Dancing

Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda are eager to play Game Show Gator's new game, but the Penguin Referee keeps telling them it is not ready yet. To make the wait fun, Donkey Hodie invents a game called Acorn Ball, tossing acorns into a bucket, and the friends keep adding new rules like an excited dance, a Stinky Cheese Rock sniff, and a yodel. By the time the new game is finally ready, everyone is enjoying Acorn Ball so much that Game Show Gator joins in too.

S01 E25

Guess How Much I Love You

The Scents of Spring

Little Nutbrown Hare wakes on the first morning of spring and notices a special new smell in the meadow. He sets out with Little Field Mouse to find its source, smelling hyacinths, bluebells and orange blossom, and exploring the woods and creek, but nothing is quite right. That night he goes to bed disappointed, comforted by Big Nutbrown Hare. The next morning he realises the special smell is all the scents of springtime rolled into one, and the two hares end with their 'Guess how much I love you' exchange.

S01 E10

Bing

Musical Statues

At an indoor play group it is Bing's turn to choose, and he picks musical statues. With Flop working the music, Bing, Sula, Pando, Coco and baby Charlie dance and then freeze each time the music stops, dropping out one by one when they wobble. Pando is the last statue standing, and Bing is disappointed that he did not win the game he chose, so he stops playing. He soon decides to rejoin because it is more fun with everyone, and the group settles in to play again.

Get Rolling with Otis

Rusty's Chance to Dance

Two tractors, helpful young Otis and older, stiffer Rusty, decide to hold a harvest moon dance on their farm. They clear a cluttered hayfield, and when the radio breaks they gather friends to make instruments from a bucket, a jug and a washboard. Rusty grows sad when he is too creaky for his old jump-and-spin dance, so Otis helps him invent a slower wiggle dance called 'The Rusty.' The episode ends with the whole farm dancing together.

In the Night Garden

Makka Pakka's Trumpet

In a softly lit live-action garden, Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and the smaller families (Pontipines, Tombliboos) move through their evening together. Makka Pakka's small trumpet starts to make a funny noise; Upsy Daisy dances to comfort him, and the friends discover that a stone has lodged inside it. Once the stone is removed the trumpet sounds right again, and Makka Pakka offers the stone to Upsy Daisy as a present. The narrator closes the episode with a 'once upon a time in the night garden' recap that retells the small story before bedtime.

S01 E03

Numberblocks

Two

Two arrives in the grassy Numberblocks world after One has been puzzling over a single sock and a single shoe. Two reveals a pair of dancing shoes and sings 'Everything is better with two', showing One that pairs of socks, shoes, friends, swings, bikes, and even wings work better together. The pair dance, eat, play soccer, swing, and fly through a series of song verses. The episode closes quietly with the two calling each other 'best friend' before the credits.

S01 E01

Lu & The Bally Bunch

Fruit Caboose

Lu, a gentle caterpillar, invites a group of small bug friends to build together with blocks before heading to the fruit caboose for a snack. When Dean takes a bite of the pear Lou wanted, the two argue, and Lu helps them name their feelings and agree to cut the pear so both get a fair share. The friends then share an orange and finish with a group wiggle-and-flap dance. The episode closes on the credits.

Silly Sundays

Make a Wish

Three siblings, Sonia, Ugo and Mel, find a golden lamp and try to summon a genie, then discover they can make wishes by blowing dandelion seeds in their seaside garden. They chant rhymes, retry when wishes go wrong, and briefly blame each other when the dandelions run out. Granny gathers them and shares that a wish can be made on anything, and that they can help wishes along through their own actions. The episode closes with the children wishing to make each other laugh and a short music-and-dance segment.

Lu & The Bally Bunch

Tower Tower Wow

Lu the ladybird heads to Shell School, where she and her friends set out to build the tallest tower they can. When Dean knocks Gus's tower down as part of a game his own family plays, Gus is upset because no one explained the rules. A teacher helps the friends talk it through until they realize it was a misunderstanding. They end up happily playing 'tower tower wow' together, finishing with a wiggly dance.

