DORA? Nai Hai ? Barney? Wiggles etc???
By pudgles
@pudgles (414)
United States
September 29, 2009 10:00am CST
Some of the childrens shows these days are very interesting myself to watch with my children. Some are very educational and understandle, but others are too confusing, and seems like the directors just tried too hard to make an orginal childrens show..
I never let my oldest watch Dora when she was younger.. I had hard enough time teaching her to do things she was supposed to be learning at those ages never mind spanish as well.. Sure its good to know more then one language, but thats an elective in life.. My philsophy is wait until she was ready to decide if she wanted to learn spansih.. She was so confused half the time.. Let her decide WHEN an IF she wants to learn SPANISH!!
NAi HAi... same concept like a 2 year old can understand chinese or japenise or gibberish whatever it is they are speaking in that show!
Dont get me wrong the morals they are teaching in those shows are right on and i appreciate that fact, BUT whats with the bilingual stuff???
wiggles Now thats A GREAT SHOW... it teaches children things for there age groups it doest throw in any off the wall confusing stuff and its FUN!!!
Backyardigans same thing.. FUN imagenitive and enjoyable!!
Out of all the kids shows these days i barely let my children watch tv BUT under the circumstance that they do it is strictly Backyardagains, Wonderpets, Wiggles and BLues Clues!
what about you? what are your opinions on kids shows these days? what do your children watch or not watch? Why?
thanks in advance
4 responses
@tbmorris1 (158)
• United States
29 Sep 09
I don't think the bilingual aspect of these shows are really meant to teach children the language. My daughter has said a few of the Spanish/Chinese words, but I believe it is just a great way to teach children that not everyone is the same and some people do speak different languages. My daughter was into Dora so much this year that we used it as the theme for her 2nd birthday party and she really enjoyed it!! I let her watch different things to see what she likes.
She likes Dora, Diego, and Kai-lan a lot. Those are interactive and she likes to repeat the words when they ask you to! She will watch the Backyardigans and Wonder Pets, but kind of mindlessly lol so I don't put them on too often. She would never sit down and get into the Wiggles, so we don't see that one too much around here either. My nieces and nephews all loved them, but my girl has decided to be different there! She is into Blues Clues, but not as much as the first few I mentioned!!
She doesn't sit and watch TV all day. The TV is on all day, but it's more for background noise. Sometimes something will catch her eye and she will stop to watch for a few minutes, just to run out of the room and become preoccupied with her toys!!
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
29 Sep 09
I run a home daycare. Dora and Diego are the kids favorite shows! They love that they are involved in helping Dora find her way to wherever she is going. I think that the little bit of Spanish is good for the kids. When they get older, they have to take Spanish to graduate, so why not get a little bit of it now.
My favorite thing to do during their down time is to get out an old Barney video. They love the songs and there is always a good lesson involved with Barney.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
I also get interested to what my son watches nowadays. Even if he is 4 years old, I still make sure to check on what he watches because I ddo not find the other cartoons educational. You are correct where Backyardigans is a fun show to watch. It teaches my son to be imaginative. Fun! And also the songs are great. I myself enjoy watching that.
Dora in the otherhand is also a good show. My son gets to learn a lot of things when Dora goes her way in completing her tasks. I think it shows a lot of good moral even if it she talks at times in Spanish.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Sep 09
Children's television shows have changed a lot over the years. it's more than Sesame Street and Captain kangaroo! Shows are not only educational. They are also entertaining and fun for kids of all ages. When my 18 year old son was 2, his favorite program was Barney. He had everything Barney in his bedroom. My 13 year old daughter was more into Teletubbies. I do have to agree about language confusing children. When Sesame Street started added Spanish along with the English words, my children didn't know which word they were supposed to be learning. Educational programming for children has advanced so much since i was a kid. My favorite will always be Captain Kangaroo! I loved Dancing Bear! Do you remember this show?
