{Live} Bedtime Stories
June 1, 2011 in All Posts, Laugh
This is my toddler’s brain:
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This is my toddler’s brain on TV:
Once upon a time there was a brother and a sister. They lived in a castle in a land that’s not so far away. One day they wanted to eat at a restaurant. But then they saw a dragon. He wanted to eat their graham crackers. So they said, “Swiper, no swiping!” But they weren’t scared. Ghosts are just pretend. Come on, Super Readers: to the rescue! How do you pretend to be a ghost? The first step is to be white. What else can we use? “Oh, Toodles!” What does the word “ghost” start with? The letter G. What sound does the letter G make? “Guh.” Hooray! We’re on our way to save the day! Let’s build a doghouse for the dragon and the ghost. But what if they don’t want to be rescued? Mission completion, Mateys.
-as told to me by Jane, 2.25 years old
Is too much television helping or harming her brain development?
That’s a whole ‘nother blog post. I just had to share this oddity of spontaneous storytelling with you.
Bonus points if you can name all of the children’s television programs referenced.
{Answer: Team Umizoomi; Bubble Guppies; Dora The Explorer; Go Diego Go; Super Why!; Elmo’s World; Sesame Street; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse; Special Agent Oso; Word World; Wonder Pets; Backyardigans; Little Einsteins; Jake and the Neverland Pirates}
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Sadly, I almost named all of them! I’m not a big enforcer of TV shows. I let my kids watch when they want. What’s funny is, they tend to rather play than watch TV, so the TV is only on maybe an hour a day (and they usually are playing and not really watching it) My kids would much rather be outside than watch TV anyway. It’s the video games that are a challenge. My son is a Mario fanatic lately. Sigh. (but I like to play too so…)
Funny, I noticed the same thing with my kids when they hit about 10 months. Before that they would stay put, I think mainly because they weren’t very mobile. Now they’d much rather go outside or run around the house and I wish they’d watch more!