deacon’s new fave show is ‘dinosaur train’ on pbs. i love it because it teaches him words like ‘triceratops’ and hearing him try to say that makes me smile.
i also love it because the main dino family is a multi-cultural (species?) family. description from pbs:
Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains. The series encourages basic scientific thinking and skills as the audience learns about life science, natural history and paleontology. Each of the 40 half-hour episodes features Buddy, an adorable preschool age Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family as they board the Dinosaur Train and embark on whimsical voyages through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans. The episodes include two 11-minute animated stories, along with brief live action segments hosted by renowned paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson, that unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history and paleontology.
my favorite part of the opening theme song is when buddy (the adopted t rex) asks ‘what am i doing in a pteranodon nest?’ and the mom says, ‘this is your family and i’m your mom. you may be different, but we’re all creatures. all dinosaurs have different features.’
i don’t want to make try and make this deeper than it really is, but i love that adoption is showing up in educational cartoons. i also love that this 30 posts in 30 days is making everyone blog like crazy. keep it up!
I stumbled across this cartoon last weekend. The T-Rex went back to find out where he came from. But of course still went home with his Pteranodon mom. I was impressed with the whole concept.
i haven’t seen that episode yet. i was just pleasantly surprised that someone thought to include an adoption story in a kids cartoon. pbs is always on the ball.
We’ve seen that episode (where Buddy finds out all about being a TRex) twice now and I cried both times. Come on, dinosaurs and trains = the way to my boy’s heart. Plus, Buddy’s family looks like ours. Well, except for that whole being a dinosaur part. We LOVE it! Yeah, both DS and I can sing the opening song. It’s helped him learn new big words and adoption is just normal on the show. I think we’ll be buying the series if it’s ever released.
Silas LOVES this show too!