Kids' shows by theme

Bathing Bath time is one of the first daily routines a young child really takes part in: warm water, soap, splashing, and the wind-down th... Bedtime Bedtime is one of the biggest transitions in a small child's day: putting down the toys, letting go of the people they love, and s... Brushing hair Hair brushing is one of those small daily routines that can go smoothly one morning and turn into a struggle the next. For young c... Brushing teeth Brushing teeth is one of the first daily routines a child is asked to repeat every single day, twice, whether they feel like it or... Buckling up Buckling up is one of the first safety rules a small child meets, and it comes with a lot of feeling: straps that press, a seat th... Changing activities Changing activities means stopping one thing and starting another: ending play to eat, leaving the park, putting the blocks away w... Ending screen time Ending screen time is often the hardest part of watching together. A child does not experience the last minute as a natural stop,... Getting dressed Getting dressed is one of the first jobs a child takes over from a grown-up, and it is full of small hurdles: sleeves that swallow... Getting out the door Leaving the house looks simple to adults, but for a young child it is a chain of small demands: stop what you are doing, put on sh... Goodbyes & coming home Leaving and returning is one of the biggest emotional patterns of early childhood. A child learns that a parent who walks out the... Helping at home Helping at home covers the small everyday jobs children do alongside the adults they live with: carrying laundry, setting the tabl... Mealtimes Mealtimes are one of the first shared routines a child fully understands: sitting down together, waiting a turn, tasting something... Morning routine Morning routine is the stretch between waking up and heading out the door: getting dressed, eating breakfast, brushing teeth, find... Nap time Nap time is one of the small daily rituals that shapes a young child's day: winding down, letting go of play, and trusting that th... Packing for school Packing a bag for school is one of the first routines a child gets to own. It bundles several things at once: remembering what is... Story time Story time is the moment a child steps into a world made of words: someone tells or reads a tale, and the child follows along, pic... Tidying up Tidying up is one of the first jobs a young child is trusted with, and it asks for more than willing hands. Putting things back me... Trying new foods Trying new foods is one of the first places a young child gets to say yes or no for themselves, and refusing something unfamiliar...

Adoption & foster care Adoption and foster care are about how families form, and about the adults who choose to care for a child they did not give birth... Birthdays Birthdays are one of the first big events a young child can follow from beginning to end: a cake, a song, candles, and someone at... Death in the family Death in the family covers the loss of someone close: a grandparent, a parent, a sibling, sometimes a pet who belonged to everyone... First babysitter The first time someone else puts your child to bed is a big moment for both of you. For young children, a babysitter means a new f... First day at childcare A first day at childcare is one of the biggest changes a small child goes through: a new room, new grown-ups, and a goodbye that h... First day at school A first day at school is one of the earliest big transitions a young child faces: a new building, unfamiliar grown-ups, and a good... First flight First flight is about the moment a child leaves the ground: watching a bird lift off a branch, climbing into a plane for the first... Moving house Moving house is one of the biggest changes a small child can go through. The familiar bedroom, the corner where the toys lived, th... New sibling A new baby changes everything for a young child, often before they have the words to say so. Stories about a brother or sister arr... Parent away from home A parent walking out the door, going to work, or being away for a night is one of the first big separations a young child has to h... Parent coming home The moment a parent walks back through the door is one of the biggest events in a small child's day. It carries the waiting that c... Sleeping away from home Sleeping somewhere other than your own bed is one of the first big separations a young child faces. A night at grandma's, a sleepo... Visiting the doctor A trip to the doctor is one of the first places a young child meets a stranger who asks to touch them, look in their ears, and som...

Apologising Saying sorry is one of the first repair tools a child learns. Long before the word means anything, children watch how the people a... Disagreements Disagreements are part of every young child's day: two hands on the same toy, a game with rules nobody agrees on, a friend who wan... Family Family is the first group a child ever belongs to, and it is where they learn how people treat each other: how attention gets shar... Friendship Friendship is one of the first big social projects of childhood. Children learn to share, take turns, read another person's face,... Helping others Helping others starts with small, everyday moments: handing over a missing sock, holding a door, noticing that a friend looks sad.... Kindness Kindness is one of the first big ideas a child can actually practise. Long before they can explain it, children learn it by watchi... Learning to work together Working together is one of the hardest things young children learn, because it asks them to hold their own idea and someone else's... Listening Listening is more than hearing. It is the skill of holding still, taking in what someone else is saying, and letting it change wha... Making friends Making friends is one of the first big social tasks of early childhood, and it is harder than it looks. Children have to notice an... Sharing Sharing is one of the first big social lessons of early childhood, and it asks a lot of a young child: giving up something you wan... Siblings Brothers and sisters are a child's first daily practice in sharing space, attention and time. A story about siblings puts words an... Taking turns Taking turns is one of the first social skills a child practices, and one of the hardest. It means waiting while someone else has... Telling the truth Truth and honesty are big ideas for a small child. Young children start to notice the gap between what really happened and what th... Understanding others Understanding others is how a child learns that the people around them have their own feelings, wishes and reasons. It starts with... Winning & losing Games, races and contests are one of the first places a child meets fairness, pride and disappointment all at once. Long before a...

