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Look and Read

Friday 22nd June

I caught a bit of Look and Read at lunch time. It’s good to see that it’s still running, and while I didn’t see if they still run a serial story like Geordie Racer, or Badger Girl, or Dark Tower, it seems that it’s still an excellent bit of production.

Many kids programmes these days seem to have degenerated into eye candy with little content - but Look and Read still has masses of useful information, presented in a modern, non-patronising way… there was a rap about word families:

everybody in the park today, everything is hot in the park today, people playing games everywhere, everyone having fun etc…

nobody in the park today, nothing… do dee do…

does anybody want to go to the park today… somebody… etc. etc.

There was also a little humorous sketch about some kids who wanted some choclit and thought that vegtables are horrable, and probly this and did you swallow a libry book… and Mrs. Plum and Mr. Toffeenose pointing out that if you pronounce words precisely you will know how to spell them.

Kid: Urg… vegtables are horrable.
Mrs. Plum: Vegetables are horrible.
Mr. Toffeenose: Are they?
Mrs. Plum: No, they’re nice.
Mr. Toffeenose: But you just said…

Had to be there, I guess.

But anyway… top marks to the Look and Read producers.

Written by stu

June 22nd, 2007 at 12:42 pm

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  1. Acksherly, the E after the G in vegetable needn’t be pronounced - it’s there to make the G soft; ‘vejtable’ rather than ‘veggtable’.

    JG

    22 Jun 07 at 1:01 pm

  2. They weren’t saying that you are _meant_ to pronounce them… just that if you _do_, you’ll remember how to spell it… they were sorta saying ‘try talking all daft and posh like us occasionally for a laugh’. Know what I mean, innit?

    stu

    22 Jun 07 at 1:13 pm

  3. Eye do knot think that the spelling eye deer wood work four all words, ewe no.

    Kouros

    22 Jun 07 at 2:16 pm

  4. Vegetable was one of my spelling words back in the day. I still say
    Veg et able to myself to spell it. I also say Cup board.

    jane

    22 Jun 07 at 4:30 pm

  5. Wow, you’re making me feel old. I thought I felt old when I saw Toy Story was 10 years old… but this makes me feel ancient now… I remember Geordie Racer, and having to sit through it in school.

    Jon Angliss

    22 Jun 07 at 5:08 pm

  6. I remember Geordie Racer, and Dark Towers, and Through the Dragons Eye and SypWatch. Look And Read was the best ever. THe Chad is on the snoop…trying to check it out!

    Claire

    22 Jun 07 at 5:58 pm

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