Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304499207 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304499205 Label: Polygram USA Video Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Polygram USA Video Release Date: July 15, 1997 Running Time: 25 minutes Studio: Polygram USA Video Theatrical Release Date: 1997 Sales Rank: 20174
Amazon.com: When Sally discovers she has a mental block for numbers higher than 6, she announces, "I don't like counting and I don't like numbers." Brother Huckle Cat and his buddy, Lowly Worm, help out by teaching her the "One, two, buckle my shoe" rhyme. Problem solved. Next, Richard Scarry's version of an Indian man (a rodent in a turban) invents numbers to facilitate his job as a counter on a farm in "Counting Chickens." Finally, in "Count on Us," the youngsters are gathering pledges for the Red Cross bike-athon when Billy leaves his bicycle out in the driveway and Mom runs over it. In his piggy bank, he only has half of the $50 he needs for a used bike, and only a short time to earn the balance. He gets a job at the grocery store, but when things get panicky his friends come to the rescue by opening lemonade, cookie, and banana juice stands. Scarry's crew of creatures teaches kids lessons both academic and moral in 6.5-minute segments, with a couple of short music videos thrown in, making for a charming 23-minute tape. (Ages 2 to 5)- -- Kimberly Heinrichs
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Rating: - My 2-yr-old loves it and so do I!
These are great stories which had my two year old counting 6 oranges patiently until he got it right. He was just imitating the characters in the video and their joy in counting. FANTASTIC!
Rating: - Buy 'Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video' instead!
This video, like so many other kids' media, inadvertantly demonstrates that learning is a burden.
So often when a story shows a problem and then a solution, the lasting impression is of the ... Read More
- My 2-yr-old loves it and so do I!
- Buy 'Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video' instead!