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bloodyrosemccoy… And two seconds after a Fun With Books entry, I find out that Reading Rainbow is going off the air.
I think their philosophy for dumping it in favor of The Mechanics is a fallacy. Reading Rainbow was an excellent counter for Sesame Street—once you learned how to read, it showed you what you could do with it. A lot of kids with basic reading skills don’t really know what to do with the skill.
I wasn’t the kind of kid who needed convincing that reading is awesome, but I still have nothing but good memories about Reading Rainbow. It showed me a lot of interesting topics. I still get hypnotized if I ever catch it on TV.*
Still, 26 years is a good run for a show. Maybe I’ll binge on that next.
*Of course, nowadays it helps that LeVar Burton is ADORABLE.
I think their philosophy for dumping it in favor of The Mechanics is a fallacy. Reading Rainbow was an excellent counter for Sesame Street—once you learned how to read, it showed you what you could do with it. A lot of kids with basic reading skills don’t really know what to do with the skill.
I wasn’t the kind of kid who needed convincing that reading is awesome, but I still have nothing but good memories about Reading Rainbow. It showed me a lot of interesting topics. I still get hypnotized if I ever catch it on TV.*
Still, 26 years is a good run for a show. Maybe I’ll binge on that next.
*Of course, nowadays it helps that LeVar Burton is ADORABLE.
