This doesn’t totally fit your requirements (it doesn’t teach the alphabet or numbers), but we really really like Puffin Rock on Netflix for our 2 and 4 year old. It’s gentle/calming, no flashing colors, and they’ve learned a lot about the natural world by watching it.

Anonymous wrote:Number Blocks. I also really liked Mr Rogers for my toddler/preschool kid. There are tours of cool real places like a suitcase factory, bowling ball plant, the zoo. And Mr Rogers spends time talking to the viewer and to people in his neighborhood. It’s a calm, real world show for children. We tried an episode of shows like Sesame Street and Pororo and they were way too fast, loud, and full of obnoxious behavior.

OP here. Sounds like we’re coming from the same place! My son is about to turn 2 and he enjoys Mr. Rogers—it’s cute to watch how enthralled he is when he watches. He LOVES the Eric Carle episode. Just as you said, it’s a very calm show. I’m trying to find more shows like it because my wife and I sometimes worry other programs are too stimulating with the constant colors, singing/music, etc. Something about the background piano music, his soothing voice, seems to appeal to my son and he’ll sit there pointing things out while he watches Fred…

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Anonymous wrote:Cocomelon

Cocomelon is the equivalent of invoking Beetlejuice.

LOL

Stay away from tv shows and teach them these things yourself

Peg+Cat

Anonymous wrote:Cocomelon

Cocomelon is the equivalent of invoking Beetlejuice.

Number Blocks. I also really liked Mr Rogers for my toddler/preschool kid. There are tours of cool real places like a suitcase factory, bowling ball plant, the zoo. And Mr Rogers spends time talking to the viewer and to people in his neighborhood. It’s a calm, real world show for children. We tried an episode of shows like Sesame Street and Pororo and they were way too fast, loud, and full of obnoxious behavior.

Cocomelon

Team Umizoomi is all about early math skills.

The Singing Walrus has lots of good counting and letter songs. Little Baby Bum has very calm, soothing songs for colors, shapes and the like also.

If your child is 2 he’s at a good age to start a learning app (if that interests you). We love Endless Alphabet.

Numberblocks and Alphablocks (from BBC and on Netflix)

Our kids also love all the PBS Kids TV shows, but especially Super Why, Word World and the Wild Kratts.

All of them? Seriously, numbers colors and shapes are a huge part of preschool tv programming.

I like the twirlywoos from the UK. It’s vaguely Wes Anderson for the preschool set. Each episode examines an opposite concept like empty/full, up/down.

Under no circumstance show your kid booba. He may look like an innocent adorable troll but he will encourage the worst behavior in your child. Booba for preschoolers is like Tik Tok challenges for teens.

Blippi.

The Letter Factory.

So other than Sesame Street, what are some programs kidsxan watch where they are exposed to basics like letters, numbers, and counting?