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For 3-year-olds

Three-year-olds start stringing movements together and giving them names: jump, turn, clap, freeze. They enjoy dancing alongside someone else and copying a short sequence rather than a single move. Helpful episodes keep the sequence short, repeat it, and let a character get it slightly wrong before trying again. Songs with a predictable structure give a child something to anticipate, which is often when the dancing on the carpet really starts.

Phoebe & Jay

Birthday Dance Surprise

Phoebe, a young girl living at the Topsy Towers apartment community, hears Grandma Annie's favourite song and decides to make up a surprise dance for her grandmother's birthday. She teaches the three-part dance to her brother Jay, her friend Lupe, neighbour Mr. Gurley and her dad, finding a different way to help each one learn, from turning the steps into a song to recording a video they can slow down and drawing pictures of each move. The family keeps the dance a secret while they practise. At the party, everyone performs it together and Grandma Annie calls it the best birthday surprise ever.

S01 E08

Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show

Jack's Hello Kindness Day

Jack, the host of a colorful town called Clover Grove, finds a wind chime left on his porch and sets out to discover who gave it to him. He visits neighbors including Delivery Dolores, Mr. Green, Bebe, Stephanie and Pablo, helping out along the way, while more kind surprises keep appearing around town. Following the clues home, Jack learns that the children arranged everything as a kindness party for him. The episode ends with songs about kindness and a warm goodbye to the viewer.

S01 E01

Alma's Way

No-Go Mofongo

Alma's Puerto Rican family is hosting a backyard cookout, and her mom decides to make great-grandmother Cecilia's famous mofongo from an old recipe book. When the dish does not taste right, Alma secretly tries to fix it herself and only makes it worse, all while struggling to tell her busy mom the truth. After stopping to think it through, she admits what happened, and her mom reassures her and invites her to fix the mofongo together. The episode ends with the family enjoying the rescued dish at the cookout.

Sago Mini Friends

Twinkle Toes

Harvey, a dog, wants to learn the dance that Ginger the cat calls 'phenomenal,' but his wagging tail, floppy ears and short jumps make him fall every time, while friends like Robin and Jack manage it easily. Discouraged, Harvey walks off, and Fins the fish finds him and explains that everyone's body moves in its own way. After a song about different kinds of bodies, Harvey returns and shows off a new dance of his own. The episode ends with him thanking Fins, followed by two short songs.

S01 E03

Pretzel and the Puppies

Do the Doxie

Pretzel, a dad dachshund, takes his five pups to visit their grandmother Nana while Mom is at work. They discover that Nana's exercise class is closed, so the pups set out to find another way for Nana and her neighbourhood friends to move their bodies. After trying gardening and a tea party, they land on a dance party. The episode ends with everyone, including Mom, dancing the Doxie together.

S01 E08

Pocoyo

Pocoyo Dance

Pocoyo and his friends Pato the duck and Ellie the elephant discover a radio that plays music. Pato and Ellie each show off their own dance, but Pocoyo holds back because he cannot dance like them. The narrator encourages him to dance like himself, and with the viewer's cheering he joins in. The episode ends with everyone dancing together.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Animal Band

A curious Mouse finds a stick in Oliver's yard and starts tapping out rhythms, which grows into an animal band with a dog, cat, pig and moose. Together they write a silly song and perform for Esme Louise's tea party. When the party ends they gather again and stage a dance party so they have an audience. The day closes with a family dinner and a final band performance.

Work It Out Wombats

Zadie’s Shell Shuffle

Zadie, a young wombat, decides to create a shell game in her animal community. She collects blue and green shells along the sandy shore and sorts them by colour, then arranges them into a sequence, hitting snags that she and her siblings work out step by step. A turtle neighbour and other animals are part of the neighbourhood around them. The episode ends with the group dancing the finished shell shuffle together.

Jessica's Big Little World

Grocery Store Friend

Jessica and her Daddy go to the grocery store on a pretend secret-agent mission to gather three ingredients for spaghetti dinner: tomatoes, noodles and cheese. Jessica keeps running into a new friend named Poppy, and their playing leads to the groceries accidentally ending up in another family's cart. Daddy stays patient, and Jessica works out that they can catch the other cart to swap the bags back. They recover the food, the two families meet, and Jessica and Poppy arrange a play date before heading home.

