Team Umizoomi

My son absolutely LOVES this show! It not only teaches counting and shapes but also patterns. Each episode starts out with either a cool opportunity or something going wrong and the team is asked to help. The way this plays out is that each episode almost feels like a field trip where they learn about everything from how factories work to what its like to work with first responders. I only wish they had made more seasons as I've probably heard each episode no less than five times.

It stars Millie, Geo, and robot named "Bot" who live in Umicity and save the people or animals that are in trouble and need help.

I used to like it when I was young until I slowly started to realize how awful it looks the animation was for the characters are REALLY bad. The voices are meh (only character I like is Bot because he's voiced by Donovan Patton who was the second host of my beloved favorite Blue's Clues). The education value were good. But overall I find this to be one of the most creepiest shows to watch and I highly don't recommend this for parents or kids.

What makes a good kid's show? If it engages my child and teaches him something along the way, it's good in my book. If I can stand to watch it myself, that's an added bonus.

My son loves this show, loves the characters, and it helps him understand complex concepts - not just math, but how things work behind the scenes. I guess it's kind of the geek's kid show: teaching how to diagnose and resolve problems in everyday life using math and critical thinking. Who knew following around a tiny team of handy-people (essentially they are the city's plumbers, pest control, maintenance crew, etc.) could be made this fun and interesting. And the fact that I can watch it with him and not find myself annoyed is a HUGE plus.

My 2 year old should be, and he LOVES this show. He never stops talking about it, and insists that he is an Umi-friend. He drives an Umi-car, etc.

This is the first show other than Blue's Clues that he actually pays attention to, and we have all 6 seasons of Blue's Clues in the house, Sesame Street episodes going back to 1969, Electric Company, Kai Lan, and all of the stuff that's currently on Nick, Jr or PBSKids. He'll watch any show for about 5 minutes, then he's off to find something else to play with, but for whatever reason (and it seems to be more than just Donovan Patton's voice), with this one he'll sit still for the full 20 minutes, and soak it all up. If you have a two year old in the house, you know that they can be like a ferret after a double espresso... This show appears to be the antidote.

He shouts out the answers to the questions, which he normally ignores on Kai Lan, Wonderpets, Blue, etc., and gets fully engaged with the show. It's done wonders for his shape recognition.

As a parent, I have to say that I like it too. Smart, funny, engaging, educational, and it can hold the attention of a wired two year old. My four year old watches it too, and despite the fact that he has wider- ranging tastes, he loves this show too.

My 2 year old family friend is actually engaged whine watching this show. She thinks about the questions posed to her and answers them. She doesn't just watch mindlessly like she does with Paw Patrol. Also the character designs are cute and the voice acting is too. I'm surprised it only has a 6/10