Feeding animals

Bing and his friend Sula go with Flop to the park pond to feed the ducks. Sula shows Bing how to stand 'statue still' and stay quiet so the ducks come close, while Bing keeps scaring them off by being loud. A big goose suddenly arrives and gobbles all the food, startling Bing before flying off. By the end Bing tries again, manages to stay calm and quiet, and a single duck comes right up to him.

S01 E07

Bing

Frog

Bing and his friend Sula find a frog in the garden while helping Flop water the plants, and decide to make it a home in a bucket. They bring the frog grapes, lettuce, milk, a bed and a blanket, but it will not settle and hops away. With Flop's help, Bing works out that the frog has gone back to its own dark, wet, slimy pipe because frogs like different things than he does. The episode ends with Bing recapping what he learned and the familiar 'it's a Bing thing' tag.

Miffy and Friends

Miffy Meets Snuffy

Miffy hears a strange scratching at her front door and finds a friendly brown dog waiting outside. She names him Snuffy, gives him cold water in the kitchen and takes him out into the garden, where he shows that he can sit, beg and roll over. Snuffy then runs to the kitchen window and barks until Miffy realises she has forgotten to turn off the tap and quickly closes it. The episode ends with Miffy thanking Snuffy with a biscuit and inviting him to come back any time, followed by an end card with subscribe and next-video prompts.

S01 E01

Bea's Block

Lexi's Parrot

Bea, called Bee, leads a group of friends known as the Kindness Club in a colourful block neighbourhood. When their friend Lexi brings her new pet parrot, Mr. Talkie, the bird refuses to answer her, which leaves Lexi sad. The friends try feeding him and finding him a bird companion before discovering, in Bea's family kitchen, that Mr. Talkie only speaks Spanish. Bea teaches Lexi the phrase 'Te quiero, mi amigo' (I love you, my friend), Lexi can finally talk to her parrot, and the group shares quesadillas made by Bea's dad.

Tractor Ted

Moovie Time

Tractor Ted, an animated tractor, narrates a visit to a real working farm where Farmer Tom, his helper Les and Midge the dog look after a herd of cows. Across the day they make the cows' food with a loader and feed wagon, spread fresh straw for a cozy barn, walk the cows in from the muddy fields, and feed them. Children help with the straw and the narrator counts the cows with the viewer. The episode ends with the cows settled in the barn and Farmer Tom heading home as Tractor Ted says goodbye.

S01 E01

Tractor Ted

Munchy Crunchy

An animated green tractor called Tractor Ted and a gentle narrator introduce Farmer Tom, Midge the dog and a real working farm. The episode follows how carrots are grown and harvested: children pull carrots for their supper, machines chop the tops and dig the carrots up, and a factory washes, sorts and bags them ready for the shop. Along the way a farm worker named Les loses his tractor keys until a dog finds them. It closes at the end of the day with Farmer Tom back at the farmhouse.

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For 3-year-olds

Three-year-olds start to notice that animals have needs of their own, separate from theirs. Feeding becomes a small job with a beginning and an end: get the food, carry it over, wait while the animal eats. Look for shows where a child or character does the feeding themselves, with an adult nearby but not taking over. Gentle handling matters more than facts at this stage, and seeing an animal that is calm around people teaches your child how to move around one.

S01 E08

Jessica's Big Little World

Spike the Hedgehog

Jessica agrees to look after Spike the hedgehog while her friend Stanley and Lulu fly to the Philippines to visit family. With help from her mom and Small Uncle, she learns to feed him, clean his cage, and handle him gently, discovering that banana slices coax the shy pet out. When Spike escapes and hides under the bed, Jessica recalls Stanley's advice and lures him back safely. Stanley returns to a happy, settled hedgehog and thanks Jessica for the great job.

Sarah and Duck

Sarah, Duck and the Penguins

Sarah and Duck sit at a computer looking for something to do, and Duck picks penguins. Sarah dresses Duck in a wetsuit, puts on a zookeeper outfit, and the two of them visit a zoo to meet real penguins. Duck tries to mingle, swim, and eat like a penguin but discovers he cannot quite manage it. The episode closes with Duck accepting that being a duck is fine and the pair calmly watching the sea cows.

S15 E02

Curious George

Seesaw Saturday

On a sunny farm, George the monkey finds a mysterious red object and spends the episode trying to work out what it is and how it can help him pick apples. He tests it as a basket holder and a ramp, enlists chickens and goats, and teams up with a red-haired girl named Ali, who realises the heavier side goes down. Along the way chickens keep escaping over the fence and pigs keep eating the picked apples. In the end the farmer reveals it is a goat seesaw, and George has already figured out how to use it to gather apples.

