Dvd/programs for Children

My daughter loves Super Why on PBS! Especially that Alpha Pig! I recommend that. It is on PBS at 9 AM. I don't really let her watch anything else. Sometimes she gets Clifford, and Curious George does a lot of math and sciences.

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Try Bear in the Big Blue House videos or Blues Clues all teach not only wonderful lessons on friendship, sharing, cleaning up, etc they also teach about numbers, colors & abc's. I know my grandson now 8 loved the programs. And so did I because they had good wholesome lessons. Thomas the Tank Engine another of my grandson's favorites reinforced lessons about friendship, sharing & getting along with others as well as some of the search and find, letters & colors in the games that are always included along with the trains he could play with.

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For DVD's I agree with the Leap Frogs. There is Talking Words, Letter Factory, and Match Circus. The Talking Words teaching more of the basics of spelling words. We also have Pooh ABC and Pooh 123. Both of those are good. We watch a lot of Disney. The morning programs teach various different things. Higgly Town Heroes teaches about different jobs and their importance. Handy Manny teaches them about helping and fixing things along with some Spanish. The Doodle Bops are music related with a nice message. In between the programs they have short shows where they learn different things. Choo Choo Soul has a song were you count to 12. Around noon they go to a movie. Then are the older kid shows. These are commercial free. The only commercials they do are Disney related, about a new movie, music videos, another show. My kids are 19mo, 3 1/2, and 5 and they love all the shows and DVD's.
Good luck!

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Hi there!
Well I would say Baby Einstein in the most popular, they have great DVDs for all sorts of learning topics. Also, the "SO Smart" DVD series is really good. In terms of television programs, I've found that Blue's Clues incorporates more learning than other Disney channel or Noggin shows I've seen. And lastly, my son learned his letters from the Leapfrog letters DVD. He knew sounds of letters before he was 2 and it was all because of that movie! Of course you sitting down with your child and reinforcing it is the best. :) Hope that was helpful. Good luck!

L. :)

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Muzzy...is a good one. It will teach your child a foreign language. When they are young it is easier to learn. You can get one from the library. I love to take my daughther there they also have a huge selection of those videos that you could tryout before you buy and save some unnecessary purchases. A lot of times those vidoes go unwatched. I know I have about 30-40 videos. She likes to go to the library she feels like she is buying something If you get them from the library you can always switch and try new ones!

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My children learned their ABC's with Letter Factory from Leap Frog DVDs. They also have Word Factory, Code Word Capers, and a Math DVD as well.

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PBS has a show on at 9am called Super Why. My kids love it! Playhouse Disney also offers some great educational shows that teach things like team work, critical thinking, etc.

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I think I just responded to one of your other posts... If you have Comcast... go to On Demand...then Kids...then Baby Boost (I think). Check out Eebie. He's awesome and does a TON of creative play ideas.

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Leapfrog has a couple of good videos/DVDs my kids loved - letter factory and word factory and there is also a math one. My second son, who started watching it when he was just shy of two was recognizing all the letters and knew what sounds they make w/in 4 months or so, with a couple times a week viewing it.

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Channel 11 PBS has Word World on at 11:30. It definitely is great for teaching letters, sounds and spelling. I highly recommend it. I am a former teacher and I think they make learning fun! Also check out Super Why and another one my kids like is called World Girl. I don't feel so guilty letting them watch tv when they are watching shows like this. Of course there is Seasame St. but my twins never seemed interested in it.
All the shows I mentioned are on PBS.

We have Comcast cable and I love the OnDemand channels that come with it. You can pick from a variety of shows WHENEVER you feel like it. (A great perk for going with this cable company!)

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