Kjirstyn Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 It's hard to describe what I'm looking for, but that also makes it hard to google for ideas! My two boys LOVE Blippi on youtube, which is a channel of practical education-- tractors, machines, working vehicles, etc. I really like how it's presented-- no cartoons, not really talking "down" to the kids but teaching them real life knowledge that isn't academic, since that's pretty easy to find. We've long since worked through all of Blippi's videos and I'm on a somewhat futile search to track down other similar resources. All I'm finding is animated machines, or counting tractors, that sort of thing. Bob the Builder is not a hit around here, for example. :-D I would love to find some videos on, say, construction (building something, not just construction vehicles) or working on a machine that needs fixed, or things of that ilk. I don't know how to describe it! It doesn't even have to be for children, but I assume that adult stuff wouldn't quite trip a kid's trigger even if topic matter did. Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) My kids liked This Old House clips on YouTube. They went through many of the Lowe's how-to videos at one point when we were replacing some drywall. The only concern with those is the ads before/on them, but I'm sure there's ways to block them. I know there's some Popular Mechanics for Kids videos too, but I don't think we've actually used them. The library has those on DVD. ETA: Oh! They also like Mark Rober's videos of things like the Worlds Largest Nerf Gun and the Snowball Machine Gun (depending on how comfortable you are with stuff like that). He breaks down the mechanics of how they work. Edited January 14, 2018 by BarbecueMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 It's not building, but they may love the Dirty Jobs show. Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Veratasium on YouTube isn’t exactly what you are looking for but my kids love it. It explains science concepts and is quite well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Not sure if this is their style and it isn't educational as far as teaching them how to do something, but my boys are all about How It's Made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 My son loves This Old House and shows like it. He also googles youtube for shows like Roadkill (cars). Both my kids also liked the Popular Mechanics for Kids video series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjirstyn Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Thank you all very much! I've been looking into some of these and I think we'll be in good shape for awhile now. :-D (I think there's a good chance some of these will be more relevant in a couple years, but I actually think How It's Made will be a pretty good match even as young as they are.) Edited January 20, 2018 by Kjirstyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Mighty Machines! My youngest (10) just rediscovered it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 might not be exactly what you're looking for, but modern marvels. it was dudeling's favorite for a long time. even the adults enjoy it because it's fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 How it’s made, modern marvels, dirty jobs, impossible engineering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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