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From the series Ripples. Chris survives separation from his parents and endures a lonely night in a hospital bed in this continuation of Going to the Hospital. He meets other hospitalized children, learns to swallow a pill and likes a visit from his dad that includes a present. It's not so much fun when parents go home, the lights go out, the nurse is gone, and the other kids are asleep; but Chris figures out a way to get company that will help him fall asleep.
From the series Ripples. A young folksinger. accompanied by his own guitar. banjo and auto harp. sings and talks about the songs that his great-grand father sang on a mountain farm in North Carolina.His old-time songs about animals. hunting,babies, games. joy and sadness, followed bya moment of contemporary rock and roll music, illustrate how music springs from the activities and feelings of people. Related mountain scenes expand the musical journey.
From the series Ripples. It's wintertime in the U.S. and Canada, and children are playing everywhere. While children in the north streak down snowy hills on sleds and skis, youngsters along the Southern Atlantic Coast play on a hot sandy beach.The flat lands of the Great Plains provide miles of room for bicycle tag. but the con-fined spaces of a crowded city demand games like alley dodge ball. A snake is likely to become a pet for the child born near theEverglades. but not for a child who lives where snakes are not part of the environment. In these and other ways the program relates children's play to the places in which they live.
From the series Ripples. The program specifically concerns Americans of African descent who. in the 1970's, are engaged in an active s'arch for an expression of their historical past. Age old African tribal chants become sounds of the '70's forWashington, D.C. children involved in theAfrican Heritage Dancers and Drummers after-school program. Instruments of the African orchestra are introduced and set in motion. Then, children everywhere are invited to blend their hands, feet and voices into the insistent musical mix.
From the series Ripples. Delicate furries, colorful sumac, and maple seeds drift and fall everywhere. Inside each seed is a baby plant, waiting to get out,waiting for water to start it growing. A lima bean, through time-lapse photography, shoots out roots, stems and leaves in the miracle of growth. The bean is not unlike a baby chick struggling to be born. Once a plant starts to grow, it tries very hard to live and succeeds in many strange and unlikely places.
From the series Ripples.A group of children explores their own and other shadows in a variety of ways. Outdoor shadows in the sunshine play tag, box, wiggle and grow longer than the children really are.Two boys discover that a wall and a light allow them to build a shadow zoo in the bed-room. A shadow play, performed behind a sheet, turns "rocks" into "monsters." Cool shadows are appreciated on a ha day. And a young man discovers that night shadows are not so scary when he finds out what causes them.
From the series Ripples. DescriptionA participation program in which classroom children join Phyllis Noble and studio children in finding sounds that their own bodies can make claps, stomps,slaps,whistles,clicks and whatever else one wants to be his very own sound. Short and long sounds, high and low sounds, soft and loud sounds, and sounds that tell a story are some of the ideas the children explore.
From the series Ripples. A magnifying glass helps Lynn discover the richness of her own backyard on a Iazy summer day. Lynn's own bare toes, wiggling in the warm grass. first capture her interest Then, magnifying glass in hand, she moves beyond herself to explore treasures hidden in the grass around her a frilly toadstool, a popeyed cricket. a gulping frog. Quite by accident Lynn discovers that the magnifying glass causes more distant objects to appear upside down. She uses her new power to flip a house, a moving car and a neighbor walking.
From the series Ripples. American children visit in the homes of children from Ghana, India and Japan. They share each other's games, food. language and music. and enjoy similarities and differences in their lives. The program presents back-ground glimpses of the three countries from which the children have come.
From the series Ripples. DescriptionIn her studio, professional dancer Carolyn Tate performs a dance she has created for this program. She shows how she experiments with different ways to clap, to turn and to skip, and explains why she chooses certain movements for her quietly joyful dance. She does her dance a second time and invites the audience to give it a name.
