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Aprons
People don't wear aprons like they used to years ago. An apron. The best upholstery a lap ever had. Enjoy this collection of aprons to talk about, to think about and to remember. This kit includes the slide/tape and video program, Apronstrings, hand outs and skits.
Contents: 1 videocassette, 46 slides, 1 sound cassette, 1 program manual, 25 identical handouts, 2 copies each of 2 skit scripts
Remembering Automobiles
Remember the car you had when you learned to drive? Remember the first time you got to take your friends for a ride? Color, size, and odor all stir memories of the tin lizzies of yesteryear. Autos even sounded different back then. A slide/tape presentation, You Oughta Have an Auto, a sing-along, and other material for remembering automobiles are included in this kit.
Contents: 80 slides, 1 sound cassette (15 min.), 1 sing-along cassette, 25 sing-along booklets, 6 skit scripts, 1 map, 1 poster, assorted realia
Remembering Birthdays
Many people grew up without celebrating their birthdays with presents and cake as is often done today. However, memories of birthdays past and plans for future celebrations bring time to share the old and the new. Celebrate! is a slide/tape show included in the kit. Sing-alongs, poetry, skits, and games are also part of the fun.
Contents: 80 slides, 1 cassette (10 min.), 1 sing-along cassette (15 min.), 25 large-print booklets, 25 charts, 4 skits, 2 graphics masters, 1 booklet, 1 manual, birthday paraphernalia
Remembering County Fairs
County fairs are crowded and noisy and smelly and exciting and fun, and they always have been. County fairs are a common denominator of growing up and growing older-everyone's been to at least one. Memories are vivid and fun to share. They include sounds and smells, as well as sights and events. The program you do on the county fair can be as exciting as the real thing-if you remember to have a good time. The kit includes a slide/tape presentation, Step Right Up, Ladies and Gentlemen, To a Blue Ribbon Fair, a cassette tape sing-along, as well as skits and stories.
Contents: 2 cassettes, 1 poster (28x34 cm.), program manual, printed materials, 5 ribbons, 80 slides (in carousel) in container (30x38x12 cm.)
Remembering Fall
Preserving the last of the harvest, raking up piles of leaves, securing a supply of winter fuel, attending football games, going hunting, and having the family together for Thanksgiving are all a part of remembering fall. Included are a slide/tape presentation, piano music for sing-alongs, and some real autumn leaves.
Contents: 62 slides, 2 cassettes, 1 program manual (72 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.), 1 song and poem booklet (12 p. : ill., music ; 28 cm.), 1 piano music booklet (1 v. (various pagings) : music ; 31 cm.), 6 pictures (b&w ; 22x28 cm.) and 1 picture (col. ; 23x29 cm.) in folder, 1 skit script ([2] p. ; 28 cm.), 2 plastic laminated leaves, 2 acorns, 2 shotgun shells, 1 college pennant, 2 cloth samples in container (31x38x17 cm.)
Remembering Farm Days
Memories of growing up on a farm during the 1920's and 1930's, the homestead, the family, threshing, Saturday night in town, and winter wash day are vividly portrayed in this kit. Morning Chores and Other Times Remembered by Hadley Read is the slide/tape show included, in addition to Farm Rhythm, a booklet of songs and poetry in large print; jokes; and farm paraphernalia.
Contents: 80 slides : col. ; 2x2 in. & 2 cassettes (30 min.), book, 25 booklets, 2 sets of joke cards, picture packet, realia, and 2 guides
Friends
When our friends can't be with us in person, they continue to be with us in our memories. We'll never forget the kids we played and grew up with, the people we worked with and our good friends who lived in our neighborhood. Watch and enjoy the slide/tape and video program "An Album of Friends" and use the hand-outs of songs, poetry and skits.
Contents: 1 VHS videocassette (6 min.), 20 slides, 1 cassette (6 min.), 25 large-print booklets, 25 charts, 7 skits, 1 manual (20 p.)
Remembering Fun and Games
The games of life. Any number can play. Everyone can win. All you have to do is join in. You have to be willing to forget all your cares and troubles for awhile and let the most important thing be the game itself. Board games. Cards. Recess. Backyard fun. Remember? The Games of Life in video cassette or slide/tape format explores the fun of a lifetime, encourages a vote for a favorite game, and suggests that it's never too late to have fun. Also included are a cassette tape with sing-along songs and stories, program booklets called "Your Turn!", skits and The Game of Games board game.
