It’s a quiet Friday morning here in the Dotzour home. Bryan made me coffee, and I’m finishing up my cup of latte while Andrew is watching a little PBS. We’ve had morning activities every day this week, so today we’re taking it slow. Andrew’s come up with the idea that on Fridays we’ll go to Bryan’s office and have lunch with him, so we’re going to start that tradition today.
Sylvia, who has no interest in the television, is bringing me dollies to put to “nigh nigh.” That’s great with me. Pediatricians recommend no television before age two.
Our favorite PBS shows are Sesame Street, Sid the Science Kid, and Super Why. Sid the Science Kid is a cute show about a kid who loves learning about how the world works. He makes lots of hypotheses and does experiments. Good stuff! Andrew loves Super Why…a show that helps teach kids things from letter recognition to reading easy words to rhyming to reading and spelling. It’s perfectly suited to Andrew’s current interest (obsession) with beginning reading. Although, come to think of it, we haven’t seen either of these shows most of the summer.
This morning we turned on the television set a bit before Sesame Street started, and we saw a new show called Dinosaur Train. It made me smile and laugh enough that I thought I’d share it with you. We’ve been watching (sigh) The Land Before Time VIII recently, and while there’s nothing wrong with it, I’m not really a fan. Dinosaur Train was particularly fun because it dealt with similar themes about friendship and life-lessons, but it was much nerdier and made me laugh.
The show follows a young T. rex who is best friends with a (not really a dino) Pteranodon and is being raised by her family. The two of them have silly adventures, and they talk a lot about what different dinos ate and what that meant about how they lived. Sort of paleontology for four-year-olds. One thing I thought was cool was that there’s a train that runs through several time tunnels from the Cretaceous to the Triassic and Jurassic periods. They take the train to the different periods to meet new dinosaurs and to learn about them.
Here’s an article on the show for those who are interested in finding out more.
Now, off to our Friday! Hope yours is a good one!
Nikki Haworthat 3:04pm on September 25th
We also enjoy an occasional PBS morning. 🙂 I like the concept of Sid the science kid, but why does everyone on the show have to be so nerdy?!
Althea Babler Dotzourat 3:20pm on September 25th
You're right, Nikki, Sid and his gang are all nerdy. But it hadn't occurred to me, because I think I feel comforted and "at home" amongst the nerds:)
Julie Buchanan Andersonat 4:34pm on September 25th
Grayson LOVES Dinosaur Train. There was just an article about it in our paper… that's how I found out about it. "Word World" has been replaced. =)
Kim Fisherat 7:46pm on September 25th
No more Word World..really?? I loved that show, loved music especially. bummer. Will have to ck our the Dinos. Sid is a big hit at our house too. Minna loves "ess-periments" :)PS–Althea, maybe a little playtime some Friday after Mins gets out of school? Its not always the prettiest time of day…but we could try, a park or something.
You're right, Nikki, Sid and his gang are all nerdy. But it hadn't occurred to me, because I think I feel comforted and "at home" amongst the nerds:)
No more Word World..really?? I loved that show, loved music especially. bummer. Will have to ck our the Dinos. Sid is a big hit at our house too. Minna loves "ess-periments" :)PS–Althea, maybe a little playtime some Friday after Mins gets out of school? Its not always the prettiest time of day…but we could try, a park or something.
We also enjoy an occasional PBS morning. 🙂 I like the concept of Sid the science kid, but why does everyone on the show have to be so nerdy?!
You're right, Nikki, Sid and his gang are all nerdy. But it hadn't occurred to me, because I think I feel comforted and "at home" amongst the nerds:)
Grayson LOVES Dinosaur Train. There was just an article about it in our paper… that's how I found out about it. "Word World" has been replaced. =)
No more Word World..really?? I loved that show, loved music especially. bummer. Will have to ck our the Dinos. Sid is a big hit at our house too. Minna loves "ess-periments" :)PS–Althea, maybe a little playtime some Friday after Mins gets out of school? Its not always the prettiest time of day…but we could try, a park or something.
We also enjoy an occasional PBS morning. 🙂 I like the concept of Sid the science kid, but why does everyone on the show have to be so nerdy?!
You’re right, Nikki, Sid and his gang are all nerdy. But it hadn’t occurred to me, because I think I feel comforted and “at home” amongst the nerds:)
Grayson LOVES Dinosaur Train. There was just an article about it in our paper… that’s how I found out about it. “Word World” has been replaced. =)
No more Word World..really?? I loved that show, loved music especially. bummer. Will have to ck our the Dinos. Sid is a big hit at our house too. Minna loves “ess-periments” 🙂
PS–Althea, maybe a little playtime some Friday after Mins gets out of school? Its not always the prettiest time of day…but we could try, a park or something.