Dino Ranch

Super cute. I have a 3 yr old that absolutely loves it. Characters are cute and relatable. Make normal kid mistakes and learn from them. We love dinosaurs at our house so maybe we're biased. My only request would be more episodes. We've watched the same ones so many times we're trying to wean our kid off them.

Teaching some life lessons about working together, okay. Otherwise, pretty much a cookie cutter slice of garbage mixed with a lot of confusing and lazily inaccurate dinosaur facts.

Nobody bothered to check to see that velociraptors almost certainly had feathers and that brontosaurus skeletons were incorrectly put together from several species. Maybe that's just my being pretentious. Otherwise, though, are these dinosaurs supposed to be horses, dogs, or mumbling children?

On top of all that, the Dino Ranchers go about solving problems in the most roundabout way possible, just to show off other skills and fill time. They use a trick to stop a rampaging dinosaur, and are completely clueless when it goes nuts later. Genuinely frustrating.

Ok. At first I thought this show would be another one of those harmless shows for the network and it's schedule, I really did... but then I started to notice something.

There is this other show on the network that I think is a better show, no offense to Dino Ranch. The show I like a bit better is named "T. O. T. S", which is a good show with good songs. This show I am making a review for, Dino Ranch, is slowly becoming one of those shows that takes over a schedule, because over the past week, it has replaced most of T. O. T. S reruns and it just doesn't sit right with me.

Next thing that could happen is it replacing most of Bluey, another good Disney Junior show, in reruns.

I feel like I should agree with BoxwoodExpress's review in saying it is generic. It feels sad to see this show replace other shows in their reruns, just looking at the promos makes me agree with the generic comment.

I do agree with the other reviews that it could offer more. It would be nice if it had more educational value. However, I really like this show for a few reasons:

1 - it's family oriented! The family is inclusive of multiple races and is a good representation of adoption. The siblings are kind to each other and help each other out. It also reinforces doing chores and being members of a family team.

2 - there is no violence! It is SO rare to find a kid's show without any violence! The dinosaurs don't even eat meat, so there wouldn't be any visuals of devouring prey or anything of that nature.

3 - there is no technology or screens in the show. Again, this is SO rare! It's refreshing to have a show centered around a farm (albeit an unrealistic farm), that's slower pace and can entertain a toddler without speeding cars, bells and whistles, etc.

4 - although it could improve it's educational value it has kind language, manners, encouragement for children, and basic moral lessons. As someone else mentioned in their review, it deals with kids learning from their mistakes and finding solutions to problems.

5 - it has dinosaurs that aren't too scary for little kiddos. My son now loves dinosaurs because of this show. All-in-all, it's a nice show for young toddlers!

It's refreshing to see such a diverse group of characters starring in a heart warming show about team work and positivity. And dinosaurs! Highly recommended.