The Backyardigans

Living outside the U.S. sometimes puts us way behind in discovering cool things like Tivo (still not sure exactly what this is but everyone seems to have it so it must be kind of cool). Other things like purple ketchup (come on, really? ketchup is supposed to be red) can remain undiscovered to us for as long as they want.

A new discovery to us, but perhaps not to the rest of the world, is the TV show Backyardigans. We don't actually have TV channels, but we have bought a bunch from iTunes lately. It's fueling Sojo's blossoming creativity, and the three of us truly love it. The 5 characters have a pretend adventure each show, which is set to music of a specific genre of music--anything from 1920's jazz to Nigerian pop to bluegrass. It's just so quality, and I am such a fan of shows that use rich language for kids. If kids are sponges, why not give them good stuff to soak up?

We now spend lots of time acting out the shows. Here she is as Captain Bubbles squirting bubbles on the giant robot .And as Pablo the Penguin, the newspaper reporter on the phone.And the tiny yellow flashlight is used as a telescope while searching for 'scurvy pirates'. Yea, we're not sure why the pirate is fishing either.