S01 E06

Lovely Little Farm

Photo

On a countryside farm, sisters Jill and Jackie prepare their animals for a special farm family photo before baby Josh falls asleep. Jill works through one small hitch after another, leading wandering goats with carrots, cleaning dusty chickens and making the pony Pickle a straw bow so she feels included. The whole household, animals and all, finally gathers for the picture, and the family tells Jill she brought everyone together. The episode closes with a gentle goodbye as two sheep leave for the fields and grandfather Jamma announces he is moving in.

S01 E01

Izzy's Koala World

Rosie's Rescue

Izzy lives on Magnetic Island in Australia with her family, who rescue and care for koalas. When a neighbour brings in a lost, dehydrated koala, Izzy and her wildlife doctor mum check her over, name her Rosie, and let her share resident koala Leia's enclosure for the night. Izzy then scouts three places on the island and tests leaf samples to find where Rosie will thrive. Rosie picks the leaf from near Izzy's school, so the family releases her there, and the episode closes with a goodbye and a safety message about hurt animals.

S01 E15

Peppa Pig

Picnic

Peppa, George and their parents pack a basket and drive to a field for a picnic on a sunny day. They eat together, feed leftover bread to a family of ducks, and Daddy Pig ends up running across the field to escape a wasp. Peppa reminds everyone to save the promised cake for the ducks before they head home. The episode closes with the family waving goodbye to the ducks.

S01 E06

Izzy's Koala World

Twinkle's Rescue

Izzy and her mum, a vet, rescue a young koala that has been separated from her mother and stung around the eyes by green ants. They bring her home, treat her with eye cream, and coax her to eat leaves and drink milk, then name her Twinkle. Izzy decorates an enclosure with bark and eucalyptus and introduces Twinkle to another rescued koala, Chompy, who welcomes her. The episode closes with Izzy reminding viewers to tell an adult if they find a sick or injured animal.

S01 E07

Izzy's Koala World

Leia's Ready for Release

In a sunny Australian koala sanctuary, a girl named Izzy and her mum, a vet, weigh their koalas to see how they are growing. The focus falls on Leia, a koala Izzy has raised for over a year, who has now reached the weight to be released. Izzy sets two tests, choosing the juiciest leaf and climbing ropes to prove her strength, and uses night trail cameras to confirm Leia can climb. Leia passes, and Izzy, though sad to say goodbye, decides her best friend is ready to go home.

Izzy's Koala World

Leia Has a Cold

A young girl named Izzy lives with her family on an Australian island, where her mum works as a koala-rescuing vet. When Izzy's koala Leia starts sneezing and sniffling, they take a boat to the clinic for a check-up and a blood test. The results show only allergies, and Leia returns home to rest and eat fresh eucalyptus leaves. The episode closes with Izzy reminding children not to approach sick animals but to tell an adult.

Izzy's Koala World

Baby Champy

Izzy is a girl who helps care for koalas with her family at a koala hospital on an Australian island. When a new orphaned baby koala named Chompy arrives and refuses to drink the milk he needs to grow strong, Izzy goes into the bush to watch wild mother koalas and learn how to be a foster mum. She keeps Chompy close so he can hear her heartbeat, builds his trust, and he finally drinks his milk. The episode closes with Izzy reminding children not to approach a sick or injured animal but to tell an adult and ask them to call a trained professional.

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For 4-year-olds

By four, children want to know why. Why does this animal eat grass and that one eats fish, and what happens if you give it the wrong thing. Feeding turns into a question of matching food to creature, and children this age enjoy getting it right. Look for shows that explain the reason behind the choice, show animals with real appetites and preferences, and let a mistake be corrected calmly rather than laughed at. Small responsibilities carried through to the end land well now.

S01 E06

Doug Unplugs

Bot on the Farm

Doug, a robot child, and his friend Emma visit Doug's grandmothers' farm, sure they already know everything about farming from a book and from plugging in. They set out to collect blueberries, apples and milk for a celebration pie, but each task goes wrong until the grandparents show them the tricks that only come from experience. The children learn that some things are learned only by doing, and everyone shares the finished apple blueberry pie. It closes with Doug adding what he learned to a new farming book, leaving blank pages for more.

S01 E12

Mira, Royal Detective

The Marble Egg Mystery

Mira, a royal detective in the Indian town of Jalpur, helps Prince Neil find a marble egg gift that vanished before an important royal lunch. With her mongoose friends Miku and Chiku, she gathers clues, tests how the egg could have rolled down a hill, and traces it to Dimple, who mistook it for a chicken's egg. After coaxing a protective rooster away with a sweet, they recover the egg. The gift is presented to Princess Shivani at the lunch and Neil earns his family's praise.

