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In a photo taken in the early 1960s, Jean Taschioglou of Vacaville demonstrates simple exercises to children during an episode of the children’s TV program “Romper Room” at the KFBB-TV station in Great Falls, Montana. She was quickly hired at KFBB-TV, where she was a “Miss Nancy” on that regional broadcast of the children’s educational program. Standing in her Buckeye Street home, neatly dressed, her light hair coiffed in tight curls, her eyes lively and attentive, Taschioglou, a graduate of Boston University, said, “I’ve always been a teacher.”īy son Byron Peters’ account, she was “well-liked and loved by the children,” but the needs of the Air Force forced the family to move to Great Falls. In a photo taken in the early 1960s, Jean Taschioglou of Vacaville teaches two children during an episode of the children’s TV program “Romper Room” at the KFBB-TV station in Great Falls, Montana. Test your child’s melody memory by replacing the words to favorite songs (e.g.Like most preschool or elementary school teachers, she brought joy, a love of learning, kindling wonder, and imagination in the lives of her students, some of them in Vacaville in later years.īut to thousands more on television in the 1950s and ’60s, in the era of black-and-white TV sets, Jean Taschioglou of Vacaville was a “Miss Jean” in a regional broadcast of “Romper Room,” in Bangor, Maine, and, later “Miss Nancy” in Great Falls, Montana, leaving the children’s show in 1964 when her Air Force officer husband, Byron, was transferred to Travis Air Force Base.ĭuring an interview last week, Taschioglou, who turns 90 on Thursday, looked back on her brief TV career teaching math, spelling, and etiquette - and arguably a kinder citizenry and shared future - to a handful of preschoolers in TV studios and to an unseen audience of many thousands, no doubt also transfixed when she held up the frame of a hand mirror, a show tradition, the “Magic Mirror,” and called out the selected first names of young viewers she could “see” in their homes.Kat’s Hello Song to everything outside the window. Long car ride/unexpected traffic jam? Take turns singing Ms.Kat’s Hello Song to all of the furniture in the room. Trying to kill time in a waiting room? Sing Ms.Kat’s Hello Song to each guest! Or, at home, to a collection of favorite dolls and stuffed animal friends. At a party, a playdate, or a family gathering - sing Ms.Hello to me, hello to you! Ideas for Caregivers: In the meantime, here are the super-simple lyrics to Ms. I’m not sure I can adequately explain that last bit. We meow, meow like mama cats, daddy cats, big-kid cats, and baby cats…. Kat herself….Īnd here’s the part you might be familiar with: We sing our song again (and again, and again), replacing all the words with “meow, meows!” We also greet all of our teachers and aides… and yours truly, Ms. Seriously - class screeches to a halt until they are sure that everyone has been included. And they *love* to correct me if I forget anyone.

They wait so eagerly to hear their names, just as I did. It helps engage them, and transition from classroom time into music time. So I begin every preschool class by singing a personal greeting to each child!įirst, and most importantly, it helps me to learn all of their names. I’ll get to the point: I vow to NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

(Ironically, “Kathleen” is the very first name listed on Wikipedia’s synopsis of the show. Really? “Joe-say?” But no Kathleen, never?

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