Tokyo Kodomo Club

, meaning Tokyo Children Club, is an early childhood education program published in Japan in an audio-visual format, distributed monthly on a record. The 7-inch record contained stories and songs, accompanied by a picture book that could be bound in a special folder. The early-childhood education program came in two courses: a 2-4 year old course and a 5-7 year old course. Each of the courses was designed to complete in 12 months. In addition on a quarterly basis, the Club sent out supplemental stories, songs and other music on a 12-inch record. The recitations on Side A were by , and on Side B, . The records were monaural recordings at 33-1/3 rpm. Presently, the recordings have gone out of print, making their procurement quite difficult.

Programs The programs were designed to familiarize children with stories and songs from around the world, with emphasis on European orchestral works. Main story narration often featured Classical music as a background music in order to help set the tone of the story. The bullets found in the index to each lesson were color-coded: red for the main story, blue for the songs and yellow for the occasional extra story. In the original course series, the main stories and songs were bulleted with a star and the extra stories with a circle. However, in later course series, they switched their bullets to red circles, blue squares and yellow triangles, keeping the same color code as before.

General Courses

2-4 year old Basic Course Unit Side A Side B 1 Introduction: This is Tokyo Kodomo ClubStory: Three Little Pigs Song: Song: Cuckoo, CuckooStory: 2 Story: The Tortoise and the Hare Song: Song: Song: 3 Story: Song: Story: 4 Story: The Town Musicians of Bremen Song: Song: Song: 5 Story: Little Black Sambo Song: Story: County Mouse and Tokyo Mouse 6 Story: Song: Song: Song: 7 Story: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids Song: Song: 8 Story: Momotarō Song: Song: Song: 9 Story: Little Red Riding Hood Song: Story: 10 Story: Kintarō Song: Song: Song: 11 Story: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Song: Story: 12 Story: Hanasaka Jiisan Song: Song: Song:

2-4 year old Graduation Side A Side B Baron Munchausen Little Women

2-4 year old Graduate Course

Unit Side A Side B 1 Story: Hansel and Gretel Song: London Bridge is Falling DownSong: Song: Song: 2 Story: Pied Piper of Hamelin Song: Song: Story: 3 Story: Emperor's New Clothes Song: Song: Song: Song: 4 Story: Jack and the Beanstalk Song: Do-Re-MiSong: Story: 5 Story: The Three Wishes Song: Song: Song: Song: 6 Story: The Honest Woodcutter Song: Song: Story: 7 Story: The Dog and the Shadow Song: Song: Song: Song: 8 Story: The Snow Maiden Song: Under the Spreading Chestnut TreeStory: 9 Story: King Midas Has Donkey's Ears Song:Song:Song:Song: 10 Story: Cinderella Song: Song: Story: 11 Story: The Adventures of Mouse Deer Song: Song: Song: Song: 12 Story: Ivan the Fool Song: Song: Story:

5-7 year old Basic Course Unit Side A Side B 1 Story: The Happy Prince Song: Song: Frère JacquesSong: 2 Story: Song: Song: Song: 3 Story: Puss in Boots Song: Story: 4 Story: Song: Song: Song: 5 Story: Seven Stars (Russian Folktale) Song: Story: 6 Story: Song: Song: Ten Little IndiansSong: 7 Story: Snow White Song: Story: 8 Story: Issun-bōshi Song: Song: Song: 9 Story: Urashima Tarō Song: Merrily We Roll Along (song)Story: 10 Story: Pinocchio Song: Song: Song: 11 Story: The Golden Goose Song: Story: 12 Story: The Giant Corn (American Folktale) Song: Song:

5-7 year old Graduation Overture Collection Side A Side B Light Cavalry OvertureOverture to Marriage of FigaroDie Fledermaus Overture Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila1812 Overture

5-7 year old Graduate Course Unit Side A Side B 1 Story: Song: Song: Song: 2 Story: Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox Song: Song: Story: 3 Story: The Lion That Wore Glasses Song: Song: Song: Song: 4 Story: Ugly Duckling Song: Song: Story: 5 Story: The Canterville Ghost Song: Song: Song: 6 Story: Little Lord Fauntleroy Song: Song: Story: 7 Story: Gulliver's Travels Song: Song: I've Been Working on the Railroad Song: Doctor Eisenbart Song: 8 Story: The Merchant of Venice Song: Song: The Old Gray Mare Story: 9 Story: Heidi Song: Song: Song: Song: 10 Story: Song: Song: Story: 11 Story: Bluebeard Song: Song: Song: Song: 12 Story: Noah's Ark Song: Song: Story:

