#children's programming

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#PBS Wishbone was a live-action children's television program on PBS that aired from 1995 to 1997. The series chronicled the exploits of a "little dog with a big imagination," a Jack Russell Terrier named Wishbone who daydreams about being the lead character of stories from classic literature. Among his many adventures, Wishbone imagined himself as the title character in Dickens' "Oliver Twist" (above).

PHOTO: Big Feats! Entertainment

[intothestacks]

While making filmed content for kids must be fun, nothing beats a live audience of Littles yelling at you that "The wolf! The wolf is behind you!" and lowering the wolf puppet while the other character looks behind them and goes "Where? I don't see a wolf." and the little kids are losing their goddamned minds.

And when the wolf pops up on the other side? Oh boy.

"HE'S RIGHT THEEEERE!!!"

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:Today’s magical girl of the night is: Lunatic Indigo from Rainbow Bubblegum!✧・ﾟ:

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Pinwheel opening credits. Firmly embedded into my brain since age 3.

[archivlibrarianist]

What I love the most about this story is that this remarkable little girl took her newfound love of reading and is sharing it with other kids.

From the article:

"Anna's experience at the library also has evolved into something more for Anna when she started reading to groups of children that visit the library.

"In August, Anna was the community spotlight of the Des Moines Public Library for making a difference others' lives when she reads to kids.

"Going to the library has helped Anna 'come out of her shell,' according to her mother.

"'I think she loves seeing other children smile,' Ramirez said. 'Just the sheer happiness of being able to say, "Oh, maybe there will be a group I can read to today. Maybe there'll be a baby that wants to hear me read."'

" '... She just finds so much encouragement being here.'"

[lesterpubliclibrary]

Butterfly Fly by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: Kya's checking out this week's Story Time To Go pack. Take the butterfly on a fluttery journey (practice color identification and positional words: Fly and land on top of/beside/behind a rock; Fly to a purple flower and flutter above it; Fly to an orange flower and rest under it...). Practice math by rolling a die, identifying the number rolled, and then flying your butterfly along a path of numbered flowers as you count aloud. Practice with patterns. Make a stained glass butterfly with wax paper and tissue paper. And lots more learning-based PLAY! Geared for children 0-6. Pick up starting Monday morning at the front desk or drive-thru while supplies last. Library card required if you wish to check out the books that accompany packs. Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

[onetruechromosome]

The new Who episode reminding me of those road safety ads from back in the day.

No, seriously. Anyone else remember this? The UK television channels for CHILDREN would air ads with dead kids at like 8am. Like, I'm trying to watch Spongebob and I'm being traumatised. Whoever made those belongs in an asylum. Fuck Think. Even on the radio, they were doing it.

[orderlysorrow]

Do you guys ever just, think about the background music in Children's cartoons?

Prime example

Gentle piano swelling with lovely violins paired with flute and accordion before resolving down with a piano.

[theminecraftbee]

anyway I love how every picture of joe hills next to a normal person makes him look more and more like a cartoon character. given that he’s in a room of people with cartoon character personalities and also cleo, a vtuber, this is really impressive,

[magma-bunny]

Gamera is really neat! He is made of turtle meat!

little kids love spooky mascots like bendy and Freddy but I notice they interpret the characters as totally benevolent basically and I think they deserve good quality media that plays into that, a horrifying but objectively heroic protagonist earnestly made for really young audiences. Yeah they got venom but that's still aimed at teens to adult nerds. I guess there's probably no media company right now with the guts to openly market a slavering fanged ghoul as a friendly children's hero but it is literally what they're clamoring for.

I dunno it just feels shiftier how all these newer mascot horror games are only kind of "implicitly" for kids, like they're still made with adult sensibilities and content kids might not be all that prepared to handle yet on the down-low they're hoping to get kids buying merch. Feels off. If you want the baby market then do it unironically and honestly.

[intothestacks]

An easy activity to plan/execute for Littles who believe in Santa

I covered for a coworker at last year's winter festival at our elementary school and the craft she had was genius.

What you'll need:

A bag of plain instant oatmeal (uncooked!)

A large bowl for the oatmeal

1 or more baking scoopers

Glitter of as many colours as you'd like

A ziplock bag

What to do:

Give each participatting kid a ziplock bag. They then scoop some oats and sprinkle glitter on it.

What did you just make?