Anger Anger is one of the biggest feelings a small child has, and one of the hardest to hold. Long before a child can say "I am angry",... Big feelings Big feelings are the storms that pass through a small body: anger that arrives all at once, sadness that has no words yet, joy so... Disappointment Disappointment is what happens when a child expects one thing and gets another: the balloon pops, the friend cancels, the tower fa... Jealousy Jealousy shows up early, long before a child can name it. It arrives when a sibling gets the bigger piece, when a friend picks som... Loneliness Loneliness is one of the first big feelings a child meets: the moment nobody wants to play, a friend moves away, or a room suddenl... Patience Patience is the skill of waiting, and for a small child it is genuinely hard work. Waiting for a turn, for a cake to bake, for a f... Pride Pride is the warm feeling a child gets from doing something themselves: pulling on a boot, finishing a drawing, helping without be... Sadness Sadness is one of the first big feelings a child meets, and it arrives long before the words to explain it do. A missing parent, a...

Being alone Being alone covers a lot of ground for a small child: the moment a parent steps out of the room, a stretch of playing quietly on t... Fear of the dark Darkness is one of the first fears almost every young child meets. When the light goes off, familiar rooms change shape, parents s... Imagination Imagination is how young children try out the world before they can live it: a spoon becomes a rocket, a blanket becomes a cave, a... Loud sounds Loud sounds fill a small child's day: the vacuum, a passing siren, thunder, a hand dryer, fireworks somewhere down the street. Vol... Magic Magic is one of the first ideas children fall in love with: a wave of a hand, a wish that comes true, a door that leads somewhere... Monsters Monsters are one of the first ways children meet the idea of something big, strange and a little bit scary, safely, from the couch... Overcoming fear Fear is part of growing up. Young children meet dark rooms, loud noises, new places and imagined monsters, and they do not yet hav... Separation anxiety Separation anxiety is the wobble a young child feels when a parent walks out the door, and the relief when that door opens again....

Becoming more capable Becoming more capable is the slow build from "help me" to "I did it myself". For young children it shows up in small, real moments... Being sick Getting sick is one of the first big physical experiences a young child has no words for yet. A sore throat, a fever, a day on the... Getting glasses Getting glasses is a small medical step that can feel big to a child: an eye test, a stranger looking closely at your face, and th... Losing teeth Losing a first tooth is one of the earliest changes a child notices in their own body. It can feel exciting and unsettling at the... Potty learning Learning to use the potty is one of the first big things a child does with their own body, and it comes with a lot of feelings: pr... Swimming lessons Swimming lessons are often one of the first things a child does with a parent watching from the side instead of holding on: a new...

Adventure Adventure is what happens when a child steps a little past the familiar: a walk that turns into a discovery, a journey to somewher... Animals Animals are often the first living things a young child notices and cares about, from a dog on the pavement to a bird outside the... Creativity Creativity is how young children turn an idea in their head into something they can see, hear or hold: a drawing, a made-up song,... Curiosity Curiosity is the pull a child feels toward something they do not yet understand: a beetle on the path, a lid that will not open, a... Different cultures Different cultures means the everyday ways people eat, speak, celebrate and live together, and how those ways vary from home to ho... How things work How things work covers everything a small child puzzles over: where the water goes, what the tractor is doing in the field, how a... Music Music reaches children before words do. A beat they can clap to, a melody they hum back, a song that returns at the same moment ev... Nature Nature is everything a child meets outside the front door: weather, water, soil, plants, insects, birds and animals. Young childre... Problem solving Problem solving is what happens in the small stuck moments of a child's day: a tower that keeps falling, a puzzle piece that will... Professions Professions are how children first learn that the world is full of people who do things: someone bakes the bread, someone fixes th... Space Space is a child's first look at the very big: the moon that follows the car home, stars that appear once the light goes, a rocket... Train rides & transport Trains, buses, bikes and boats are some of the first big machines a small child meets in real life. Watching them roll, stop, load...

Perseverance Perseverance is what fills the gap between wanting something and being able to do it: the tower that falls over, the zipper that w... Pushing boundaries Pushing boundaries is how young children find out where the edges are: what happens if they say no, climb higher, or keep going af... Responsibility Responsibility starts small: feeding a pet, putting the blocks back, remembering that a promise was made yesterday. For young chil... Saying no Saying no is one of the first ways a child claims a bit of control over their own life. It shows up as refusing a coat, holding a... Trying new things Trying new things is one of the biggest jobs of early childhood. A first taste, a first slide, a first day somewhere unfamiliar: e... Wanting to do it alone Somewhere between the second and third birthday, most children discover a powerful word: myself. Wanting to do it alone shows up i...