My last post was an email sent to me by my producer, John Vogt: This is an extention of the last post.  


I was blown awy by the discovery about Daffy.. . . that later on when we were cleaning up the studio and getting ready for bed, I decided to attempt a serious talk with Sniffy-Poo (you can imagine what that was like). Sniffy-Poo was here because he was one of the animals featured in Daffy's story. I asked Sniffy if he could pretend. . . like Daffy he had major problems with the concept.  We talked about it for over an hour. He finally started to get the idea . . . but it was very difficult for him.  We did a little role playing and I said . . . Sniffy, I want you to pretend that you are a bird.  He tried as hard as he could to pretend but he could't quite get there. Finally, he belted out TWEET  TWEET and then collapsed on the couch in studio 2. He was mentally exhausted. 


Nat, do you understand what this means? We've got a lot of work to do.
Without the freedom of imagination we are all locked in the prison of reality.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF SUMU STORIES, JOHN VOGT OF JOHN VOGT PRODUCTIONS WRITES;


Last night I worked on Daffy.  It was difficult recording his snoring because he is sooo big and it was hard fitting him into the studio.  We had to keep the one door of the studio open and stretch his tail all the way into the kitchen area. He also said that he wasn't tired and and would not be able to sleep in the studio. He wanted to go to his meadow and stretch out in the flowers.
We told him that he did not have to go to sleep for real, but just pretend and we would record his snoring. I know this will be hard for you to believe, but Daffy does not understand what it means to pretend. We explained it over and over, but he really never got it.
Daffy, it seems, can only understand the reality of imagination but can not seem to grasp the concept  of pretending.
Very interesting discovery, don't you think?
We finally got him to relax. Sara gave him some hot co co and rubbed his belly and surprise - - he drifted off to sleep.  We got some great takes of his snoring.

           KIDS STORIES ARE HERE!

Summer trips are coming !
Listening to Sumu tell her stories is great for riding in the car.  Order now by email:             natquinnpi@yahoo.com 


               Archie the caterpillar  
               Daffie the Dragon
               Freeda the Hippopotamus
        plus many more will be your friends 

KIDS STORIES BY SUMU  are ready for your little ones to listen to as they sleep OR eat breakfast OR swing on the porch.  Three CDs with a "smorgasbord" of characters and situations . . . a different story every three minutes with exciting sound effects.  Eleven stories on each CD!  $12.99 for each CD  or $32.50 for three.

More information is available by scrolling down the entire blog.To order, send me an email at natquinnpi@yahoo.com.  (#3 is probably the most appropriate for the youngest ones).  Give them all a try. Every time you listen, you and your kids will discover something new.

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To learn more about the stories on each CD, scroll down through the blog.


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Why listening only? New learning technique - -

Listening isn't "new" - but it's SO old in method that it's considered to be  new to today's generation.  With all the videos, and great variety of  illustrations, a child seldom gets a chance to discover his or her very own self. KIDS STORIES BY SUMU  can prime the pump - so to speak.  Three CDs each has 11 stories.When  children and their parents listen to the stories together, they may have new conversations at the dinner table. When teachers engage their pupils with stories such as Sniffy Poo, the trouble-maker squirrel, a new thought about being good is developed.   Each story is less than three minutes with delightfully delicious sound effects by John  Vogt Productions in Wellsboro, PA.
                                                              
                                                          * * * * * * *

                                             *  stories help babies fall asleep 
                  
                                             *  Pre-K - adults, story-telling 
                                                 captivates the listeners                                             


                                             *  boosts imagination                                               


                                             *  stimulates a "thinking" process 


                                             *  for all listeners, young or old,                      
                                                 artistic juices begin to flow
                                             
                                                     


                                             

TITLES OF SUMU STORIES #2 AND #3 CDs

 #2 SUMU STORIES                        #3 SUMU STORIES

 1.  Brachy the dinosaur                   1.  Daffy the dragon

 2.  Moody Patootie                          2.  Booty Hoo Hoo

 3.  Jo Po                                          3.  Bella the goose

 4.  The Open Door                           4.  Indy and the giant bird 

 5.  The Old Oaks                              5.  Felicia, the field mouse

 6.  Rosita                                         6.  Bucky and Pepper

 7.  Jeremy and Bernita                    7.  Alfie the angel

 8.  Bodacious                                   8.  Annabelle and the

 9.  Tess and Bess the lady bugs               butterfly
                                                         9.  Toby and the moon
10. Emmet the tree frog                   10.  Summit wants to fly

11. Lily and Reggie                          11.  Rodrick B. Bunster

What's behind all these stories?

. . . dreaming, freeing up imagination, listening to pictures.  I felt like I was sitting on a fence watching all these stories evolve,  when I realized that  they had been incubated in my brain for a long time.  And over many months, I reconnected with a colleague that I once worked with on radio.  John is his name - he was a newscaster and had  his own dj show, and I had my own talk show. Over the years, he became a production professional. His gift for enhancing the stories with sound effects give the stories a magical boost of imagination.

TITLES FOR SUMU STORIES CD #1
Hooray! The stories are out of the gate.  SUMU (pronounced Soo Moo) is the name my grandchildren gave me.  So with that name, so goes "Stories by Sumu."  As you will notice, the number down in the right hand corner indicates #1 - or #2  or #3. The stories in #1 include Freeda, the hippopotamus,  Amadeus,the little pianist, Buzzing

Belinda, Hanna and Hannan, the love ducks, Balsadarand Maria with the tiny sea turtles, Sniffy Poo, the trouble-maker squirrel, Jasper the donkey meets Bella the goose, and Archie the caterpillar.  All are about two and a half minutes.  All the stories have sound effects by John that helps the listener - be it a child, parent or teacher, to really get to know the characters of the story.