Any recommendation for Children DVD??

[Janelle]

:wave:

I am so sick of Barney :eek: . Could somebody recommend some children DVD pls? I bought teletubbies and sesame st. Hired Wiggle but my son just dont like them as much as Barney. He can finish watching the whole show for Barney, others just 10-20 mins.
Have been looking at Tweenies, could anyone give me a rating b4 i spend 20 dollar on it and ended up having it stored away somewhr. Cheers!

Janelle

[3boyzmum]

God I HATE Barney, he drives me nuts!

The Teewnies are good, my boys also liked Thomas the tank, Tractor Tom and The Wombles you can usually find the DVD's for less than $20 in some places.

Good Luck banishing the dreaded purple dinosaur.:D

[vanillabean]

Tractor Tom is a favourite in our house, as is Bob The Builder.

[juliek]

My dd (who's 1) loves Little Einsteins and so does my neice (who's 5) it's all based around classical music and art and even tho it sounds abit geeky it's really simple and fun for the kids. DD will watch 3 episodes back to back without getting off the couch. The DVDs can be a little hard to find, but I have seen quite a few on ebay.
You can find out more info about them here. (http://disney.go.com/littleeinsteins/swf/main.html) You can play their game on this site with ds and get an idea of wether or not he'd be interested.

[SnoozesWithCats]

How old's your kid? Dd1 has really loved Wallace and Gromit since she was 2.5 (or, as she calls them "Gromit and Gromit's Daddy" :laughing: ). Big advantage - I can watch them 500 times and not get sick of them too!

We also love VegieTales for a similar reason (I like 'em just as much as she does :D ) but whether that would work for you depends on your attitude to explicitly religious stuff

[Mumshmum]

New McDonald's Farm is fantastic. It is bright, good storylines and lots of fun. I love watching it too. The songs are great too. It is made in Australia too. Kmart is selling the DVD's for $13

[poshBecks]

Yes. Ds loves New McDonalds farm!! And Hi-5.... and Bob...... and The Wiggles :eek: :laughing:

[Janelle]

I forgot to mention he is 1 yr old and never stops til he drops and then he gets up again and then drops finally

[Mum2Bug]

DD owns all the Hi5 dvds and loves them. Then again she has always liked music. i do recommend them though

[our little treasures]

I think New mcdonalds farm as well as it is very bright and max and milly are made like barney in costume iykwim!!

[Elfin]

I just bought a Humphrey dvd from Big W and it only cost $8 and it has been a hit. Dora the Explorer is also popular around here. Playschool is good too, I guess you will just have to try a few and see what works. I swap dvds with my friend, so that is a good way to try before you buy.

[Chickadee]

Boombah has fascinated my DD from the time she was 4 months old. She's over 2.5 yrs now and just starting to lose interest. It's mindless for adults though.

I definitely recommend Playschool & the Little Einstein DVDs. "Where's Boo?" was another early one we bought, I don't think it's on ABC at the moment. It's based on a peek-a-boo game with a stuffed looking animated character, set in different environments (jungle, desert, caves, etc) with different animals & their characteristics, so there's some learning to it. She's also recently fallen in love with Maisie, we have her numbers DVD.

Editted to add: we also swap DVDs with other parents. Or you could check your local library (free loans!) or toy library (cheap borrowing!).

[3 bambinos]

My DS is 11 months and has a playschool DVD that he will sit through everytime. It's all music and he loves it. He actually chose it himself (took it off the shelf and handed it to his aunt to buy ;) ) He has others that he watches for a little while then stops but this one he loves.