My children are in a French Immersion school, which means eighty-some-percent of the day they are taught in French. My own French is not exactly stellar. I mean I have the basic "I learned this in grade school because I am Canadian" level of French, which my kids, who are in 1st and 4th grade, are already surpassing. Yesterday I was doing the dishes with my seven year old, … [Read more...]
In What Order Should I Watch Dreamworks Dragons?
My girls have spent the past month watching, (and rewatching) the Netflix exclusive How to Train Your Dragon series, Dragons: Race to the Edge. There is a bit of a Dreamworks Dragons obsession in our household. My kids can't wait to see How to Train Your Dragon 3, which was just released on DVD on May 2st. With the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, now … [Read more...]
A Netflix Holiday Episode Guide, 39 Christmas or Holiday Season Themed Episodes from My Kids Fav TV Shows
My girls and I have been in a holly jolly mood, streaming Christmas shows on Netflix pretty much non-stop over the past few weeks. We are already nearing the end of the list which I'd created of holiday shows with French audio as an option. I was momentarily stumped as to what to watch next. But then it occurred to me that many of their favourite cartoons and kids shows … [Read more...]
20 Holiday Season Family Movies & Kid Shows to Watch in French on Netflix
Tis the season (to be streaming!). As I've mentioned before, my girls are attending a French immersion grade school and I've been trying to encourage them to watch French language cartoons and kids' shows at home. Sometimes they are excited to watch cartoons in French and sometimes they get frustrated with their inability to understand every word. The 5th grader, in … [Read more...]
How Do you Choose the Right Shows and Movies for Your Kids?
The Jungle Book is on Netflix right now. You know, the newer, live action, version? It's a big deal because I don't know if I should let my six year old see it or not. The nine year old's already seen it (and she can't decide if she ever wants to see it again or not). In her words it is "bloody and scary and would be far too scary for Gigi". Do any of you have kids in … [Read more...]
Giant Robots, Princesses and Aliens: Voltron Is For Girls
Spoiler Warning: I am going to talk about major plot points in the first season of Voltron: Legendary Defender. If you haven't seen it yet and you don't want to have the storyline spoiled for you don't read this. (Actually, if you haven't see it yet, you should just stop what you're doing and go watch it. Seriously. Right now. Go on. And then come back here and we can discuss … [Read more...]
TV, Then and Now — or Why The Death of the Saturday Morning Cartoon Might Actually Be a Good Thing…
So, this is the new big thing at our house -- pillow forts and Netflix on the Dell 2in1. Or more accurately pillow nests, where the kids strew as many pillows and cushions as they can find in a circle around themselves and snuggle down in their PJs, all lanky limbs and cuddles, in the big kids bed, or in a pile on the bedroom floor. They beg for this, as if it were the biggest … [Read more...]
Curing the Back to School Jitters
I have a little one who is nervous about heading to school. She's going into Kindergarten next month. Our countdown tells me it's 16 days away. Some days, when I'm ready to trade her to the neighbours for a decent cup of coffee, it feels like it can never come soon enough. Other days, I feel almost as nervous as she does at the idea of relinquishing my baby into someone else's … [Read more...]
Look in a Book, On Netflix — Six Literary Based Children’s Flicks to Enjoy with Your Kids
When I was a kid I loved to hunt down the books that went with the various animated specials I saw on television. I would carefully watch the credits, eagerly scanning for that all important line "based on the novel by" and then hunt for the book the next time I was at the library. Books gave you more. When you saw that amazing cartoon and you wanted desperately to be one of … [Read more...]
On Raising Pinocchio… #StreamTeam
I'm often stunned by just how different my two girls are. Going into this child number two business I thought, particularly since it was another girl, that I would be walking through all the same steps. Already been there. Easy. Ha. Not even close. Same parents, born just two years apart, raised in the same environment, yet they are night and day. Girl number one is quiet, … [Read more...]
Wild Kratts LIVE on Tour
Wild Kratts LIVE is coming to Windsor and I couldn't be more excited. Back before I was a mom, Hubby and I were living in this dinky little apartment with about four channels we could pick up on our rabbit ears style TV. We used to sit and watch Zoboomafoo. Frequently. I'd even say regularly. And yes, there were no kids in the house. We just liked it. It was a decent show (and … [Read more...]
Turbo FAST, new episodes exclusively on Netflix
Anyone else living with pint-sized Turbo FAST fans? My girls watched the Turbo movie shortly after it premiered on Netflix back in March and since then the spin off cartoon has been tops on their want to watch list. Warden Rudy Guana proves a worthy competitor for Turbo and his stunt team in DreamWorks Animation's Turbo FAST only on Netflix Turbo … [Read more...]
When March Break Goes Bust, It’s Netflix to the Rescue
To kick off March Break I made plans to take the family to Toronto, stay in a nice hotel and visit a couple of museums. Along with three dozen changes of clothes I made sure to pack the tablet, preloaded with Netflix. In my mind I envisioned the blog post I was going to write about how we enjoyed Netflix on the go; how I didn't have to worry about finding kid's programming on … [Read more...]
Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Jake’s Never Land Rescue {Review}
Last week the big kid had a cold. She stayed home sick from school, which was the perfect excuse for a Jake and the Never Land Pirates marathon. I knew my daughters liked this show but aside from a quarter of an episode that we watched together in a hotel room over the summer I had never seen it myself. The girls snuggled down, and I set up the TV fully planning to sneak off … [Read more...]
Babar: The Classic Series, Complete First Season, 2 DVD Set
My little ones love Babar and so do I. So I was pretty happy to have a chance to review the new Complete First Season 2 DVD set for the Classic TV Series. I'm talking about the classic animated series that first ran in the late 1980s. Only now it's been digitally restored and remastered for this DVD release. It's the first time the complete first season has been made available … [Read more...]