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Being a kid of the 70's meant you had rubber bands around your bell bottoms to keep them from catching in the bike chain, center parts and plastic barrettes if you were a girl, and if you owned a television: knowing the words to School House Rock cartoons.
These animated shorts were the Flintstone vitamins of television: a special Saturday morning treat of catchy tunes that were good for kids, teaching parts of speech (conjunction junction what's your function?), history (They were sufferin' for suffrage!), government (I'm just a bill!), as well as a lot of math (Three is a magic number! My hero's zero!). The entire series is available (and on sale!) on Amazon. I bought my copy last year and have loaned it to teachers on several occasions, leading me to believe it would be a useful teacher gift.
Here's the School House Rock explanation on why neighborhood idiots will be lighting the explosives that will terrify your sleeping kids around 2 a.m.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
7-04-2007 @ 10:12PM
Kathleen said...I love schoolhouse rock! I was born in the early 80's but I remember them then too.
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7-05-2007 @ 1:04AM
Ann Adams said...My two sons grew up with them and still burst into song from time to time.
I have the DVD for the girls.
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7-07-2007 @ 2:31PM
Carmen Taylor said...I love School House Rock! I grew up seeing the clips on TV, as did my husband (We each have a favorite). I now own the DVD series and watch it with my kids. I am also a child care provider. For independence week, we listened to the songs and learned the preamble, the kids loved it, and we had a blast.
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