Good children's programming

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There are wheelers, like in Return to Oz, but they aren't as creepy

how's life, Saturday, 9 June 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link

The Shadow Gnome is super creepy though.

how's life, Saturday, 9 June 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link

four months pass...

Just came on to mention Do You Know but see I am late to the party on that one! Really good, not just for kids. Although the 'fishcake factory' one has had my son asking 'how do water fish turn into eating fish?' (i.e. he's always known they are both called fish but not put 2+2 together before...)

kinder, Monday, 29 October 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

My 5yo son is obsessed with Numberblocks. Wakes up, plays with Numberblocks toys (they seriously need to do a tie-in with Duplo), does some Numberblocks colouring/painting, watches Numberblocks, comes up with the concept of 'cube numbers' seemingly on his own, sings Numberblocks songs...

kinder, Sunday, 12 January 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link

Numberblocks is great! And tied in really well with the way they introduced maths at F’s school.

Madchen, Sunday, 12 January 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

My daughter has moved away from children's programming for the past couple of years, in favor of YouTubers but the past couple days she tuned in to Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous on Netflix and we've been enjoying that together.

wankee hotel fuckstrot (peace, man), Monday, 9 August 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link

Bluey is EVERYTHING.

Madchen, Monday, 9 August 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link

i catch bluey from time to time. it's well animated and usually has a good message imparted gently. be more patient. share stuff. everybody gets ill. watch out for faeries...

today's episode had them making a video for youngest child who was in hospital and the awkward acting in the video, looks to camera, fluffled lines, was caught so well, subtley pointing out it was a thing within a thing.

koogs, Monday, 9 August 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

My 11-year-old and I are really enjoying The Mysterious Benedict Society at the moment.

joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 26 August 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Yeah, we were watching it week by week and had to read the book because we couldnt wait

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 20 September 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link

eight months pass...

Looking for recommendations. A couple of years ago my kid's favorite show was Just Add Magic. More recently he was really into Secrets of Sulphur Springs and Mysterious Benedict Society. We tried Ghost Writer a while back and Evermoore more recently but neither stuck. Anything good out there along those lines for an 11 year-old?

early rejecter, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link

This is in a different lane from the reference points you are giving but my 8- and 10-year-old are both really into the original Avatar: The Last Airbender. other than that, following the thread to see what others suggest!

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 3 June 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link

Nothing compares to Avatar: The Last Airbender. We binged it at the beginning of the pandemic and I think my now 8 yo has watched the whole series 3 or 4 times since. The Legend of Korra is worth checking out if hungry for more. It's not at the level of Avatar, but it has its moments. On a far different note from Avatar, my daughter is re-watching Gravity Falls for like the third time as well.

beard papa, Friday, 3 June 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link


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