I'm in the Treehouse is OK camp. Yes only in moderation and absolutely NO Max & Ruby.
My sons 3 favorite shows are Rolie Polie Olie, The Wonder Pets & Play with me Sesame.
Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award for "Best Animated Program" in 1999. The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 1999 and 2000. William Joyce (the show is based on his books) won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series. James Woods even leant his voice to the DVD "Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun".
The Wonder Pets develops vocabulary and the concept of teamwork in pre-schoolers. The main characters are three elementary school classroom pets — Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling. They are a trio of heroes who rescue baby animals as they demonstrate the benefits of teamwork. A good deal of the show is singing, a 10-member live orchestra performs each episode, sometimes including other instrumentalists skilled in music from the region to which the pets are traveling during the episode.
The only issue I have with The Wonder Pets is that Ming-Ming kinda speaks in "baby talk" besides that I let my son watch this no problem.
Play with me Seasame is a 20 min show that encourages children to get up and get active. It features Muppets from Sesame Street, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover & Prairie Dawn for the most part. No issues here.
As others have mentioned the channels has both good and bad programming. Overall it's a great tool but doesn't replace parenting.
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