Skippy And The 3Rs (1953) 

Skippy's tricycle is badass.

"We wish we could go with you Skippy, just once again"...

I'm glad that Miss Temple let Skippy write with his left hand. Some teachers back then would force a left handed child to use his or her right hand.

My first thought was almost no one today would let such a young one walk to school alone. Yet me (I’m 56) and my siblings did that every day to grade school in the late 60’s and early 70’s. After that we took the school bus to junior high. Today’s parents would be much more likely to drive their youngsters to school, then let them walk due to fears of abduction. I’m glad my youth was as carefree as it was and one with no fears really.

I love how he sticks his little tongue out when he's concentrating!

Very pleasant educational film. Miss Temple is a very competent and pleasant teacher. Obviously, Skippy Gordon has nice classmates.

Why is Skippy so cute!

Never knew the peanut butter magnate was a southpaw. Pleasant show. Thanx.

This was made the same year I was born, and five years later, in kindergarten, things were very much like this.

Very nostalgic, sweet & enjoyable to watch, hope you post more as this one! 💖

Oh my, this was shown in my 2nd grade class back in 1967! I remember we thought is was "old" back then! Love this channel!

Loved this, I was just a year from being born in 1953!

We had those big crayons too and tempura paints that our teacher added water too. We got to go to the radio station to talk to Santa. I used to love telling stories and writing them too. I could read pretty well. I was in group too. We read Dick and Jane books.

Teachers can make or break a child's love for learning. Most all of my children had great ones too. Unfortunately, my son had one single teacher that almost ruined his schooling. She actually told him he had ADD and made him sit by himself, isolated.(this was in 4th grade) Fortunately the next teacher was AWESOME and really brought him out of his shell and taught him-learning can be fun again.

Absolutely loved this film, reminds me of my early childhood school . Brings back a warm happy feeling.

They didn't do it like this back in 26 when i was a pup !!

Those were the days.

I started first grade in 1966 and it was just like this. The best years and I had the best teachers back then that laid a solid foundation of learning.

A precious left handed young man. My dear son told me when he was in his 40's that his 1st grade teacher used to beat his left hand to make him use his RIGHT hand! He said he thought I KNEW! But I'd NEVER seen him use his left HAND! I THOUGHT he ate with his RIGHT hand or drew and wrote with his RIGHT HAND. My my! He went through kindergarten with NO problems. I wish even NOW I could talk with that mean teacher!

This is excellent! I work in a school and during our Professional Development sessions, "Know Your Learner" has a very high priority. This is exactly what is happening here. I wish I'd had Miss Templeton as my teacher 50 years ago. Not a strap or cane in sight. This lady was ahead of her time!