DD getting bored of Wiggles DVDs - what next?

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Hello all. My daughter is 6 and has severe learning disabilities. It took ages for her to get into watching telly at all (I need her to watch it as otherwise she doesn't sit down all day and I can't get anything done), and eventually we got her going on The Wiggles. She has been obsessed with them for a year or two, plus a bit of Maisy the mouse and Peppa Pig, but now she's getting bored of them.

What should I try her on next? I'm up for anything - was thinking maybe a bit of Tractor Ted as grandparents live in the countryside so she sees all the farming stuff when we go there.

Also I have two younger boys who are NT and bored senseless by non-stop Wiggles, poor things!

Any suggestions v welcome - I need to keep her on that sofa for half an hour every day!

Thanks

Dd2 loved waybuloo, wiggles, Hi 5 and Peppa pig. Oh and blues clues (which she still loves watching now she's almot 7).

Thanks TK, I hadn't thought of Pingu. Will get straight on to Amazon!

Marne I've never heard of blues clues - will have a look now. That sounds good - DD is 7 in Nov and I just think she's growing out of the Wiggles and needs the next stage...

Thank you

This may be a bit contraversial but my boys (6, 4 and 1) like the songs from glee. I don't let them watch the storyline but in the special features you can choose to just play the songs one after the the other. DS2 likes to do the proud mary dance in his wheelchair.

EJT I love the idea of Glee! Haven't seen it - is there inappropriate stuff on there? My lot are 6, 5 and 2 so it sounds just right.

Thank you all for these brilliant ideas. Will look them all up and have a splurge on Amazon later

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Bear in the big blue house, Stanley, Little Bear (yawn but kids like it), Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Thomas the Tank, Bob The Builder, Tweenies. Oh the lists are endless.

Most of it would go over their heads at that age I think. It depends whether you want to risk having to explain why one of the girls is pregnant and isn't sure who the father is on the bus .

The people in the glee club are the unpopular ones mainly so as well as the girl who is pregnant there is the boy who is coming out of the closet, a boy who is a wheelchair user and a girl who has 2 gay dads. The ones in the glee club get slush puppies thrown at them on a fairly regular basis by the popular people. The glee club stick up for each other but it depends how your children would interpret it as to whether it's a good idea to let them watch the whole storyline. It's a 12 if that makes any difference.

I find a good way to try things out with ds is to put different things on youtube, so you can get an idea if he likes them without spending money. A lot of shows have a channel that have several episodes back to back. Remember to search for them in english unless you don't mind multilingual episodes. He points to ones he's interested in, which is handy as he doesn't speak much.

Ds seems to have graduated from Peppa to Ben and Holly (made by the same people but longer, more complicated stories), Pocoyo and Pingu.

ds1 (the NT one) loved Underground Ernie, Dora the bloody explora, Scooby Doo, Blues Clues, Big Cook Little Cook & Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Not sure if any of them are still on but should be in the DVD bargain bin.

DS2 has never watched childrens programmes but loved Mama Mia.

Timmy Time is another non-verbal one she might like. You can watch a lot of CBeebies programmes on iPlayer, so that might help if your boys want to watch something different?

My DS loves iPlayer because he can choose which episodes to watch over and over and over I have put the CBeebies site on the desktop as a shortcut so it's very easy for him to access it.

Dd2 loves pingu and barney

Pingu, Shaun the Sheep and Timmy are all non-verbal ones which DS finds hilarious. Shaun is funny for older kids too.

Great ideas above.. dd (SLD) loves Barney - lots of great songs, Hi 5, also loves Singing Hands - got 2 dvds of theirs.. good songs,lots of nursery rhymes too, Something Special DVDs but they are a bit pricey, Big Bear in Big Blue house, lots of Cbeebies stuff and agree with Youtube being great for finding stuff she likes first then when it's clear it's a favourite, then we buy it.. DD still loving the Wiggles though..

my ds is really really into octonauts on cbeebies