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Review #5559 - Dated: 28th of March, 2012 Author: kymmage |
We were lucky enough to be picked to review Play School - Once Upon a Time. I, like many kiwi kids, grew up with Playschool. Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima, Humpty and Manu. Looking through the arched window, reading the time on the Hickory Dickory Clock. I absolutely adored this show when I was little and I was pretty excited to share this with my daughter
When I showed her the cover of the DVD she was absolutely not interested. She asked to watch anything else but Playschool. But she had never watched Playschool before. This meant that she had no point of reference on whether to be excited or not.
Despite her protests, I put the show on. The DVD has 5 episodes, covering Monday to Friday. She sat down and watched the first episode. I watched her more than the show, and she was absolutely glued to the whole thing. I asked if we should watch the next episode. She said no again, so I ignored her (lovingly) and put the next one on. Again, she was glued and participating! By the next episode there were no protests at all.
The show follows the same old format as my beloved Playschool. With the toys, story time, crafts, etc. Its just a bit more modern, with animations as well. The real life clips were really neat, and engaging too. By the end of it, my daughter had constructed a few puppets inspired by the DVD and had several story ideas for new art as well.
So despite the slow start on the interest front, this was actually a winner both for her and me. We'll definitely be watching this again and again.
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