File puptcrit/puptcrit.0809, message 14


Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:44:38 -0400
From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sid the Science Kid - starts today!!


Hey, if it works.....my special ed. Kids have very short attention
spans.......as we have no TV in my room anymore, we will definitely make use
of the site. 

Mary Horsley


On 9/1/08 2:57 PM, "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com> wrote:

> The shapes are cute. The hyper level is a tad lower than on the alphabet/word
> animal show that followed on my TV screen this morning PBS Los Angeles channel
> 28.
> 
> There is much to praise about traditional puppetry.
> 
> I did not catch the show title which FOLLOWED "Sid"---but talk about hyper!
> All the moves were  delivered in
> one-twos----left/right---up/down/---forward/back---a great misuse of
> technology. which got boring in a matter of minutes. NO subtlety, no
> variation. So "SID" is an improvement over some PBS "educational cliches"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Rogers
> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 11:34 AM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sid the Science Kid - starts today!!
> 
> I saw this show and I think that The New York Times put it best:
> 1. "...done in that hyperactive style that adults have determined is what
> the very young prefer..."
> 2. "This is introductory science tailored for the age of self-indulgence and
> short attention spans."
> 
> If only Fred Rogers was alive today.  Now, there was a man who KNEW how to
> communicate with young children.
> 
> Robert Rogers (no relation)
> 
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