Back in my early days of parenting— when I was still feeling guilt over how I’d vowed never to let my precious children watch television and yet I was known to let my toddler babble at the Teletubbies every single day so that I could shower in peace or drink an entire cup of coffee which was free of Legos—I often lamented how PBS had the audacity to often show non-child-oriented programming during the day. And I couldn’t possibly allow my child to watch a channel other than PBS. Those other channels had commercials.
(I know; wasn’t my conviction that I could shield my kids from the world adorable?)
And then one day I discovered Noggin. Noggin had little kid shows all day! Noggin didn’t have commercials!
I had another baby. This baby had colic. I’m not going to lie to you; my first baby (now a toddler) spent a lot of quality time with Noggin while I tried to get her brother to stop crying.
My kids have more or less outgrown the Noggin demographic, now, but I still have a very soft spot in my heart for their programming. Ah, would that life was still so simple as “Let’s watch Little Bear and then have dinner” to cap off the day.
And while my children noodle around on Webkinz or Discovery Kids, now, your preschooler can start getting online and having fun and (shhhh, don’t tell them!) learning over at the brand new myNOGGIN. It’s aimed at ages 3 through 6 and is a pay subscription site. If you’re willing to commit to a year, it’s just $5.95/month. Month-to-month it’s $9.95/month with no obligation.
I think it looks pretty interesting, but then again, I sort of love Noggin. Regardless, you can check out a demo and try it for a week for free. It may be just what you and your little one have been needing for a rainy day.