Animation
BeddyByes
Disney’s ‘BeddyByes’ may help parents of little ones start the wind-down process before bedtime.
Meet Kip the wallaby, Lulu the panda, Bailey the elephant, Franny the cheetah and Tilly the bilingual baby tortoise. Five diaper-wearing, baby animal friends who have a love for each other and a passion for learning.
Word Party is an animated preschool show on Netflix from the Jim Henson Company, and it focuses on education. Each episode is roughly 15 minutes in length and encourages the audience, the “big kids,” to “teach” the characters.
And there’s plenty to learn for little viewers. Emotional awareness, kindness, imaginative thinking and problem-solving are all part of each episode.
And as kids dance and sing along to original songs with the characters, they’re also expanding their vocabulary both in English and in Mandarin.
March 2, 2021: “Blast Off!”
Tilly and her friends pretend to fly to space and learn some words in Mandarin.
A few animated friends get into a disagreement, but they learn that fighting is not kind.
Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).
Disney’s ‘BeddyByes’ may help parents of little ones start the wind-down process before bedtime.
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