S01 E09

Jessica's Big Little World

Sleepover

Jessica packs for an overnight stay at Grandma and Granddad's house but leaves her favorite toy, Small Uncle, at home. Across the day she plays hide and seek, dances, visits the garden, and makes a jiggly dessert with her grandparents. At bedtime she cannot sleep and cries because she misses her toy, until Grandma sits with her and helps her remember the fun she had. The next day Jessica returns home and happily reunites with Small Uncle to tell him all about it.

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For 4-year-olds

Dancing becomes invention around this age. Four-year-olds make up their own moves, dance a character or an animal, and start noticing that music has a mood they can match. They also manage simple group rules: take turns, follow the leader, stop when the music stops. Look for episodes where a child's own idea for a move is taken seriously, and where being a bit silly is part of the fun rather than something to be corrected.

S01 E28

Bluey

Grannies

Bluey and Bingo dress up as grannies Janet and Rita and play out a world of shopping for beans and driving to the shops. They fall into an argument over whether grannies can do the floss dance, and video-call their Nana to settle it. When Bluey is proven right, Bingo stops playing, so Mum asks whether Bluey would rather be right or keep her sister in the game. Bluey teaches Nana the floss so Bingo can be right too, and the sisters happily return to their granny game.

S01 E07

Doug Unplugs

Bots for Dinner

A golden robot child named Doug and his parents, Bob-Bot and Becky-Bot, are invited to dinner by their human friend Emma and her family. The bots have never been to a restaurant, so Emma shows them how menus, napkins, silverware, ordering, and waiting all work. Along the way the bots make small mistakes, like grabbing food from a stranger's plate, and learn the right way to do things. By the end Doug realizes that eating out is really about spending time and talking with people you care about, and he sets up a chat spot back in the recharge room.

Helpsters

Dancer Dave

Cody and the Helpsters, a team of helpful monsters, run a shop where they solve visitors' problems. When Dancer Dave arrives unable to think of a new dance for a special show, the Helpsters make a plan with two jobs: choose a song and create a dance. Scatter narrows a whole room of records down to one by matching Dave's clues, while Mr. Prim builds the dance and learns to repeat moves using a loop. Joined by Heart, Dave performs his new dance for his mom, and everyone celebrates that the plan solved the problem.

Billy & Bam Bam

Pick Oranges

recommended age co-watching from 4

Billy, a pink character, and Bam Bam, a blue one, spend the day in a garden picking oranges from a tree. Billy climbs a ladder to pick while Bam Bam catches the fruit in a bowl, and Billy helps Bam Bam up when he is too scared to climb. After eating all the oranges, the two turn their bowls into hats for a short song and dance. They play until they are tired and then settle down for a nap.

S01 E30

Bluey

Fairies

Two young sisters, Bluey and Bingo, decide that fairies have taken over the house after finding their family's tails mysteriously braided. They invent a game of catching the invisible fairies and figuring out what they want, pulling their reluctant Dad away from a work email and into the fun. Dad eventually performs a big fairy dance around the front letterbox and apologises to Bingo, breaking the spell. The episode ends back home with Bingo surprising Dad with a domino love heart.

S01 E01

True and the Rainbow Kingdom

Super Duper Dance Party

True and Bartleby are decorating the Colorsium for the Rainbow King's dance party when Griselda, hoping the spotlight will fall on her, intercepts DJ Bingo Bango and tells him his music is unplayable. He believes her, calls himself a terrible DJ and heads for the never-ending forest. True visits Zee at the wishing tree, learns that Bingo Bango has lost his confidence, and uses three wishes to make him laugh, keep a beat and amplify his sound. He plays for the empty stadium, the crowd returns, and Griselda joins the dancing after True points out that dancing together is the most fun.

S01 E03

Do, Re & Mi

Look at Me, Little Me

Ray, a small pink bird, wakes her friends Do, Re and Mi at dawn so they will not miss the auditions for the Fabulous Flamingo-Go's. She sings for Flora, Ferris and Frida, who are struck by her voice and choose her to perform at the Birdie Nest Bowl. At rehearsals Ray keeps being overlooked and tries to fix it with stilts and an oversized bow, both of which leave her on the floor. Her friends and the flamingos tell her she only has to be herself, and she performs the show that evening as she is.

