Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months - Geared toward an audience of young grade school aged children, this educational film uses repetition & a weirdo clown to help kids understand how the calendar works.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Domestic Kitchen Scene: MS mother ironing in the kitchen as her grade school aged son Pat comes home, he takes off his rain coat & hat & asks his mom if he has to go to school on the 7th, the day the circus will be in town, mom & son walk over the wall colander to check. CU of the kitchen calendar as they look up May 7th, a finger points to the dates, landing on Saturday May 7th.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Domestic Kitchen Scene: MS happy boy jumping up and down after learning the 7th is a Saturday, "Pat can go the circus because it isn't a school day...", boy's mother takes the calendar off the wall so he can look at it more closely, now he will figure how many more days till the circus arrives. CU calendar as Pat points at it with his finger, he is figuring out how many days there are from April 27th till May 7th.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Domestic Kitchen Scene: MCU boy proclaiming that there are ten more days till the circus arrives. MCU mother & son seated in the kitchen as mom reassures Pat that ten days is not that long to wait, boy gets up from chair & hangs the calendar back on the wall, he counts the days he will have to wait once again & then walks off with a disappointed look on his face.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Dream Sequence: MS boy lying in bed sleeping, special effects create the illusion of a shadowy superimposed dream boy slipping out of his sleeping body, dream boy walks toward camera dressed in pajamas.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Dream Sequence: In dreamland the young boy Pat meets a circus clown standing in front of his magic calendar, various exchanges as Pat sits on a stool while the clown teaches the child about calendar applications.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Dream Sequence: In dreamland the young boy Pat meets a circus clown standing in front of his magic calendar, various exchanges as Pat sits on a stool while the clown teaches the child about calendar applications, first lesion: Days of the Week.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Dream Sequence: In dreamland the young boy Pat meets a circus clown standing in front of his magic calendar, various exchanges as Pat sits on a stool while the clown teaches the child about calendar applications: here the boy must fill in the blank month of May with the correct days/date columns. The creepy clown dream fades to MCU boy sleeping in bed, he turns over in his sleep.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Grade School Classroom: GV classroom with students seated at their desks & female teacher at the front, she calls on students to point out important dates on the calendar. MS boy flipping through calendar as teacher looks on. CU boy pointing to Monday, November 21st on the calendar.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Grade School Classroom: MCU pointing to class calendar. Why is November 24th marked differently than the other day? CU calendar as the 3rd Thursday in November is explored, marked differently because it highlights the Thanksgiving Holiday, ceramic turkey is superimposed over the date. MS teacher pointing to calendar as class listens.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Grade School Classroom: CU calendar as How many Days in Month is explained. GV classroom as boy returns to his seat, girl raising her hand in the back is asked to come forward. MS girl standing next to teacher at the head of the class, she recites a helpful poem about the days per month.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Grade School Classroom: MS classroom at teacher asks boy to the front to show the knuckle trick to remembering How Many Days Per Month. CUs of a boy's knuckles as he taps out a method of remembering the days per month. MS/GV teacher at the front of the class talking to her students.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Occupations: MS of female librarian sitting at the circulation desk, checking out book for young girl. CU library due date being stamped into book. MS as librarian hands book back to girl. MS of a secretary at a doctor's office, a boy comes in running in with an appointment card in hand. CU of appointment card showing the scheduled time & date. MS secretary at a doctor's office picking up phone receiver.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
Small Town Business District: MCU poster on brick building advertising "Circus Coming - May7th". Nice GV of small town main street as young boy dressed in trench coat & hat stands looking at circus poster hung on store facade, he runs eagerly toward the camera with a big smile on his face.
Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months
DO NOT USE: End Credit.