Cartoons For The Family

The word cartoon (Extracted from Wikipedia) has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art, and there cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting or tapestry.


The somewhat more modern meaning was that of humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers. Even more recently there are now several contemporary meanings, including creative visual work for print media, for electronic media, and even animated films and animated digital media.


When the word cartoon is applied to print media, it most often refers to a humorous single-panel drawing or gag cartoon, most of which have captions and do not use speech balloons. The word cartoon is sometimes used to refer to a comic strip.


I personally enjoy watching cartoons on TV and it hasn't stop to amaze me how much one can learn from them. (while being entertained)


Having kids around at home who watches cartoons, makes it a MUST to watch it together with them. Disney Channel is one of my favourites (LOLz) because the cartoons are more subtle and educational. Unlike the older kids cartoons - Ben10, Totally Spies, SpongeBob,

Long ago I only remember having watched Sesame Street as the only educational cartoon/show. But now, they have so many of them that teaches kids so many different things. You get to learn different languages too. (i.e. Spanish)


Sometimes I wonder whether the kids would really understand the cartoons. But after few repetitions, I guess they do (eventually). But knowing kids being kids, as long as they enjoy it, it keeps them entertained, (cos it's all colourful, funny stuffs)


Some nice cartoons that are worth watching (my personal choices) are:


1) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - teaches counting, problem solving, identifying objects & shapes

2) Pocoyo - toddlers just love the baby blue & his friends at Pocoyo's World. they're a lovable & funny bunch.

3) Handy Manny - teaches kids to help others. able to learn a bit of spanish too. (buen trabajo) = good job

4) Little Einstein - get to learn lots of music, creative and artistic throughout their "missions" (learning about famous musicians, painters, creators, etc)

5) Dora the Explorer (Nickjr) - adventure stories, remembering facts, and speaks spanish too. (Excelente!) = excellent

6) Diego the Animal Rescuer (Nickjr)- animal rescue missions, speaks spanish too, learn about different types of animals.

7) My Friends Tigger & Pooh - The Super Sleuth and their tigger-rific sleuthing missions. woohoo!~