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Reading Rainbow is going bye bye
- Sep 6, 2009 at 12:27 AM
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I haven't watched the show in years, but it had a huge impact on me as a child. It is sad to see the show cancelled after so many years :-(
'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter
I found this clip on YouTube...
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how sad! I haven't watched in a long time, is lavar burton still on it? So many good kids shows are going away, that's why I love watching sprout and noggin we can still see some of the good ones and they have new ones i like alot too.
It is???? That's so sad. The Reading Rainbow theme song was the only song my husband could think of to sing to our daughter when she was born. A few years ago, Lavar Burton gave the commencement speech at USC, and the students spontaneously burst out in song, singing the Reading Rainbow theme song. I so wish that I could have seen that! Can you imagine? The entire graduating class singing together.
That's so sad, I used to LOVE Reading Rainbow!!
The key word here is 'used to'- maybe there just isn't enough watchers any more. Hope reading is still being taught! Seems like Tv & computers have taken over the world.
Good bye Reading Rainbow, & thank you!
It is a great show. I discovered it when my older daughter was too old to appreciate it, but my younger daughter wasn't quite ready for it. It looks like I've lost that chance. How sad.
I can't believe they would cancela show that had so much impact. I LOVED reading rainbow.....There are so many things I have been able to share with my child that I enjoyed immensly...to bad this will not be one of them :(
The geek in me is so very sad. I watched it relgiously as a kid. My absolute favorite epidosde was the reading of "Kapiti Plain" read by James Earl Jones. It had such an impact on me that as an adult I pounced on the book when i happened to see it in the bookstore. Mine!
I have fond memories of watching the show growing up and I'm saddened that our son won't have the chance to love it as much as I did. According to NPR's coverage of the story, it seems that the show is as much a victim of the financial times (funds couldn't be found to renew the broadcasting rights) as it is of a shift in educational philosophy (more emphasis phonics and spelling and the basic tools of literacy). I just hope Sesame Street never meets the same fate.
I just hope Sesame Street never meets the same fate. arthistmom
Me neither! I watch Sesame Street every Saturday morning with my son.
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Sad. I used to love it.
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