I am an administrator in the area of health & beauty, have a partner & daughter and divide my time b...
I am an administrator in the area of health & beauty, have a partner & daughter and divide my time between the joys life has to offer and the jobs that must be done! Merry Christmas to all, and grateful thanks to those of you who have posted comments.
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Bear with me folks, it's started - the "mummy" reviews! ..... We are reaching that wonderful stage in life, where the world has expanded into areas thus far unexplored, namely the teletubbies. As I write , its tunes dance about my walls amid giggles.
Well I like it, perhaps not for more than once a day (children don't seem to get this) but the educational style of the teletubbies is quite effective. Repetition is used to achieve retention of information. The people who created it are pure geniuses. Its simplicity is the key to its effectiveness. Dance with the teletubbies is all about music and dancing, with a liberal dose of children thrown in.The tunes are very catchy and I find myself humming them in the street, to amused looks from passers by. The video will encourage your child to move around, not that children need that much encouragement in this area (!) but anything musical has got to be a constructive thing in developing a sense of rhythm and a musical ear - plus the exercise is great.
it is the usual story of th teletubbies marching up and down the hillside, dancing about a bit and talking to each other. By now I think we all understand how the teletubbies work in general but if not, a very brief synopsis. Four appearingly "ugly" different coloured characters with television tummies more or less. They run around, dance and talk in funny dialogue and periodically show us events going on in the wider world via their tv screen stomachs. Whilst I personally can't see what makes something with a purple suit and a hanger on its head appealing, we are thankful that children have not developed our sense of cynicism and still find these things wildly exciting!
I am not a huge fan of the dialogue if I am honest, because it is baby talk, which in my view may be appealing, but does nothing to further the way your child speaks . I base this on my own experience that my daughter, who said hello perfectly well prior to indulging in this video, has since regressed!!
So to sum up I say, it's a harmless, musical interlude in your child's day - not designed to fully educate or be anything other than good entertainment . If you enter this previously unexplored dimension, be prepared that four words out of your child's growing vocabulary will be: Tinky Winky, Dipsy , La la and Po! (I had to laugh - I was looking on ebay at the teletubbies and someone had listed them as Tink Wink, Dippy, La La and Poo)
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My son used to love this when he was younger and always had Tubby Toast! Now we know a little ryhme about the teletubbies, but its not for children! :-)
saraha007 02.02.2005 13:48
My neice and nephews love the tellytubbies. Anything for an hour to myself to catch up on things! Its got to be worth it. :-) Sarah
Nar 02.02.2005 12:53
I LOL when I saw the Pro sub section - an hour to do the ironing and a happy child!! A nice compact review here - I adore watching the teletubbies sometimes -other times they really annoy me., This programme shouts "educational," not just asking how many rabbits you can count and what are the vivid colours, but the noises and the storylines, even if Tubby Toast is rather silly. Your reasearch into the different names of the Teletubbies doesnt reveal as much as I found one day on someone' personal website listed as their most hated tv characters; Tinky Wanky, DipStick, Doo-Laley and Poo! Nar
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