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Original poster

To let cbeebies do the educating in our house?

28 replies

thoroughlymodernmummy · 27/07/2009 09:15

My dd is fluent in makaton thanks to Justin and is now a bit of a yoga buff thatnks to these big headed creatures that float around.

And i get to really enjoy my coffee

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melmog · 27/07/2009 09:18

YANBU.

My dc can count to 5 in spanish, I assume from handy manny or dora. I take the credit though!

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thoroughlymodernmummy · 27/07/2009 09:25

Phew. SOmetimes i don't even know the names of what she is watching. When she was little it used to be a family affair watching igglepiggle but now its my cue to get out OK magazine.

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melmog · 27/07/2009 09:32

Too right. Got to take your breaks when you can!
Mine are learning about friendship with wow wow wubbzy while I have a cuppa and do mumsnet.

CyradisTheSeer · 27/07/2009 09:39

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geordieminx · 27/07/2009 09:43

Ds has just turned 2, thanks to Mr Maker he knows all of his shapes and colours, does a wee bit of Makton, and knows the names of all the nuerons

Hollyoaks · 27/07/2009 09:45

We're watching Me Too and dd is glued! Gives me time to MN and have a cuppa.

Big Cook and Little Cook taught me to make muffins last week as well . Not just for beebies!

crokky · 27/07/2009 09:47

YANBU

Both my kids talk to Justin on cbeebies (3 and 1) and he has taught them loads!

crokky · 27/07/2009 09:47

oh and DS, every time he sees a pair of scissors, he says: SCISSORS ARE SHARP - thanks to mister maker!

MrsGokWantsatidyhouse · 27/07/2009 09:52

My DC tell me the oven "is hot, hot, hot"

allaboutme · 27/07/2009 09:56

ds1 learnt his entire alphabet from superwhy

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thoroughlymodernmummy · 27/07/2009 09:56

Oh the wonders of cbeebies. We "brush our teeth in circles". i would be lost without it.

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thoroughlymodernmummy · 27/07/2009 10:01

and AIBU to quite fancy Mister Maker?

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pjmama · 27/07/2009 10:02

Ah Cbeebies! My wonderful electronic babysitter. Without you, I would probaby never get out of my pyjamas and most likely starve to death

melmog · 27/07/2009 10:04

Yabu to fancy Mr Maker. Doodle do man, ok, but Mr Maker??!

PuppyLoves · 27/07/2009 10:05

I'm coming round to the idea of cbeebies.

Who is Mr Maker and Justin and what time are they on?

DD is 20 months and I need to find a way to have 5 minutes peace!

pjmama · 27/07/2009 10:06

Mr Maker?! You can just imagine it can't you? "Take a look at THIS...!!"

melmog · 27/07/2009 10:10

And "look at what I've got.. in my doodle drawers!"

CyradisTheSeer · 27/07/2009 10:19

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thoroughlymodernmummy · 27/07/2009 10:30

ooohhh Doodle do chris...

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Housemum · 27/07/2009 10:39

But Mr Maker would do it in a minute...

MichKit · 27/07/2009 11:12

YANBU, mine knows all the numbers thanks to the Numberjacks :-)

kathyis6incheshigh · 27/07/2009 11:19

God knows what her cooking will be like when she grows up though
She won't be able to make a normal sandwich, just mashed potato sheep with olive heads etc, and she will think you have to feed people food which matches their profession.

debs40 · 27/07/2009 11:24

Ahah....I have met Mr Maker...very nice bloke but not at all my type!

Of course, I never let my children watch tv or eat anything unhealthy. We are too busy working on gross motor skills and numeracy etc

Yea, right. It's funny how expectations have changed. We were left to our own devices as kids. Allowed to watch tv. The world was then full of SAHM who got on with the housework and just left the kids to it.At least my mum did.

Now we're supposed to be all things to all peeps and be constantly entertaining our kids.

Everything in moderation....

CloudDragon · 27/07/2009 11:31

I have a crush on Justin, he is just so squeezable.

I now see why we have to send them to school at 5, the TV gets so dire aobve that age that they would be totally ignorant?

Seriously though i think we all rely too much on the tv. I get breaks from the DCs when they go and play as well, and the nmore tv they watch the worse they are at playing.

Housemum · 27/07/2009 14:09

CloudDragon - I'll make you jealous, we saw him at Legoland Live last weekend! He was great, I can't say I'd ever fancy him, but he seems such a nice bloke. Does he ever get grumpy and miserable?

I learned so much from TV as a kid - historical kids' drama series, Blue Peter, How, Think of a Number. There was loads, still fun stuff as well, but lots that was entertaining learning. I think it's gone too far the other way now - Dick & Dom/Prank Patrol kind of stuff would be OK in small doses but there is too much of it. And I caught a clip of a kids' programme the other week, with divorced-dad making comments about letting down the tyres of "fancy man"'s car & similar - I know divorce happens etc, but do kids need that much reality? It was a rarity to see a non-nuclear family on kids' TV in the 70's but as an only child of a single mum I didn't think anything about watching family-based programmes. What's wrong with escapism? It's the situations the characters get into, not who their family is. Fine, show different family set-ups but don't labour the point to make it "worthy"