Quarterly supplements

Seasons series Unit Side A Side B Song: Song: Song: Story: Song: Song: Song: Song: Story: The Little Match Girl Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Jingle Bells Song: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Song: Joy to the World Song: O Tannenbaum Song: Silent Night Song: Singing lessons Song: Story: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Story: Thumbelina Song: Singing lessons Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song:

The Purple Flowers

Side A Side B Song: Bear Climbed over the Mountain Song: Song: Singing lessons Song: Mary Had a Little Lamb Song: Song: Song: Brahms' Lullaby Song:

Let's sing with Dad

Side A Side B Story (1) Story (3) Story (2) Song: Song: Sur le pont d'Avignon Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song:

Uncle's Pastures

Side A Side B Story: Story: Song: I've Been Working on the Railroad Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song: Song:

Kodomo Concert Hall The Kodomo Concert Hall series were recordings of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Unit Side A Side B Kodomo Concert Hall No. 1: 1. Tchaikovsky: Mazurka2. Strauss: Radetzky March3. Bizet: Carmen, Act 1, Prelude4. Rodgers: Do-Re-Mi 1. Brahms: Hungarian Dances2. Schubert: Three Marches Militaires, March No. 1 in D major, 2nd movement3. Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2, 4th movement: Farandole4. Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods Kodomo Concert Hall No. 2 Swan Lake Kodomo Concert Hall No. 3 Kodomo Concert Hall No. 4 A Musical play: Maya the Bee Kodomo Concert Hall No. 5 The Nutcracker Kodomo Concert Hall No. 6 Peter and the Wolf Kodomo Concert Hall No. 7

Uncle Kōji's Story Bag

Story Bag No. 1: Story Bag No. 2: Story Bag No. 3: Story Bag No. 4: Story Bag No. 5: Story Bag No. 6: Story Bag No. 7: Story Bag No. 8:

Sing in English Group The Tokyo Kodomo Club issued two courses of children’s songs in English for the Japanese audience in the series. These songs were sung by Esther Ghan and her children. The course was designed similarly to their Japanese courses, where the lesson units were distributed monthly on a record. Each of the courses was designed to complete in 12 months, with the course set spanning two years. For the older children, in a set of six lesson units and a Christmas supplement were provided. It also spanned over two years.

Let’s Sing English Songs (1) Unit Side A Side B 1 Ten Little Indians (same as Side A) 2 Are You Sleeping ? (same as Side A) 3 London Bridge (same as Side A) 4 Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? (same as Side A) 5 A Tisket, a Tasket (same as Side A) 6 The Bear Went Over The Mountain (same as Side A) 7 My Bonnie (same as Side A) 8 Sailing, Sailing Lovely May 9 The Mulberry Bush (same as Side A) 10 Mary Had a Little Lamb (same as Side A) 11 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (same as Side A) 12 Hush, Little Baby (same as Side A)

Let’s Sing English Songs (2) Unit Side A Side B 1 Six Little Ducks (same as Side A) 2 Three Blind Mice (same as Side A) 3 The Little Skunk (same as Side A) 4 Simple Simon (same as Side A) 5 Brother, Come and Dance with Me (same as Side A) 6 Sweetly Sings the Donkey (same as Side A) 7 Billy Boy (same as Side A) 8 Row, Row, Row Your Boat Merrily We Roll Along 9 The Muffin Man (same as Side A) 10 Pop Goes the Weasel (same as Side A) 11 Looby Loo (same as Side A) 12 Three Little Kittens (same as Side A)

Folk-album for All (1) Unit Side A Side B 1 Happy Birthday to You When The Saints Go Marching In 2 Puff, the Magic Dragon Danny Boy 3 You Are My Sunshine Greensleeves 4 Long, Long Ago Cradle Song 5 Do - Re - Mi Waltzing Matilda 6 The Camptown Races Sipping Cider Through a Straw X'mas We Wish You a Merry Christmas Jingle Bells Silent Night Auld Lang Syne

Folk-album for All (2) Unit Side A Side B 1 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Rock a Bye, Baby 2 Did You Ever See a Lassie? The Blue Bells of Scotland 3 To Market, to Market Aura Lee 4 Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms Annie Laurie 5 Hey, Diddle, Diddle Early One Morning 6 The Man On The Flying Trapeze Hush - A -Bye Xmas Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Deck the Halls The Twelve Days of Christmas

Other : Spring, , , Summer.

Contact information Original Address: Tokyo Kodomo Club15-5 Hachiyama-chōShibuya-ku, Tōkyō, Japan 〒150-0035 Postal transfer: Tokyo 5-88764

Current address: Tokyo Kodomo Club12-4 Asahi-chōHachiōji-shi, Tōkyō, Japan 〒192-0083

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