TV shows for 5/6 YO

74dragonfly

What are some recommendations for good TV shows for almost 6 YO? DD gets an hour of TV a day. and truthfully I do not watch with her. I use TV to occupy her while I put the baby to bed or make dinner. So I need the show to be good quality. She seems to have outgrown jake and the neverland Pirates, octonauts. Are there good PBS shows for her age range? She loves animals so any animal shows would be a hit. she recently watched pound puppies on netflix. we have Amazon prime and Netflix. 

TIA for any ideas!

neverblushed

PBS shows my kids liked at that age:  Arthur, Cyberchase

Awesome nature videos in our video library:  The Kratt Brothers: Be The Creature, Planet Earth, Prehistoric Planet

Spin313

DS is 6.5 and likes Wild Kratts on PBS and Bearenstein Bears on Sprout.

aglenn

DD is into Peppa Pig lately; I have no idea why and I think that show is weird, but whatever.  She also likes the Sprout Good Night show which cycles through some different shorts of Berenstein Bears, Thomas, Caillou (ugh) and others.  And she still likes Sesame Street, too.

CareBear0607

DD likes Magic School Bus and Wild Kratts--both on Netflix.

skategirl128

I second walking with dinosaurs! DS loves it! We also watch Arthur, Magic School Bus, Wild Kratts and believe it or not DS loves Chopped on food network.

neverblushed

Prehistoric Planet is the video from the Walking With Dinosaurs show re-done for kids.  The footage is a little less graphic and the info is kid-friendly.  Ben Stiller narrates it, and he's pretty funny.

groovygrl

Another vote for Wild Kratts. My kids also really like Justin Time on Netflix.

2-Step

My DS loves Wild Kratts and How it's Made.

ss+el

skategirl128 said:

I second walking with dinosaurs! DS loves it! We also watch Arthur, Magic School Bus, Wild Kratts and believe it or not DS loves Chopped on food network.

Mine also loves Chopped! He gets so upset when the women get chopped. lol
He's turning into a pint-sized food encyclopedia. Now, if only he'd eat any of it.

For kids shows, he likes Magic Schoolbus and the Lego Friends show on Netflix, though it apparently only has three episodes.

Meeshe

My just turned 7 year-old loves the PBS afternoon line-up:  Martha Speaks, Wild Kratts, and Arthur (particularly Arthur).

Aimathy

My daughter loves Reading Rainbow, Wild Kratts, Cyberchase, Word Girl, Arthur and the Berenstein Bears.

MooByrd

We got rid of cable and since then my DS (6) isn't super into what's on TV, but when he does watch TV he likes Wild Kratts, Martha Speaks, and Peg + Cat on PBS

NicoleWI

OMG< the cooking show thing is so funny! My kids LOVE "Pioneer Woman." They like the combo of cooking plus farm animals plus kids.

Dimplz

My DS at that age loved Wild Kratts, Martha Speaks and a couple of shows that no longer come on (The Upside Down Show and Pocoyo).