S03 E03

Team Umizoomi

Job Well Done!

recommended age co-watching from 4

Team Umizoomi, made up of Milli, Geo and the robot Bot, help their live-action friend David earn 52 Umi Dollars to buy a red racer bike. After starting with chores at David's house, the tiny team splits up to take jobs across Umi City, driving a taxi, making pattern sandwiches, and delivering newspapers, counting money at every step. A final job feeding lions at the zoo pushes the total to exactly 52. David buys the bike, rides it, and the team celebrates with a song.

Lovely Little Farm

Babies

On their countryside farm, sisters Jill and Jackie welcome a newborn lamb and their new baby brother. Jackie sets out to prove she is a big sister by finding the perfect name, testing many silly ideas before she and Jill agree on Joshy. Along the way they feed the ewe Barbara, mind a duckling left to watch a golden egg and plan to plant sweetcorn. The episode closes with the golden egg rolling out of sight and the animals setting off to find it.

S01 E07

T.O.T.S

Nursery Schooling

recommended age co-watching from 4

When Casey the koala catches a cold and has to rest, junior flyers Pip the penguin and Freddy the flamingo are put in charge of the T.O.T.S. baby nursery for the day. They struggle to feed, bathe, and nap the uncooperative baby animals, causing a food fight and a failed lullaby along the way. Freddy realizes the babies will happily join in if every chore is turned into a game, and together the birds get all the tots ready for delivery. Casey returns feeling better and finds each baby fed, clean, and settled.

Tractor Tom

Apple Squash

On Spring Hill Farm one autumn morning, the combine harvester Wheezy is bored with no work, Farmer Fi's cat won't eat, and the orchard has more apples than the market can sell. Tractor Tom discovers that Wheezy has accidentally squashed some apples into juice while napping. With Matt's help, Tom turns Wheezy into an apple juice making machine. This uses up the surplus apples, gives Wheezy a job again, and the cat finally drinks the apple juice.

Lovely Little Farm

Sisters

Two sisters, Jill and Jackie, wake up to the news that their new baby brother has been born. Across a day on their family farm they meet him, learn to hold him gently, and help pick vegetables for soup and care for the animals. Jackie, eager to give the first hug, practises waiting by looking after a golden egg, while a little duck proves how helpful it can be. The episode closes with the sisters tending a sheep that is about to have her lamb.

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For 5-year-olds

Five-year-olds can hold a bigger picture: food comes from somewhere, animals live in places with their own rules, and not every animal is ours to feed. This is the age where the difference between a farm animal waiting at the fence and a wild animal that should find its own food starts to make sense. Look for shows that carry that respect without lecturing, connect feeding to seasons, work or habitat, and let a child ask a question and follow it to a real answer.

S03 E08

Molly of Denali

Puppy Sitting

Trini agrees to look after Tooey's puppy Key while Tooey's family travels to Japan for a wedding, working from a training checklist Tooey made. At first she spoils Key with cheese and pizza crust and skips his runs, then realises her mistake and trains him hard for several days to get back on track. When Tooey returns, Key responds to his commands and Trini has even taught her own puppy Four Spots a new trick. The episode ends with a live-action visit to the tundra near Nome, where Molly and local children learn about musk ox and their qiviut fur.

S01 E04

Stillwater

Downward Dog

Michael spends the weekend pet-sitting the neighbour's dog, Yuko, with big plans to become her best friend. When Yuko prefers playing with his younger brother Carl, Michael feels left out, until the panda neighbour Stillwater shares a story about Dario, a mouse who learns the joy of giving. Michael realises that keeping Yuko safe and happy, and sharing the fun with Carl, is what good pet-sitting is about. The episode closes with the whole group heading out for a walk together.

S01 E09

Dora and Friends: Into the City!

Mystery of the Magic Horses

recommended age co-watching from 4

Dora and her friends volunteer at Rancho Urbano, a city farm where children come to meet animals, and meet Dulce, the only horse on the farm. When Dulce's charm necklace starts glowing, Dora follows her onto a raft that drifts through an enchanted mist to an island where six horses have been hidden since horse bandits tried to steal them. Dora, Naya and Marco outrun the bandits, navigate a cave, free Dulce from seaweed and get every horse onto the raft. The horses are returned to Farmer Ana Maria, and now there are enough for all the children waiting to ride.

S01 E05

Dino Ranch

Jane's Perfect Present

On a prehistoric western ranch, the Cassidy children build a shiny gemstone mobile as a surprise birthday gift for their mother, Ma. They hunt for the perfect gemstone with help from Teddy the pterodactyl, but a wild pterodactyl snatches the finished gift and flies off, and their rescue attempts fail. At the party the kids admit they lost the present and apologize, and Ma hugs them and explains that spending time together was all she ever wanted. The episode ends with the family singing and dancing at her birthday celebration.

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