The Electric Company (1971)
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977. After it ceased production that year, the program continued in reruns from 1977 to 1985, the result of a decision made in 1975 to produce two final seasons for perpetual use. CTW produced the show at Teletape Studios Second Stage in Manhattan, the first home of Sesame Street. The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street. Appropriately, the humor was more mature than what was seen there.
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Among the concepts featured: the vowel digraph ou.
The short vowel I, the consonant blend sw-, and double consonants are highlighted. This show has a sight word: you.
The vowel Y and the prefix un- are highlighted. This show has a sight word: is.
The vowel pair ay,, the consonant digraph ph, and the ending -ight are highlighted.
The vowel y as in dry and in happy, along with the plural s, are highlighted. This show has a sight word: if.
Among the concepts in this episode: Silent E with U.
The consonant D, the consonant blend -ck, the contraction root n't, and Silent E are highlighted.
Featured are the hard and soft sound of c, the consonant blend st, and the vowel sound ar. This show's overview was provided by editor d-jim#1.
The two-hour retrospective that launched not only TEC's return to television, but the good era of Noggin.
The two sounds of ie, the sound of ch, and words ending in -all are featured.
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