />
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I never heard of Sprout or The Electric Company before this conference. I thought it was so great that the Electric Company was targeting an older audience. I wonder how the kids respond to these educational shows and if they realize how much content information is embedded into the storylines. I was especially taken back by the clip where the vocabulary words were presented. I could see myself using this in the classroom to teach new words in a unit.<br />
Daniella Callie, Great post. I looked…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-05-01:2665237:Comment:69382009-05-01T17:24:45.229ZSean Owenshttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/SeanOwens
Callie, Great post. I looked at the sprout sites you linked here and I could definately see myself using them to teach a few lessons. In response to Blair,I too wonder what Lucy would think about the electric company. There is so much that can be used from these shows and others such as sesame street. This is definately has some good literacy material! What about admins though? would they go for it?
Callie, Great post. I looked at the sprout sites you linked here and I could definately see myself using them to teach a few lessons. In response to Blair,I too wonder what Lucy would think about the electric company. There is so much that can be used from these shows and others such as sesame street. This is definately has some good literacy material! What about admins though? would they go for it? Hi Callie
I too loved the Ele…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-29:2665237:Comment:67052009-04-29T15:32:26.873ZElizabeth Sohttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/Elizabeth
Hi Callie<br />
I too loved the Electric Company and Sprout presentation. It was so amazing to see how they were gearing television programs to center on the development of kids. It is so nice to know that there continues to be programs for kids that are positive and beneficial to their growth, both intellectually and socially. When I think about the shows that kids are exposed to and watch daily a lot of them are full of violence and crude humor. It worries me to see so many kids glued to the…
Hi Callie<br />
I too loved the Electric Company and Sprout presentation. It was so amazing to see how they were gearing television programs to center on the development of kids. It is so nice to know that there continues to be programs for kids that are positive and beneficial to their growth, both intellectually and socially. When I think about the shows that kids are exposed to and watch daily a lot of them are full of violence and crude humor. It worries me to see so many kids glued to the television set watching these show and I wonder what these shows are teaching them and in what ways they are influencing their mind and growth. Thus it is so great to see that such programs like the Electric Company and Sprout are working hard to provide educational programs that generate learning but at the same time making it fun and exciting for the kids. These two programs are great examples of how you can teach and engage kids without omitting the fun and excitement. Lets bring play and laughter back in to the classroom! Electric Company and Sprout clearly shows us that learning can be fun!<br />
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Liz Dr. Cherow-O'Leary's presenta…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-26:2665237:Comment:64012009-04-26T18:36:46.794ZCallie Sharkeyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/CallieSharkey
Dr. Cherow-O'Leary's presentation was very interesting. I had no idea that it took so many people and so many different versions of a script to make one show. It is nice to know that so much work and research go into making these shows. As a teacher I want to know that shows I recommend to parents have really researched and tried to incorporate good reading strategies and practices into the show. I don't want to recommend a show that just throws anything on the screen. I think PBS does a great…
Dr. Cherow-O'Leary's presentation was very interesting. I had no idea that it took so many people and so many different versions of a script to make one show. It is nice to know that so much work and research go into making these shows. As a teacher I want to know that shows I recommend to parents have really researched and tried to incorporate good reading strategies and practices into the show. I don't want to recommend a show that just throws anything on the screen. I think PBS does a great job of making sure that all the shows have really researched and made sure everything is perfect before it airs. Dr. Cherow-O'Leary's presentation really made this clear to me. I would definitely recommend Handy Mandy to parents. Callie- great post! I love th…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-26:2665237:Comment:63332009-04-26T02:45:44.272ZWynne Calcutthttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/WynneCalcutt
Callie- great post! I love the idea of the Sprout programing and how they follow a preschoolers morning to night schedule. I feel like that is such an innovative and cool idea! Lately with the stressful end to the semester, I have been wondering if the good night show would help put me to bed :) Thanks for the reminder about Ghostwriter! I haven't thought about that show in years. You brought up The Electric Company as being a good resource to tell parents about and I couldn't agree more. I…
Callie- great post! I love the idea of the Sprout programing and how they follow a preschoolers morning to night schedule. I feel like that is such an innovative and cool idea! Lately with the stressful end to the semester, I have been wondering if the good night show would help put me to bed :) Thanks for the reminder about Ghostwriter! I haven't thought about that show in years. You brought up The Electric Company as being a good resource to tell parents about and I couldn't agree more. I feel like it is important for us to expand our repertoires for ways to help with home literacy. Thank you for posting all those great websites and clips- what great resources! Callie, I loved your post! I…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-25:2665237:Comment:62572009-04-25T08:00:01.120ZCheza Al-Kudmanihttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/ChezaAlKudmani
Callie, I loved your post! I agree about... all of it! The idea that kids need to see that others have trouble reading too is a strong one, I know my struggling readers feel better knowing that every person has trouble at times. I also loved your idea of doing yoga in class with kids, I had a fellow teacher doing this with her students and it caught on like wildfire throughout the school! Soon all of us were doing it in our classrooms, especially in the morning to wake the kids up, or after…
Callie, I loved your post! I agree about... all of it! The idea that kids need to see that others have trouble reading too is a strong one, I know my struggling readers feel better knowing that every person has trouble at times. I also loved your idea of doing yoga in class with kids, I had a fellow teacher doing this with her students and it caught on like wildfire throughout the school! Soon all of us were doing it in our classrooms, especially in the morning to wake the kids up, or after recess to bring them down from the sugar high:) I think using these clips to show kids "the moves" would help to inspire them all to get involved.<br />
BTW I loved Ghostwriter! Somehow it made its way all the way to Saudi Arabia! I agree with you- I think it'…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-25:2665237:Comment:62352009-04-25T03:06:22.485ZJulia Kimhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/JuliaKim
I agree with you- I think it's great for some children to see/watch that there are other kids who struggle to read. It makes me sad to when I find out some students avoid reading because they don't want their reading difficulties to be visible to others. Educational shows with struggling readers who try can have an impact on those viewers in the same situation. They could be encouraged to put some effort in!
I agree with you- I think it's great for some children to see/watch that there are other kids who struggle to read. It makes me sad to when I find out some students avoid reading because they don't want their reading difficulties to be visible to others. Educational shows with struggling readers who try can have an impact on those viewers in the same situation. They could be encouraged to put some effort in!