learning experiences. He was a real master of communication. A wide spectrum of subjects was covered on this radio series. The aim was to reflect every facet of Home and School concern. Subjects covered included Teacher Status, Rural and Urban School Conditions and Needs, Children’s Reading, Alcohol and Drug Education, Parent Education, School Education, Commu- nity Teachers, Program Planning for the Role of Executive Members of Local Associations, and Why Have National and Provincial Federations?

Shortly after the introduction of TV. in P,E.l. in the late 1950's, again with CFCY’s generosity, the Federation launched a Home and School T.V. series, Peop/e Unlimited. The program tended to reflect the many faces of Home and School and the forces operating in education, and always there was an edge of reform. Among subjects aired were: The Emotional Needs of the Child; Family Life Education; Religious Education; ”What’s Happening?” series on Nursery School, Kindergarten, Primary, High School, Vocational Education, University, Community College; Guidance Counselling; Art in the Schools; Physical Education; Mental Retardation; Physically Handicapped; Learning Disabilities; Emotionally Disturbed; Health Education; Parent- Teacher Relationship; and Debates on the New P.E.|. University.

FAMILY LIFE

The family exerts the first influence on a child and the kind of influence that surrounds the child during the pre-school years determines in large measure how he will be able to adjust to the school situation, and what his achievements will be as he proceeds through the formal educational system. Home and School has always based its program along the lines of Family, School and Community, recognizing these three great educators as basic in the child's experience. Local associations have been urged to establish Family Committees which can receive programming assistance from a chairman on the provincial executive. Through the years the objective of the provincial Family Life Chairman has been to strengthen all those good influences in the home which help the child to reach his full potential in school and in life, while urging society to provide help and support for families which do not have the knowledge, ability or resources to

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