Do, Re & Mi

Feathery Friends Day

It is Feathery Friends Day in Bebopsburg, and Mi wants to write a song telling every bird how much they mean to her. Her voice gives out, so her friends Do and Re speak for her while Maestro Moon offers a nectar smoothie, and the group decides each bird should sing the song on to the next. The song travels through Seymore, Juan Peacock, Pequeña, Flora and Mama Maddie, but the words change along the way while the melody stays the same. Mi decides instead to sing it to everyone at once, and the episode ends with a night-time concert for the whole town.

Mira, Royal Detective

The Case of the Dance Off Disaster

In the kingdom of Jalpur, young detective Mira and her friend Priya enter a dance contest hosted by Sanjeev Joshi. When each team's routine goes wrong, sped-up music, a missing song and beads that cause slips, Mira gathers clues and works out that Mina cheated to win. Mina confesses, apologises and gives up the trophy. The contest ends with a friendly rerun where two teams tie and everyone dances together.

Andy Pandy

Puppeteer Pandy

Andy Pandy, a puppet boy in a striped romper and nightcap, plays with his friends Looby Loo the rag doll and Teddy the bear in a pastel nursery. He slips a sock with button eyes over his hand to make a puppet, and the friends also spend time in a garden with flowers, planted carrots and a red worm. An off-screen narrator describes the action throughout. The episode ends on a 'JimbleJam' card with a 'Play Next Episode' prompt.

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For 5-year-olds

Five-year-olds understand that dancing can be practised and that a step gets better with repetition. That brings pride, but also the first flickers of self-consciousness about doing it in front of others. Episodes that show someone rehearsing, fumbling, and trying once more are worth more here than a flawless routine. This is also the age where dances tied to a family celebration or a place start to land, because the child can hold on to why people are dancing, not just how.

S03 E09

Molly of Denali

A Song for Lola

Molly helps her friend create a special song to honor her grandmother, Lola Miranda, who is returning to their Alaskan village from the Philippines. Following an Alaska Native tradition explained by Grandpa Nat, the children secretly gather family stories, then worry the funny ones are not serious enough for a gifted song. They learn that a song should match the person it honors, so a cheerful Lola deserves a cheerful song. At the welcome-back dinner they perform it, and Lola calls it the best gift she has ever received.

S01 E09

Fancy Nancy

Nancy's Devine Sleepover

Nancy takes her little sister JoJo for a sleepover at the fancy Mrs. Devine's house and packs a survival kit to help JoJo feel brave. Once the lights go out, it is Nancy herself who cannot sleep because she misses her parents. With Mrs. Devine's kindness and a phone call home, Nancy learns that feeling homesick in a new place is normal. She decides to stay and the sleepover ends happily.

S01 E13

Fancy Nancy

La Danse of Friendship

Nancy and her best friend Bree are asked to make up a dance for their ballet class and decide to perform a pas de deux together. They fall out when Nancy insists on being a rainbow and rejects Bree's peacock idea, and the two stop dancing and talking. After her dad shows how he and her mom shared a single room by compromising, Nancy realises her mistake and apologises to Bree at the recital. The friends forgive each other and perform 'the dance of friendship' side by side.

S01 E33

Rosie's Rules

The Lucky Dragon Dance

Rosie, a curious young girl, discovers Lunar New Year and sets out to bring a lucky dragon dance to her neighbourhood. With help from her family, friends and neighbours she learns what the celebration means, prepares the decorations and the dragon, and gathers people to take part. Along the way she turns to the viewer to explain ideas like the lucky colour red and the meaning of the dragon. The episode ends with the community performing the dragon dance together at a festive street celebration.

Jessy & Nessy

Where Could Squiggles' Blankie Have Gone?

