educational DVDs

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I don't actually home educate - but I would like to - its just not right at this stage.

However I thought this would be the best place to ask this question ...

My DS has mild cerebral palsy and I have to do 15 minutes of massage and stretches with him a day. He cannot keep still - is only 5. And so I'd like him to watch something on TV. However I find cbeebies a bit painful and DS never seems to understand what is happening in things we watch. It all seems to wash over him. He is quite clever, but I think some of the cbeebies things (particularly the animations/cartoons) are not very clear and a bit fast with the narration/talking.

So I'd like to buy some DVDs. Something I can show to DS in 15 minuteish stints. They'll need to start and end in that time otherwise DS will want to carry on watching. So it can't be a whole film split into bits.

I have to be regimist as DS needs to be in bed by 6.30 (he needs loads of sleep) and if he watches loads of telly there's no time for play/tea etc etc

Thank you.

I agree re CBeebies- there is some good content but the dialogue is fast. It's almost like they're trying to induce that trance-like state that little ones get into... We've recently added Mr Benn and Trumpton to our collection and our 4 year old DD is smitten (all short episode, calm and slow with acoustic music).

Have you tried youtube? You could mix and match some short things to the length of 15 mins and prerecord it as a playlist. Maybe jolly phonics songs, some sesame street stuff - my kids like the really old cartoons on there such as Funny Little Bunnies and Water Babies. They also love Morph.

Thank you - I used to have many of these things on video, but our video machine broke and we have not replaced it. Perhaps we should ...