Contents: 1 program manual, 80 slides in carousel, 2 cassette tapes, 25 booklets, 6 skit scripts in bag, 9 pages writing exercises in bag, gameboard, game pieces in cardboard box, tokens in plastic box ; in vinyl bag 30 x 40 x 16 cm.
Remembering Home
What is your favorite room at home? If you could redesign a room in your house, what would you do different? Whose home was your favorite to visit? What do you remember most about the home of your childhood? Home is where we start from. The Home of Your Dreams a slide/tape and video program encourages viewers to make decisions about their preferred house style and size. Also included is a cassette tape with sing-along songs and stories, program booklets entitled: Home Keys and realia.
Contents: 80 slides, 2 cassettes (30 min.), book, 25 booklets, 6 large-print skit scripts in bag, 12 potographys in folder, 2 bags of things to touch with Bag A containing 2 clothespins, canning jar gasket, 2 seed packets, crocheted doily, and foam paintbrush and Bag B containing 3 laminated catalog pages, wallpaper sample and floor plan
Remembering Music
Music is the universal language. Without saying a word, music can remind us of the occasions of our lives-the events, the celebrations, and the transitions. Keeping Time is the title of the slide/tape and video program that prompts our memories and our moods. Also included are a cassette tape with sing-along songs, the program booklets titled Chorus Lines, skits and paraphernalia.
Contents: 80 slides in carousel; 2 cassette tapes: "Keeping Time", "Sing- Along Songs/The Music of the Earth"; 25 booklets, Chorus Lines; 1 bag containing 25 folders, "How's Your Musical Geography?"; 1 bag containing 9 skit scripts, 3 each of "Auld-Lang-xiety", "The Budding Musical Career", and "The Evils of Dance"; 1 bag containing 1 dance program; 1 player piano roll; 1 music box; 1 compact disc
Remembering 1924
Flappers. Bathtub gin. Babe Ruth. Silk stockings. Rudolph Valentino. The Charleston. Speakeasies. Bobbed hair. All things to remember from 1924. It was an exciting time to be young. And it's exciting now for older people to look back to 1924 and remember their college days, weddings, first jobs, children, and new Fords. A slide/tape program, It Was 1924; a sing-along with song sheets; scratch-and-sniff cards; and jokes are all included in the kit.
Contents: 2 cassettes, 4 mah-jongg tiles, program manual, 80 slides (in carousel), 1 yoyo in container (30x38x12 cm.), printed materials (large-print song sheets ("Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "In My Merry Oldsmobile"), sheet of large-print poems ("Burdocks" and "Dreams"); 4 large-print joke scripts; laminated crossword puzzles with clues and solutions and 5 acetate markers; comparative price list; photocopied masters of crossword puzzle, poems, songs, including Keep cool and keep Coolidge, and price lists); paraphernalia (1 silk stocking; 10 gasoline sniff strip cards; 10 martini sniff strip cards)
Remembering Pets
Pet owners have much to say about animals they have known and loved. Their names. Physical characteristics. Personalities. Cute tricks. Every pet is special to its owner. The Family Pet is the title of the slide/tape and video program that examines how we got our pets, children and pets, obligations of pet owners and why our pet is best. Also included are a cassette tape with sing-along songs and cat stories, the program booklets called Reigning Cats and Dogs, skits and pet photos.
Contents: 1 program manual, 80 slides in carousel, 2 cassette tapes, 25 booklets, 6 skit scripts in bag, 12 photographs in folder, 1 bag of paraphernalia containing imitation dalmatian fur 20 x 22 cm., imitation lambs wool 20 x 22 cm., plastic curry comb, dog toy, cat toy
Remembering School Days
There's something about school days at the turn of the century-walking two miles to school, carrying a lard pail packed with lunch, beginning with opening exercises, and closing with "class dismissed." Memories of that something come rushing back when people hear or sing this song: "School days, school days, dear old Golden Rule days." The Great Slate Escape is a short slide/tape presentation in the kit. Additional materials are a sing-along tape and a booklet with enlargements from old textbooks and songbooks.
