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In October Little Einsteins premiered on the Disney Channel, and instantly became a favorite in our household. The show manages to combine fine arts with other educational elements such as science, geography, and problem-solving. The show manages to actively engage kids and encourage participation.
The show’s mission is stated as:
Little Einsteins encourages your child to investigate their own curiosity, helping develop a lifelong passion for discovery and learning. Appreciation of music and art are made fun and exciting as the team discovers the real world and interacts in a whole new way with music, art, nature and more.
Premise
The premise of the show is that viewers help four children go on various missions to solve problems or accomplish tasks. Each of the children has a special aptitude for something related to music. Leo conducts, June is a dancer, Annie sings, and Quincy plays instruments. Classical music plays a major role in each show. A particular piece is specifically introduced at the beginning of each episode, and then serves as the score. After the mission is completed, the music takes a curtain call. Similarly, the shows also feature a piece of art or something of the ilk (one episode used a hieroglyphic tablet while another used Najavo baskets). The children interact inside the art at some point in the episode.
There is a fifth member of the team that makes all the missions possible. “Rocket” takes the kids where ever the mission takes them. Rocket follows in the pattern of Dora’s backpack or Diego’s Rescue pack in that it can accomplish or morph into whatever is necessary.
In addition to the fine arts educational component, the show features lessons in geography and problem solving. Missions have taken the kids to the Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon, the Sphinx, and Buckingham Palace. What makes these journey’s more vibrant is that the locations are real - in that backgrounds are photographic or live action as opposed to animated.
The Grown-Ups
As for the adults involved in making the show, the breadth of experience is impressive. The executive producer is Eric Weiner who was one of the creators of Dora the Explorer and the writing and creative team has experience with Blue’s Clues & Clifford among other shows.
The show is produced by Curious Pictures.
The Results
In my household the show accomplishes everything it has set out to do. While the show is supposed to be geared towards 3 to 6 year olds, my two year old loves it just as much as my 4 year old. In terms of interactivity both of them are very engaged. They pat for more power, they raise their arms for blast off, and the crescendo & diminuendo on cue.
I don’t know how much the art is sinking in, but they are definitely absorbing the music. In fact, from the Halloween episode the Little Einsteins kids trick or treated by singing along to Edvard Grieg. On Halloween night my kids sang the same song - at every household.
As a parent of course I’m thankful for a relaxing half hour while the kids are totally engaged. But more than that I like the show. It isn’t annoying, and it doesn’t have any troublesome characteristics or characters.
Little Einsteins airs at 8:00am & 12:30pm on the Disney Channel. If you can’t get enough of the show, there is also a DVD: Disney’s Little Einsteins - Our Big Huge Adventure
Episode Guide: Little Einsteins
Show Web Page: Little Einsteins
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Interesting….3-6yr olds? My 18mo old LOVES it as well. He pats his hands for powering up and raises his arms for “take off”.
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