What were those Hoffy papers?

April 30, 2009 7:00 AM

Does anyone remember Hoffy papers? Obscure elementary-school learning machine memory (pre-1980 edition) ...

When I was in the primary grades, we would sometimes go to a special room and do worksheets using a special machine that I remember very little about. This was in the late 70s, in the midwest USA, at a Catholic school, so the machine was likely old already. The worksheets were standard color and shape matching stuff, Kindergarten or 1st grade, and they featured a furry monster who looked like Grover from Sesame Street (except I think he was red), and his name was Hoffy. I'd bet it was linked with some company with a Hoffman name, but that's only a guess. Google does nothing for me, but the worksheets were printed, not dittoes, so it couldn't have been just me!

posted by rikschell to education (2 comments total)

What did the machine do? Supply the worksheets? Did you use the machine to complete the worksheet?
posted by Houstonian at 7:54 AM on April 30

It sounds like this articles is talking about them. Looks like the machine played the 45 and filmstrip to go along with the worksheets.
posted by Biblio at 8:06 AM on April 30