Contents: 2 cassettes, paraphernalia, printed materials, program manual, 80 slides (in carousel), in container (30x38x12 cm.), 1 bag containing 5" x 8" scratch and sniff story card; 50 sniff strip cards, 10 each of cheese, raisin, pumpkin, orange and chocolate; cloth bag containing 12 marbles, 10 jacks and 1 rubber ball; 1 pen holder and tip
Remembering Summertime
Summer's pleasures have changed only slightly over the years. Beginning with Memorial Day and lasting through Labor Day, summertime evokes remembrances of fishing, berry picking, baseball, and cool things to eat and drink. Step into summer with the slide/tape program, Summer Is. Materials also include a sing-along tape, skits, and paraphernalia to recall bygone summers.
Contents: 80 slides, 2 sound cassettes, 1 program manual (2 copies), 1 booklet (25 copies), 1 skit script (3 copies), 1 handout (25 copies), 10 peanut sniff cards, 10 root beer sniff cards, 5 baseball cards, 2 band-aids, 1 flag, 1 strawberry huller, 1 nose clip, 1 screen sample, 1 mosquito netting sample, 1 fan, in container ; 30 x 40 x 16 cm.
Remembering The Depression
The Depression brings to mind many different memories-times spent listening to favorite radio shows, coming up with new ways to stretch food supplies, and wondering about FDR and his "New Deal." The program will take you back to a different era, where experiences were unique and interesting. Voices from the Depression is a slide/tape program in the kit. It also includes materials for skits and sing-alongs, in addition to a tape on "Remembering Depression Radio."
Contents: 2 cassettes, paraphernalia, printed materials, program manual, 140 slides (in carousel), in container (30x38x12 cm.), 1 bag containing 10 colliergraph reprints, 1 colliergraph shape master, 1 set of 5 cardboard colliergraph shapes, 5 white pencils. 1 bag containing 1 flour or feed sack, 1 plastic apple, 1 tin cup, 3 lead pencils. 1 bag containing American Gothic jigsaw puzzle and American Gothic postcard
Remembering The Fashion
Fashion is clothes and hair and jewelry and make-up and shoes that meet our needs and expresses our ideas and emotions and stretch our budgets. To help look at what's been reflected in our mirrors for all these years, look at the slide/tape and video program, In Agony and Ecstasy: Reflections of Fashion. Also included are a cassette tape with sing-along songs and stories, a program booklet called Notes and Notions and other things to touch.
Contents: 80 slides, 1 cassette, 1 sing-along cassette, 25 large-print song booklets, 25 charts, 2 skits, 5 graphics masters, 1 manual, fashion paraphernalia
Remembering The Home Front
Three generations of Americans now living have been directly affected by World War II. This kit is designed to bring together grandparents and parents and children to focus on what it was like to live in the United States from December 1941 through August 1945. A slide/tape program, Stars on the Home Front brings back the sights and sounds of the war years. Other realia included in the kit are a ball of tin foil, a hand-rolled bandage, a toy soldier, a military insignia, and a sample of knitting done for the Red Cross.
Contents: 80 slides, 2 sound cassettes, 1 program manual (2 copies), 1 booklet (25 copies), 1 skit script (3 copies), 1 bag of paraphernalia containing: 10 gasoline sniff cards, 10 chocolate sniff cards, 10 birthday cake sniff cards, toy soldier, tin foil, insignia, knitting, bandage, in container
Remembering Train Rides
In the years between 1890 and World War II, passengers enjoyed the golden age of railroad travel. The steamers then were like grand hotels on wheels, and everyone rode them. All Aboard is a slide/tape show found among the materials in the kit. Large print song sheets, skits, jokes, and a tape of railroad ballads are also included.
Contents: 1 Amtrak map (35x53 cm.), 2 cassettes, 1 engineer's hat, printed materials, program manual, 80 slides (in carousel), train paraphernalia, 1 woman's hat in container (30x38x12 cm.)
Remembering Work Life
We all have our own work experiences. Individually, they are an important part of each of our lives. Taken together, they provide a perspective on the work life of a nation. Beginning with the slide/tape and video program, Many Hands, you get an overview of the topic of work. Also included are a cassette tape with sing-along songs and stories. A booklet called Lines of Work can be found in this kit, as well as skits, business cards, sniff cards and other materials.
Contents: 80 slides in carousel, booklet "Lines of work", 2 sound cassettes "Many hands" and "Sing-along/stories for discussion", program manual, 3 skit scripts, 1 timeline (4 sheets), 10 pine sniff cards, 10 soap sniff cards, 10 baby powder sniff cards, 10 lemonade sniff cards, coin purse, pencil, denim switch, key, bobbin, 8 business cards; in container, 30 x 40 x 16 cm.
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