A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
' My little boy was most disappointed, when he started school, to know that he would no longer be able to " Listen with Mother." However, he has solved his problem by getting me to listen and tell him the story later in the day.' Many mothers have come up against this problem and have solved it in a similar way, though we have sympathy for the mother who, confronted by her daughter's questions. writes, ' If I don't remember, I'm told I'm getting old-and if I don't listen I have to have a very, very good excuse I
Such hard-pressed mothers may welcome Election Day this week when their young offspring will be at home to listen for themselves. We must warn mothers, however, that on Friday, because of the announcement of Election results, Listen with Mother ' will not be broadcast. This week, therefore, when Daphne Oxenford once more begins her turn as storyteller, she will have only four stories to tell' From the Cabbage Patch to Australia,' by Mary Higson , ' Chestnut Time,' by Helen Wareing , ' The House that Nobody Wanted,' by Ursula Hourihane , and * The Teddy with Only One Ear.' by Mary Godden. Elizabeth A. Taylor