The interconnectedness of all things is a fundamental part of reading motivation projects. Although GPN's Reading Rainbow claims to have invented that idea, Stories of America with host Ann McGregor got there first. It was 1976, America's bicentennial year, and WVIZ-TV of Cleveland wanted something more out of a series aimed at delivering American history, They decided to combine history with reading. The result was Stories of America. Hosting was the familiar face of Ann McGregor, who had enlivened Picture Book Park and Tilson's Bookshop some two years earlier. Stories of America resembled more of a story reading than a history lesson, but it also introduced other elements that became standard Reading Rainbow procedure. There were occasional film sequences, dramatizations, and even an animation. All told, the 32-part Stories of America series ran some 14 years on WVIZ-TV. The station brought the shows back in 1998, and it would be the only WVIZ instructional telev
Those 89 ancient poems, involving seven major themes: "magnificent landscape, affectionate farewell, expressing ambition and heart, singing all things, and feeling homesick". By watching animations, it breaks the traditional boring mode of reciting ancient poems, and guides children to master ancient poems easily.
Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", was an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada. It was distributed to PBS and educational stations across the US and Canada as late as the mid-to-late 1980s.
The sixty programs produced were aimed for fifth and sixth grade students to understand their learning process in topics as varied as language arts, mathematics, study skills, as well as thinking skills.
Thinkabout was funded by various state and local agencies, with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, one of very few CPB-funded programs not distributed by PBS.
The series is set in Zapieck, a fictional town near Łeba. This is where twins Jacek and Placek are born. As the boys grow up, they cause trouble for their mother, the mayor, and other residents of their hometown. Soon after, they run away from the town in search of a land of lazy people. On the way, they decide to steal the moon.
Hugo has moved to a new town and he misses his old friends. His dreams are characterized by the insecurity of the new place and not least by the tyrant of the new place; Storm. When Hugo gains access to a mysterious dream mask, his life suddenly becomes exciting again.
Sirfetch’d and Pichu are front and centre as the heroes of the show, which is set in a region Trainers have explored before—one that is very close to Aardman’s heart. The series will offer a unique look at the Pokémon world, told from the perspective of Pokémon, with the signature Aardman sense of character, comedy and craft.