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thepastperfect in whatwasthatone

Learn-the-alphabet videos

Jul 26, 2006 15:12

In 1988, I was in kindergarten at Middle Smithfield Elementary School in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and the curriculum included videos to help kids learn the alphabet. The characters were anthropomorphic letters of the alphabet that definitely had faces and may or may not have had arms, legs, and clothes. The only one I remember was M, so I ( Read more... )

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kabdrivr July 27 2006, 17:10:41 UTC

Is this it? http://www.geocities.com/letterfolks/

thepastperfect July 27 2006, 17:16:46 UTC

Ooh, that could be them. I didn't realize the current Letter People had been owned and produced before, so maybe these original ones are the ones I'm remembering.

kabdrivr July 27 2006, 19:45:05 UTC

When I was in Kindegarten back in '89, I remember them, and thought they were "the letter people" but then your link was not what I remembered. But these I think are. wierd. I also went to Kindergarten in PA, Hummelstown (outside of Harrisburg).

thepastperfect August 2 2006, 19:31:20 UTC

Well, I guess I have to eat my words. I sent letters to the current principal and assistant principal of my elementary scohol, and got this back:
I had an opportunity to speak with a Kindergarten teacher regarding your inquiry. She recognized them as "Letter People". We do not have the videos any longer.
There is a web site; www.letterpeople.com and a distributor, Abrams and Company that we were able to locate for you.

I guess that's why your link looked familiar to me and the current set of Letter People didn't.