Reindeer food! :D

You sprinkle it outside your house the night before Christmas so they have a tasty snack to eat while Santa delivers human goodies. (plus the glitter helps tell them where to land like an airplane runway). :)

I had a couple kids worry about whether it was safe for reindeer to eat glitter and my response was that this was special reindeer-safe glitter (we checked!). It's not safe for humans but for reindeer it's fine; kind of like dog biscuits.

They seemed to find my explanation pretty legit and solidly logical.

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Shining Red from Rainbow Bubblegum!✧・ﾟ:

[sohannabarberaesque]

On the other hand, can you think of such schtick that once was common on Saturday-morning fare (animated in particular), but has now fallen out of favour mainly because the Children's Television Act as much as changing social standards and the old "what about the children?!" panic?

[generalluxun]

Reblogging my own post again because I have more fun hooks to add.

So going with this Ballet Chloé actually gives a better way to address classism and privilege than we got, too. It even has the twisty-aha moments the show is fond of. Let me break down the layers, which could be episodes or slot into a b-plot of some episodes.l, in roughly sequential order.

1)André buys/intimidates Chloé's victories in competitions. Chloé actually *doesn't* know this. She's still an arrogant and bullying butt about things though. Marinette&co. Work to expose the cheating! Chloé is humiliated! She is forced to confront the trith

Get your haha moment.

2)Thing is she's *pissed* at her daddy over this. She insists she's good and could win/excell anyway! Of course no one will believe that. Teist- no she is good, and she does win her next competition, no cheating. Marinette is forced to face the fact that this horrible person can still actually be skilled at something. Learning moment!

3)Chloé is being mean to another dancer, grab Aurore for this? It would be a fun reuse for her character to have her come from dance too.(Common track for entertainers) Marinette and Co. come to Aurore's defense. They point out Chloé's demands and expectations are insane! Chloé has so many advantages! Not everyone has the money for the best equipment, private lessons, parents(or servants) who can chauffer them around to lessons, a nutritionist, and more. Sure Chloé works but she has so many advantages from the beginning that shouldn't be ignored. It's not about dragging her down, the good kids point out, it's about recognizing how your privileges have helped you and that others might not have them.

4)Via Audrey's introduction Marinette gets a bit of a glimpse into Chloé's life and- oh- sees how the ridiculous demands and Chloé's over the top behavior are just her *way of life*.

Kids rolled their eyes when Chloé brought out the gram scale to measure her portions. They smirked when she had an absolute meltdown over a new outfit not being ready for an exhibition. Her anger and demands arel legendary. But to her that 's just *life*. One parent who wants a shiny gold trophy daughter to reflect his own prestige as the 'Symbol of Paris' and the other who demands perfection just to get a moment's attention.

Marinette gets to see her nemesis break down over being .1KG overweight because it absolutely means her mother won't even meet with her on this visit. Marinette gets to appreciate her own privilege, parents who support and lover her unconditionally. A loving family environment that allowed her to grow at her own pace and in her own ways. She was watered regularly in fertile ground while Chloé was pruned and cut into a pleasing shape.

We see privilege comes in all forms.

5)???

None of this solves the issues between them. Understanding can help and there's plenty of directions to go with, but it isn't an instant fix. What we have done though is provide our child audience with several progressively more complex situations to teach and expand upon the themes. We've hopefully taught them to look deeper.

Isn't that what kids shows are for?

You know, Chloé honestly shouldn't be the way she is in the show, even with André and Audrey. Why?

Ballet.

Specifically the kind of extremely expensive top tier ballet she would be thrust into. As of Frightingale she had 8yrs of ballet. That's starting at 5-6, latest.

No high class ballet teacher will take anything from a 5-6yr old. No mayor will intimidate them. They will boot anyone they feel is slacking. Making it this long Chloé could be a bully, she could be vicious, she could be mean, but she *should* be driven, and disciplined. She should value physical precision and poise. Picking on Marinette for being clumsy flows perfectly from that, but only if we see her comparing herself favorably.

In the absence of a strong parental figure, that teacher should be an integral part of her life.

We got none of that though, because 'lol spoiled rich girl' and the story writing isn't as deliberate as they claim. The '8yrs of dance' was a throw away line made up for one episode without thought.

Going beyond her character, this helps explain a lot of the other ??? Moments and lose ends too.

[lesterpubliclibrary]

Time to Sleep by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: New Story Time To Go now available. Bear-y new 10-frame puzzles. A cute bear finger puppet to dance along to songs and chants. Wrap twine around cardboard and add googly eyes and a pom pom nose to make a bear ornament. Plus BOOKS. Remember; as you play, talk, sing, rhyme and read together, you are TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO READ! Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin