Friday, March 13, 2015

Explore, rescue, protect!

The boys' new TV love is The Octonauts, a strange, fun little show about Star Trek-type characters living on an submarine and helping sea creatures.  At the end of every episode they have a "Creature Report" song and dance where they sing a little song about that day's sea animal, and show a real (not cartoon) video of it.  I have to say, I've actually learned quite a bit about the ocean from it!  The theme music is the boys' go-to song of choice whenever they're in the car - Xander starts singing, then Ari, then Connor claps.


Quasi the pirate cat, Captain Barnacles the polar bear, and Peso the medic.

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  1. I read the article you highlighted in this post and it is very very interesting. Children's fare is becoming more sophisticated as it strives to stimulate kids to think for themselves.

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    1. Absolutely. It's pretty educational. They don't like Sesame Street for some reason, so this stuff fills the gap.

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  2. i love this show. they don't like Sesame Street? Bummer. How about Mr. Rogers?

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    1. No for Xander. And it's hard to get Ari to watch anything that Xander doesn't like. I'm holding out hope for Connor.

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  3. Kaya loves this show too, it's cute!

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