Reading Signs Is Fun (1967)

[Music] thank you Andy usually likes the long ride home from grandmother's house but today the ride seems too long Andy doesn't have anything to do and he's fidgety Andy's father thinks of something maybe Andy can help with the driving that would be fun but Andy knows he's not old enough to drive how can he help by reading signs dad says Andy knows he can't read well enough for that even his father isn't fast enough to read all the words on some big signs they seem to go by so fast but Dad knows there are some signs that are easy to read there are no words on them after a little practice Andy can tell what these signs mean one sign shows that there's a curve ahead dad has to turn left another sign shows a different kind of curve dad has to turn right still another sign shows a curve that looks something like the letter s it's an S curve dad has to turn one way then he turns the other way this sign has lines that cross it means Andy and his father are coming to a road that crosses the one thereon dad watches for cars coming on the Crossroad Andy wishes all signs were so easy to understand the ride must end soon but from now on he'll have fun with signs a day later Andy is on his way to school with his sister there are signs and some are like the ones he saw on the road they let him know something without words one sign looks like a big camera the sign is outside a shop where cameras are sold it's easy to read signs that are pictures another sign looks like a big ice cream cone Andy knows what they sell there another sign is just as easy to figure out it looks like a shoe it's in the shop where Andy's father buys shoes but many signs have words on them and some words are hard to figure out there are ways to find what these signs mean too and as he goes to school and he thinks he's found one way sometimes Mrs Logan the school crossing guard signals with her arms to stop cars other times she stops cars in a different way she holds up a stop sign and drivers know what she means at the next street Andy and his sister must cross there is no crossing guard only a stop sign like the one Mrs Logan was holding when drivers read the sign they stop their cars so Andy can find the meaning of a sign if he knows what a person using the sign wants to tell people in this case stop later in the day after school Andy plays with his best friend will what does this sign mean Andy remembers something he saw a few days ago he saw people look at the sign then look at the house the sign is about the house Will's father showed the people around the house this might have something to do with the sign the sign says for sale Will's father wants people to know that the house is for sale on his way home Andy passes Mr Corey's house he knows this house is not for sale then what is Mr Corey trying to tell people well where's the sign it's not just any place it's on the lawn so maybe the sign is about the lawn Andy remembers how Mr Corey feels about his lawn he's very proud of it and he likes to keep it beautiful when Mr Corey sees that people may walk on his lawn he says please keep off my lawn please keep off please please the sign says please Andy has noticed another kind of sign on his own house it has no picture and no words just the number 124. a number like this is important to a delivery man who brings packages to people's houses the houses here are numbered 120. then 122. so you might guess that the next number is 124. this is Andy's house the man knows it because he's seen the sign another day Andy is playing with his friends while the boys and girls play maybe you can have some fun reading signs aren't the boys and girls playing like the boy on this sign what do you think the sign means the picture looks as though it has something to do with children playing and the sign is near the street where drivers can see it when a driver sees the sign he slows his car the sign means slow children playing signs like this help to keep people safe at the corner is another sign it's on the trash basket the basket is a place for old paper but the words on the sign don't say paper what do you think the sign means maybe you've seen this word before the word clean so the sign says something about keeping things clean what things well we see baskets and signs like this all around the city so the sign may be about keeping the city clean yes keep our city clean around the corner from Andy's house is a movie theater it has a big sign that tells what's playing what picture is playing well we know this word boy so this picture must be about a boy and we know this word dog so the picture must be about a dog too the name of the picture is a boy and his dog if you happen to like dogs it could be fun to see here are Andy and his father again going shopping as Andy walks the signs he passes let him know many things groceries are sold here this store has animals for sale what does the sign say this store has things to play with what does the sign say like Andy you'll learn that there are different kinds of signs everywhere there are signs that Mark Rhodes signs that help you to find a house you may be looking for signs that help you to keep safe signs that remind you to keep our city clean and signs that let you know where you may have fun you can have fun too finding out what signs mean learning to read signs [Music]