eriksmama2001

We just hooked up to cable after 3 years without. Ds (5) likes some
NickJr. shows: Bob the Builder, Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Blues
Clues, Thomas, Wiggles, Jay Jay, etc. And we are trying to figure
which other shows are not "mean or scary". Anyone have suggestions for
children's shows which are interesting, action oriented or activity
type shows that he might enjoy? He doesn't like movies with anyone
being sad or scared. He has no concept of guns at this point. But, we
desire to expand his world with exposure to shows that are
entertaining. We have been fascinated at the depth and breadth of his
awareness of life through the videos that he chooses.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Pat

Melissa

Cartoon Network, in the mornings has some really cute shows...our
favorite is Little Robots.

Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (9), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (5), Dan
(3), and Avari Rose

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On Aug 6, 2006, at 2:49 PM, eriksmama2001 wrote:

> We just hooked up to cable after 3 years without. Ds (5) likes some
> NickJr. shows: Bob the Builder, Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Blues
> Clues, Thomas, Wiggles, Jay Jay, etc. And we are trying to figure
> which other shows are not "mean or scary". Anyone have suggestions for
> children's shows which are interesting, action oriented or activity
> type shows that he might enjoy? He doesn't like movies with anyone
> being sad or scared. He has no concept of guns at this point. But, we
> desire to expand his world with exposure to shows that are
> entertaining. We have been fascinated at the depth and breadth of his
> awareness of life through the videos that he chooses.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Pat
>
>
>



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eriksmama2001

--- In [email protected], Melissa <autismhelp@...>
wrote:
>
> Cartoon Network, in the mornings has some really cute shows...our
> favorite is Little Robots.
>


Thanks for the specific recommendation. We'll record it. I don't know
if "Cartoon Network" is something separate that we need to buy or if
it is already included. I'll check about it.

Pat

eriksmama2001

--- In [email protected], Melissa <autismhelp@...>
wrote:
>
> Cartoon Network, in the mornings has some really cute shows...our
> favorite is Little Robots.


***Hey, I can't find "Little Robots". Is there another title?

Thanks, Pat

Michelle/Melbrigða

On 8/6/06, eriksmama2001 <scubamama@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone have suggestions for
> children's shows which are interesting, action oriented or activity
> type shows that he might enjoy? He doesn't like movies with anyone
> being sad or scared.


Do you have Noggin? We love Noggin here. During the daytime it is full of
all the really good children's shows that used to be on Nick and Disney, but
were cancelled due to "changing times" Sweet shows like Little Bear,
Allegra's Window, and Gulla Gulla Island. Also check to see what local PBS
station you have. My kids are older and have a more diversified viewing so
I don't know what the current shows are on PBS besides Sesame Street.

Does he like real life shows? What about cooking? My kids love watching
the Food Network and there are quite a few shows that they life such as
Unwrapped and How Things are Made (I think that is the title) that are on
various channels. They show how different foods and machines are cooked and
made. Quite fascinating. If he likes that sort of thing he may even like
Mythbusters. Really cool show that has lots of engineering and science all
wrapped up in a fun and funny show. Not that I think it warrants watching
because it has science, but I am always amazed at how much of it my kids are
picking up by watching an "entertaining" show.





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Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist


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eriksmama2001

--- In [email protected], "Michelle/Melbrigða"
<pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:

> Do you have Noggin?


***LOL I don't know. I'll have to find out. Thanks for the list of
shows. It seems like we might need Noggin too if we don't have it.
NickJr was ds's priorty, as best we could discern based upon video
preferences.



Pat

Jennifer Long

My daughter Courtney loves watching the Discovery channel! Anything on mummies and ancient Egypt, she'll love. My hubby likes that stuff too so they watch it together. She's really been interested in skeletons and bones and muscles (ick) but its cool. We just go to the library and see what we can dig up. :-)
Jen L.

Michelle/Melbrigða <pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
On 8/6/06, eriksmama2001 <scubamama@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone have suggestions for
> children's shows which are interesting, action oriented or activity
> type shows that he might enjoy? He doesn't like movies with anyone
> being sad or scared.

Do you have Noggin? We love Noggin here. During the daytime it is full of
all the really good children's shows that used to be on Nick and Disney, but
were cancelled due to "changing times" Sweet shows like Little Bear,
Allegra's Window, and Gulla Gulla Island. Also check to see what local PBS
station you have. My kids are older and have a more diversified viewing so
I don't know what the current shows are on PBS besides Sesame Street.

Does he like real life shows? What about cooking? My kids love watching
the Food Network and there are quite a few shows that they life such as
Unwrapped and How Things are Made (I think that is the title) that are on
various channels. They show how different foods and machines are cooked and
made. Quite fascinating. If he likes that sort of thing he may even like
Mythbusters. Really cool show that has lots of engineering and science all
wrapped up in a fun and funny show. Not that I think it warrants watching
because it has science, but I am always amazed at how much of it my kids are
picking up by watching an "entertaining" show.

--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist

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eriksmama2001

Michelle, I think ds would like "how things are made" but I couldn't
find anything by that title. Is it called something else?

Thanks, Pat


P.S. Thanks everyone for suggestions. I have a list of about 40
different shows to be recorded! Ds will be so excited to have them
available to view.

Brian & Alexandra Polikowsky

On Animal Planet my son loves The Most Extreme.
I love it too.
Some may be scary some not.
DS just turned four.


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Misty

Thanks for the start of this post. As I said before I decided to look
into TIVOing a few different shows for dd since she had lost interest
in Sesame Street and Dora for the time being. With her dog "fetish"
right now I decided to Tivo the two Clifford shows, "Clifford's Puppy
Days" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog". I once heard that the Puppy
Days seems to be better since the other deals a lot with schooly
issues for the owner, Emily Elisabeth and her friends. I was
pleasently surprised by today's episode in which Clifford and his
friends tried to solve the needs of their grumpy neighbor Mr.
Beakman. We watched them both, and I'd reccomend both of them based
on the episodes I saw.

Misty

[email protected]

My kids love Zooboomafoo on PBS. It is an animal show for young kids.

Have fun Tivo-ing!

Leslie in SC




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WitchyMama

My kids love Big Big World on PBS =)

We don't have cable, but find that in general pbs still has a lot of good
shows.


On 8/9/06, Leslie530@... <Leslie530@...> wrote:
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> My kids love Zooboomafoo on PBS. It is an animal show for young kids.
>
> Have fun Tivo-ing!
>
> Leslie in SC
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