bry's-gal Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My eldest loves science and history shows. She is 6 so we do need to monitor content. What are some of your favorites? She is over Magic School Bus but I'm not sure what comes next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melenie Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I will be watching the thread for Science suggestions. For History DD loves Liberty's kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicalTwins Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 If you have the Wii streaming for Netflix you can stream Beakman's world also available in DVD. Reading Rainbow National Geographic Or just type in subjects in the search and see what it comes back with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yes, streaming is way cool! Nothing like instant gratification. Great for rainy days. :D Definitely Liberty's Kids and Beakman's World (both instant) There are also some BBC documentaries that are worth a watch...The Life of Animals and the Life of Birds. Also, do a search for PBS documentaries, there are quite a few good ones. The Riddles of the Sphinx is one my DS enjoyed. National Geographic has some great documentaries as well, we watched a good one on King Tut. (OK, we do have a bit of an Egypt thing going, but that is what we were recently studying in the SOTW :D) You may want to watch the documentaries ahead of time to make you feel more comfortable with your DD watching them. I haven't come across anything that I didn't feel was appropriate for my DS, but YMMV. A great one for art appreciation is Linnea in Monet's Garden. Have you read the book? Good stuff. I'll be watching this thread, always looking for things to add to the queue. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 There are a lot of good nature documentaries on Netflix streaming. Also, while it's of slightly dubious quality - Beakman's World for science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Jim Henson's The Storyteller (with Michael Gambon as the narrator ;) focuses on Greek Myths and is available through instant streaming. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Not instant streaming, but they have lots of titles in the Popular Mechanics for Kids series, which is really fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ummsamiyah Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 we have instant streaming and we love national geographic programs. I have found quite a few programs that include 3 and 4 part series with a variety of subjects. I give my kids 1-2 visual aids on net flix or as a dvd from the library. from the library (because i can't find it on netflix yet) is of course Bill Nye and The Way things work the latter have 13 minute programs. the net flix programs tend to be greater than 22 minutes so I use them when I need to rest. my 8 yo ends up falling asleep with some of them but if I pick the right ones at the right times he can stay awake for the whole 1 with discussion. D9 loves them a lot and will watch them on her own. hth :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 We LOVED this series. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Rough_Science/70027082?trkid=2361637 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prim*rose Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Have you tried the PBS House series? We love those, though they aren't available on streaming (but your library might have them, too). There's 1940's House, Colonial House, 1900 House, Frontier House & Manor House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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