Giving kids a level of interactivity and encouragement. After the film, one, or both of the presenters would pretend to be a firefighter, giving children the encouragement to play along and pretend to put out a burning fire with them. For example, the arched window might show a group of firemen putting out a fire, giving children a glimpse to how people like firemen go about doing their job. It gives them an idea to what everyday people do, and 'Play School' managed to do just that with the use of the arched, round and square windows. Seeing certain activities and tasks take place is also a way in which children learn. Hence why the weekly presenters would usually bounce around the studio pretending to be kangaroos or grasshoppers, or something else of that nature. Children learn from playing and developing their imaginations, seeing things with their own eyes, pretending to be something that they are not. The title 'Play School', comes from the idea that for every living creature, including young children, 'play' is essentially the first form of 'school' for them. Simple concept, but there was always something fresh everyday. But of course, there would be times when little Humpty would feel like falling over, and they would end up singing his infamous rhyme. They would sing some catchy original songs, or well known nursery rhymes like, 'The Wheels On The Bus' or 'This Old Man'. Such things the weekly pair would do would be make and do things, like making a football net out of lollipop sticks and an empty net of oranges, or a spaceship out of some kitchen foil and an empty bottle of glue or paint.

And of course, a film would be shown through one of the infamous windows, and when the film ends, the presenters would sing one last song, or make one more item, before greeting the children watching a temporary farewell until either the next day, or when they would appear again. A fun story would be told, but not before telling the time on a clock, whether it being 'something o'clock' or 'half past something', with an item relating to the story on the clock's turntable underneath. The weekly pair would encourage children to bounce around pretending to do certain tasks or be different things, like a greedy pig looking for food, or a bowling skittle tumbling to the ground. Every week from Monday to Friday, children would tune into a colourful studio, where they would meet a random man and woman, who they'd all be with until the next week. 'Play School' ran from 1964 to 1988, and is still cherished today with most modern programming aimed at young children. All the better for you as a little toddler to visit your special friends, Humpty, Big Ted, Little Ted, Hamble and Jemima, those naughty stuffed toys that you saw every week, and the playmates that usually lit up cold, dreary mornings. The older siblings left for school hours ago, Dad has gone off to work, and Mum is in the kitchen getting your lunch ready. It's foggy, you can barely see anything outside.

The television is tuned into BBC2 one chilly morning in Britain. It's Eleven O'Clock, when the long hand is pointing straight up to the top, and the little hand is pointing to the eleven next to the long hand.

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