Oobi

My one year old son loves this show. And I have found it very entertaining myself. Especially the Grandpu character, Oobi and Ooma's apparent guardian. Grandpu always endures what the kids have to offer no matter what, whether it's bathtime or a "Grandpu day" meal made of Grape Jelly, Tuna and Hot Sauce.

There are definitely jokes there that a child would not get, but an adult would snicker at, in fact I laugh out loud several times. One example, Oobi was helping with an infant, smelled something foul and blamed Grandpu. Of course, the baby had a dirty diaper. Great fun all around for the entire family. Catch it on Noggin when you can, you won't be disappointed. I, too, was against it at first.

I hesitated to let my sons watch Oobi for the longest time because of the basic speech involved. However, my oldest son has Pervastive Developmental Disorder (broad spectrum autism) and a speech delay. Watching Oobi has expanded his vocabulary tenfold. He can recite entire scenes now, and is learning to put words together. It works for him because it takes out articles, contractions and superfluous words and gets down to the basic words needed to convey meaning. The "extra" words were bogging down his understanding. So, while I agree that the speech in Oobi isn't good for toddlers who are talking at or above age level, for those struggling to learn, it could be a valuable tool!

In addition, the show is DARLING! Even the adults in my house love to watch it! You actually forget while you're watching it that they're just HANDS with plastic eyeballs! The episode when the kids put on a production of Little Red Riding Hood is SO entertaining. It's even taught my kids to start singing!

I don't think the speech is that bad unless you have an older child watching it that already knows about sentence structure. The speech is very reminiscent of the Dick and Jane books.

Oobi run. You run. We run.

Oobi dance. You dance! Insead of saying, "This is a bathtub. I take a bath to get clean." He will say, "Bathtub. Oobi bath. Oobi clean!"

Its a children's show! There isn't that much to say about it! My kids like to take the eyes to their Mr. Potato head and stick them in between their fingers to pretend they are Oobi. Its cute.

My two year old daughter does not have a speech delay and she loves Oobi. She has been speaking in complete sentences since she was 12 months old. She would watch Oobi several times a week and my daughter did not develop any speech problems as a result of watching Oobi. In fact, she has better vocabulary and diction than the rest of the children in her daycare class. It is a shame that a parent would blame a TV show for their child's speech impairment. Television should not be teaching our children to speak properly, we should be charge of that. This show is mainly for the entertainment of small children. This show is cute and has a good moral message for children.

When our family got the Noggin network, we discovered a show with talking hands, complete with eyes, that were as heartwarming as anything we had ever seen. Basically, this show is like crack for little kids it is so addictive. Oobi learns about the world around him with his grandfather, Grandpu, his little sister Uma, and his best friend Kako. They do much of everything regular families do, and they learn about different things in the process. My kids love this show so much. We constantly watch Oobi, which I don't really mind, because the characters aren't loud or obnoxious, and my kids learn a lot from them. Oobi is definitely a show worth letting your kids watch!