Education: Tips for Tots

We like the food that Mommy bakes,

The meat and vegetables that she makes;

We don't eat fast, we don't eat slow,

We eat the food that makes us grow. . . .

We try to make our manners good,

Just like our Mommy says we should.*

This ungrammatical little number, from an album of records for tots from three to six, is the handiwork of young Murray and Sylvia Winant. The two New Yorkers, who have no children of their own, got the idea for It's Fun to Eat from watching their neighbors' struggles. On one side of each record, a boisterous breakfast,...

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