Jessie, a girl with glasses, and her best friend Nessie, a purple sea monster, discover that their friend Squiggles has lost her beloved cuddly blankie. They comfort her and set out to help, making a missing poster and testing replacements that are warm, soft and smell of cinnamon before ruling each one out. Their search leads through the town and up to a fluffy farm in the clouds where cuddly toys go to rest. There they find Blanky playing with the other blankets, and Squiggles is reunited with it.

S01 E31

Bluey

Work

Two sisters and their young cousin turn the living room into a pretend office where they make drain pipes for pay. Bluey plays the boss and grows increasingly bossy, ordering her workers to be her chair and clean with their bottoms, and firing the cousin's frog character for dancing. Outside, the frog keeps dancing and is spotted by a famous ballerina named Pavlova, who invites Bingo's rabbit to perform. The game ends with a dance on a glowing theatre stage.

Jessy & Nessy

How Do We Cheer Our Friends Up?

A live-action girl, Jessy, and her sea monster friend, Nessie, discover that the Dotlets have lost their colours because they feel sad. Across a playground and a beach, the pair try silly faces, playing, hula hooping, reading, and building sandcastles to cheer each friend up, asking others like Mike, Hazel, and Muriel for ideas along the way. One by one the Dotlets regain their colour, and the last is helped by a 'happy mist' and a big hug. The episode ends with a song and a question to the viewer about what they are curious about.

Alma's Way

Bomba or Baseball

Alma is a young girl in the Bronx who has been waiting for the opening baseball game, only to learn the tickets are sold out. When her uncle Nestor suddenly needs help for his bomba dance show on the same Saturday, Alma promises to dance in it. Surprise baseball tickets then turn up, forcing her to choose between the game and keeping her word. She decides to honor her commitment, and it turns out the bomba show takes place at the stadium, so she gets to dance and watch the game.

S01 E18

Paprika

The Surprise

Paprika twins Stan and Olivia and their friends Puff and Ed plan a set of surprises, a snow cake, a snowman and a snowball fight, for their friend Bigfoot while he is away at the hairdresser. In a snowy outdoor setting, they keep giving in to temptation and use up each surprise before he returns. When Bigfoot finally comes home, they confess and apologise. He forgives them and tells them they are his best friends, and the episode closes with the Paprika song.

S02 E01

Ms Rachel

Toddler Learning with Ms Rachel

Ms Rachel, a live teacher, guides toddlers through zoo and jungle animals using a repeating peekaboo rhyme, songs, movement and pretend play, with guest appearances by The Wiggles. Children meet elephants, gorillas, lions, penguins and more through real animal footage, toys and puppets, and practise colours, counting to twenty, opposites and letters along the way. She builds a pretend zoo from blocks, takes a make-believe trip to see the animals, and sings familiar nursery rhymes. The video closes with the ABC song and a warm goodbye to the viewer.

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For 6-year-olds

By six a child can follow a longer routine, keep time with others, and tell dance styles apart. Interest often shifts to where a dance comes from and who does it, which makes a story around the dancing as important as the moves themselves. Look for episodes that show effort over talent and a group working something out together. Performing in front of an audience can feel big at this age, so it helps when nerves are shown as normal.

Paris & Pups

Starkle Wish Day

Star wakes her pups for Starkle Wish Day and takes them to the hotel rooftop to make a wish each. Diamond asks for a blingier tiara while Muggsy, Baby and Slivington all wish they could fly, and Bijou keeps her wish a secret. Star slips away and builds the tiara herself, then turns folded towels into clouds and suitcases plus a hair dryer into a pretend flight so the flying wishes can come true too. At the end Bijou reveals she only wished to see her friends happy, and Star says her own wish was that everyone else's would come true, before the episode closes with the theme song and credits.

Do, Re & Mi

Listen to Your Body

Ray the hummingbird bends her tail feathers dancing too hard in Flora Flamingo's class, and her friends tell her that her body is asking for rest. She resists, suggesting her body wants a snack or another dance instead, and keeps tumbling out of the air until Doe catches her. Maestro Moon explains that even music has rests, and Ray's friends bring her home and settle down with her. After a long rest her feathers mend, and the episode closes with the whole group singing about the signals a body sends.

Dee & Friends in Oz

Dee and the Ozberry Adventure