Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

)Hh llic beauty of the script which resents Biblical ideas in simple antl imitaining form. To accomplish tin's. Ir. Hall chose the folk song form with imple narrative, using Biblical quoitioMS to move the storv forward. 1 wo new producers have recently .sued recordings of interest to schools. rdelle Manning Productions (Palo ,lto, California) offers "Original Chil en's .Activity Songs" (.\MP 100) for erv young school children. There are I'.irlicipation Songs" calling for chilren to move rhythmically to specific irections involving clapping, countig, walking and so forth; "Songs of lie Seasons" which are appropriate to 'le school year dealing as they do with lalloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day nd Washington's Birthday; and, "Muic for Resting" intended for that ■eriod of the day when the children elax after playing or other activity. Among the "Participation Songs" re: "Good Morning Song," "Put Your lands on Your Head," "We Clap to he Music," "Walking .Around in a lircle," "How Many Fingers?" "Right land. Left Hand," "Walking," "Dress 'ourself," "What Is Your Name?" and We Skip Around the Corner." These mgs are all short, written with the istening span of the child in mind, "he language and directions are simple and easy to follow. Children will articularly enjoy having the teacher larticipate with them and using the ihonograph as an "assistant teacher" or these pleasurable learning experinces. This "first production" is an xceptional presentation which will nd wide use and application in eleicntary schools in the kindergartens as ell as in nursery schools. rile recordings may be used, too, for ivirsion for vounger children in Sun day school programs and in camps. So, too. may "Read .Me A Story" (Weston W'oods Studios Weston, Connecticut, I'BP 101) which has recently been released. These are the Picture Book Parade stories read by Owen Jordan to a musical accompaniment. The stories read include "Millions of Cats," "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel." ".Make Way for Ducklings" and "Hercules." The latter recording has application, too, in libraries for story hour programs and for loan purposes to the youngest borrowers. The recording of four stories is intended for use in the language arts program of the kindergarten and first grade. Alone, and without either text or pictorial illustration, the recording will have little school value. However, the recording can be reproduced while children follow in the books of the same title, or while appropriate illustrations are projected. In school, this can be a useful "rest" activity, or it can be used to hasten the development of listening skills as well as to motivate artistic, oral and dramatic expression. Columbia Records (New York 19, X. Y.) offers four new titles in the foreign language field which may have some interest for secondary school students. These are "Learn French in Record Time" (D2L 246), "Learn Italian in Record Time" (D2L 247), "Learn Spanish in Record Time" (D2L 248) and "Learn German in Record Time" (D2L 249). These recordings all .serve a particular purpose, but it is not es,sentially a school purpose. The recordings will have greater value in library collections, for they are all tourist oriented and are intended to help the traveler get along in a country he may be visiting. Typical of the areas covered oMAult audiofile box 1771 albany 1 new york for summary, appraisal and utilization information about spoken disc and tope recordings for schools, libraries and colleges — as well as for audio-visual, and curriculum and materials centers. audiofile -the cross-indexed cord file Max U. Bildersee Editor o descriptive brochure ovailable ". . . quite up to professional standards . . . capable of producing superb tapes... — High Fidelity Magazine Rated "A" by one of the two major independent consumer testing organizations. but NORELCO the 'CONTINENTAL' is more than just a fine hi-fi tape recorder FOR EXAMPLE • • • He_ uaea the 'Continental at its SLOW speed SPEEDS FOR VERSATILITY SLOW: 1% inches per second designed for speech — with the ultimate in tape economy MEDIUM: 3% Inches per second the perfect "compromise" speed— for critical speech recording as well as excellent musical reproduction VA Inches per second for high fidelity at its best % NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CO., INC. High Fidelity Products Division, Dept. J52 230 DUFFY AVE.,H1CKSVILLE, I. I., N. Y :dScreen & AV Guide — February, 1959 95