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Original poster

to not be particularly pleased when ds comes home from nursery having read a book about all the monsters in Dr Who?

182 replies

FrannyandZooey · 08/05/2007 18:33

Another child brought it in, and he and ds spent the morning looking at it.

I would rather things like this from home were "oohed" over briefly by staff before being put away on a high shelf "to keep it safe until home time".

Ds particularly interested in "The Garlics"

"Mummy why do the Garlics try to kill Dr. Who?"

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pointydog · 08/05/2007 21:52

I think superheroes can be used in a very educational way.

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 21:52

why wrong?

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 21:53

adn ho ho ho once ds gest into a primary shcool playground
he will knwo all the major swear words int eh first tow yeras

miaou · 08/05/2007 21:55

No doubt. But whether he uses them or not is a different issue.

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 21:55

liek fark orf mum?

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:00

My kids have yet to swear at me (and yes, they do know the words) - they know when and how to use words appropriately. (they are 9 and 8)

Seem to be moving off-topic here ...

Tamum · 08/05/2007 22:01

How come you are gaining and losing your capital M then eh, Miaou?

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 22:01

mine dont either

pointydog · 08/05/2007 22:04

swaering? Thought we were talking about Tv characters and superheroes?

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:05

rofl Tamum, I'd just noticed I'd lost it after a name change (you know which one ), and thought to myself, Tamum will be after me if I don't get it back ...

pointydog · 08/05/2007 22:05

pony, you trotter

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FrannyandZooey · 08/05/2007 22:06

Ds does swear

I don't think he knows it is wrong, he does it very quietly to himself when something goes wrong (like I do )

I don't really like to draw attention to it so I ignore

I don't think anyone else would know what he was saying tbh

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Tamum · 08/05/2007 22:06

Oooh, I can't think what name-change you mean

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:07

pointy, I guess cod's point is that you can't protect kids from everything and what's the issue with him being exposed to Dr Who at this age. But I think that that's up to the parents, particularly at this young age, not the nursery, to introduce them to such things if they so wish. Same (imo) regarding crappy merchandising toys/books - keep it in the home, not in an educational environment.

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:08

lol Franny and Tamum

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FrannyandZooey · 08/05/2007 22:09

Agree Miaou

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pointydog · 08/05/2007 22:10

seriously though, great writing lessons and art/design lessons can be done from superheroes. They could be used creatively in nurseries too. I think they can be too easily dismissed.

NuttyMuffins · 08/05/2007 22:10

My DS is heavily into Spiderman and Dr Who, but tbh I would never let him take anything regarding to either in to nursery because I know not all parents want their kids looking at that type of stuff yet.

pointydog · 08/05/2007 22:13

INterest in such charachters should be harnessed and used creatively, not locked out.

edam · 08/05/2007 22:14

So, now we've got the Dr Who thing wrapped up, can I ask what exactly is wrong with Spiderman on a motorbike? Several of ds's friends are into Spiderman, can imagine one of them taking a Spiderman doll into school and wouldn't feel particularly bothered about it, myself.

Catsmother, do you think your dd's fear of shop dummies could be Dr Who related? First episode of 'new' Dr Who featured shop dummy monsters (the Autons).

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:15

But pointydog, they mean absolutely nothing to my kids. They have no interest in superheroes. Any "creative" work would have to rely on prior knowledge of these characters and my kids have none. I don't see the point tbh.

I know they are the only things that some children are interested in, and they can be useful to get some kids interested in reading etc, but I still don't think a nursery setting is an appropriate one for spending a great deal of time poring over a Dr Who book (or a spiderman on a motorbike for that matter )

Miaou · 08/05/2007 22:20

Edam, fine taking it in. We put it on the table at talktime, set it going, it made a few circuits, the boy who brought it in is just three and we used some appropriate language, eg "what is spiderman doing?" - "he is sitting on the motorbike" - "does it make a noise?" etc etc. Then it was put away. It was used for conversation purposes but I know if I had left it out then the two boys in the nursery would have fought over it for twenty minutes and/or watched it going round in circles - what is the point of that? Instead we got the blocks out and built towers and knocked them down - far more constructive

obimomkanobi · 08/05/2007 22:25

My 3 year old loves Dr Who. He has a tardis (a toy one) and a garlic keyring, and he hums the Dr Who theme tune as he flies his tardis around the living room.

He also can say 'we will exterminate' in a rather scary manner.

He likes spiderman too, in fact this afternoon he pretended to be spiderman for a good couple of hours, compete with American accent.

And he loves The Power Rangers.

NuttyMuffins · 08/05/2007 22:26

Can I send DS to your nursery Miaou ?? I would seriously love him to have no knowledge of Spiderman, Batman, Power Rangers, Dr Who, or anything like that.

It was my brother that first got him into all of this stuff and he is obssessed. His fave programmes used to be Andy Pandy and TRactor Tom, and I so wish it had stayed that way for a bit longer.

NuttyMuffins · 08/05/2007 22:27

That is Ds's fave programmes not my brothers LOL.