Super Why!

Perfect fit to help build reading skills.

Tivo has many on "save until delete" because my preschooler loves them.

As their website says it best, "SUPER WHY takes an innovative approach to learning by promoting reading as a powerful, meaningful experience for children aged 3 to 6 years old. We created the original show based on our expert knowledge of preschoolers' level of development, the entertaining features of television and the importance of a strong literacy curriculum. The interactive format encourages kids to actively participate in each episode. As they watch SUPER WHY they are completely absorbed in the adventure of the story while engaging in challenging games and activities. This format enables children to practice the critical skills that they need to learn to read. The unique balance between using interactivity to practice key literacy skills and telling engaging stories that make literacy relevant to children's own lives is a powerful new way to teach reading."

Very well done show. We are hooked. Super Readers to the rescue! PBS is back in our line up with this one.

It honestly did help my kiddo with letter recognition and letter sounds. But it's also an old show, and it unfortunately also hardcore pushes gender stereotypes. The boy is in charge and the girls all wear dresses. When they go into books, Red changes from a short red dress to what looks like a bathing suit for absolutely no reason that I can fathom. Meanwhile, Princess Pea gets even more frilly. Because we wouldn't know they were girls if they didn't wear dresses and play tea party. Someone might get confused.

And the books they go into are usually old fairy tales or nursery rhymes. They obviously have no issue changing the stories, but they never break those gender roles.

Okay, don't get me wrong. I loved this show when I was a toddler. But later on in life, I was like, "One of the most stupid shows I ever laid eyes on." Even two of my OC characters, Kailey Evans, and Kasey Anderson, hate the show. Seriously. Princess Pea's cat is stuck in a tree. Girl! Go get the firefighters or get a ladder! Don't go into a frickin book and mess up the story. Because going into fairytales and messing up stories AND not bothering to fix them makes this show a total rip-off of Whatever After. I know Whatever After was later, but I don't care. TOTAL RIP-OFF if I've ever seen one.

A huge mess of Pbs Kids i cannot believe I used to like this show back in 2007 which is the same year that Out Of Jimmy's Head and Chowder came out even though I like Chowder and i hate Out Of Jimmy's Head, this show is dull and cheesy for me. I would rather watch better 2007 shows like Chowder, My Friends Tigger And Pooh and Sea Princesses better than this awful show.

My 22-month old son loves this show. He loves it because of the singing and interactive nature of the show. I love it because I teach reading at an elementary school! I enjoy the premise of the show immensely - the ability to solve "every day" problems with solutions from a book or story. I also enjoy the fact that Whyatt's super power is the power to read and a big deal is made of it each and every time. Each of the other characters has "control" over one aspect of reading - spelling power, word power, and alphabet power. All of these skills are important for thinking about letters and sounds as connected and a part of the reading process. Kudos to PBS for providing yet another powerful show that helps our kids learn!