First Steps to Learning (partially lost animated educational series; 1990-1991)

The beginning of the menu of the two UK DVD releases.

Status: Partially Lost

First Steps to Learning was an American animated series created by Clearvue, Inc., from 1990 to 1991.

Originally released for classroom use, it was released on home video by United American Video Corporation in 1994 under the name Fun to Learn Video Series. The videos were re-released in 1997 under Laugh and Learn. Six of the videos under the Laugh and Learn name were also released in the United Kingdom by SlamGold (the UK brand name of UAV Corporation), before being released on two three-in-one DVDs in that country. The "123s" video and two shorts from the "Time" video were also released on VHS by Sterling Entertainment Group and SVE and Churchill Media in 2004.

Availability

On January 19th, 2017, YouTuber Robert Coates uploaded all of the videos (albeit with each short uploaded separately). These would later be deleted, likely due to the account's closure or termination.

On June 4th, 2022, the whole series was uploaded onto the Internet Archive by The Cartoonian Archive and there have been multiple uploads of it since then.

There is one episode that seems to be missing, Kids and Money. There is no information about the episode, and it is currently unknown if it's real or who owns it.