Melissa in Australia Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I asked this question earlier in the year or something very like it and got some great suggestions. I have tried searching back through my old threads but cannot work out how on this new forum. Sorry about having such a similar thread twice in one year ? I am after some cartoon documentary recommendations. for my twins. We cannot watch anything silly as they have many developmental problems and one of them is ACTING OUT IN CLOSE DETAIL ANYTHING SILLY THEY SEE. What we have watched and loved and watched a gazillion times is The Magic School bus. we have since watched the Octonauts, and Dinosaur train. They don't seem to be able to sit and focus on an actual documentary yet - though I am hopeful they will be able to do this in the immediate future. Is there anything along similar lines that anyone can recommend? All suggestions will be very gratefully accepted amazing what information they can recite from watching these cartoon documentaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Dora the explorer? My kids used to make me sound like an amazing homeschool mum thanks to octonaut? Do you have the ABC iview app? My 6 yo kid loves a show on abc called bug technology at the moment. It’s not cartoonish but pretty educational. Otherwise it’s on abc me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Pipo's Animated History, maybe. Art Classic Stories is another one on my Amazon Prime watchlist. You also might look for some of the PBS shows: Wild Kratts Sid The Science Kid (not animated, but Muppetry) The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That (a little bit of silliness) The Dr. Binocs Show 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The Eureka science videos are great - eureka sicneec videos You'd have to check for silliness levels... I don't think they are any sillier than Magic Schoolbus, probably less so. Schoolhouse Rock is another great older series, but again, I'm not sure exactly what type of silliness you want to avoid, so you'd have to check. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 PBS Kids app and pbskids.org have most of these type of shows. That is one app I keep on my phone for the kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Now You Know About Artists, Explorers and Scientists The Way Things Work How'd They Build That - not a cartoon Bob the Builder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withgrace Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I 2nd adventures from the book of Virtues. Also, the adventure of young Marco Polo was really well done and inadvertently educational. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Mythic Warriors videos on YouTube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebridge Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 We haven’t seen it yet, but Liberty’s Kids is on our watch list. It is an animated show about US historical figures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 What about some wildlife stuff that isn't full length documentary? Like Rock the Park, Ocean Mysteries, Sea Rescues, Secrets of the Zoo, Dogs with Jobs, etc? There are also the 72 cutest animals or whatever it is, and another one with deadliest animals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABmom Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 We have recently discovered TedEd videos on YouTube. They are amazing! There are hundreds on many topics, we've watched mostly history and science. They are animated, but not silly at all. They are only 5-10 minutes or so. They are entertaining enough for younger kids, but informative enough for olders too. I often learn things from them! Just search TedEd and add animals, science, history, human body, etc. You'll come up with tons of stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 thanks for all the great suggestions. will keep us busy for a while ? While looking up some of these great suggestions we stumbled across Animal Atlas. one of the twins loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 You might want to look at Brainpop Jr, too. They’re super-short, though. They also may be Northern hemisphere focused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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