Time - Awareness of Time Play School : Season 16 Episode 40

A tiny hurdy-gurdy is wound up to play 'Happy Birthday'. It can be made to play fast and slow. John moves like a robot at various speeds. Don sets a metronome at various speeds and develops participation with tick-tocks and counting to ten. They then have a game, each building a tower of boxes while the other counts to ten. Still counting with the metronome, they blink then stare. 'Listen' is a sound making song with actions introducing the idea of amount of noise. Story is 'Too Much Noise'. After, there is noise-making with the song 'Clap Your Hands'. John's voice is recorded on tape, then played at various speeds and at the piano the song 'I Can Hear My Feet' is developed, each repeat getting faster. Film shows children at a kindergarten at music time and moving at different speeds. The metronome provides temp for Warren to play slow 'elephant walk' music, and fast 'running' music. They watch the shadow puppets 'Hickory Dickory Dock' then sign the song with actions beside the piano.