Dino Dana

An educational show which can trigger some paleontologist vocation!

I have a 5 year old dinosaur fanatic. He's already saying he's going to be a paleontologist. This show gives him inspiration and keeps him interested. I love that it's educational as well as entertaining. The only thing depending on how you look at it is Dana is quite adventurous which can be good and bad. I've had quite a few messes to clean up after my son is finished "exploring".

As any caretakers of a dino-manic child knows, finding age appropriate movies or shows about their favorite prehistoric giants can be a tricky thing; the reason being that it's hard to find that sweet spot between realism and lack of violence. But for all intents and purposes, Dino Dana represents a sweet spot between these two ideals. The story focuses on a young girl names Dana who is on a mission to learn more about dinosaurs through simple to understand field studies of her imaginary dino friends (portrayed amply with CGI). However, it would be incorrect in saying that Dino Dana is exclusively a show that teaches children about dinosaurs. Throughout the first season I was also happy to find life lessons scattered about such as waiting your turn, helping friends and generally all things related to being a good samaritan and/or decent person. For all these reasons and more, I'd recommend Dino Dana to any parent looking for a new show for their child.

We kinda like it too. I particularly enjoy the relative paleontological accuracy of Dana's imagination.

Not sure if the 1-star reviews for Dino Dana are serious or just lame attempts to be edgy. In any case, this is a pretty good show in my opinion and my 3 year old loves it. There's plenty of throwaway kids TV out there that oversimplifies pre-history but Dino Dana does a good job of both entertaining and educating. The writing, special effects, and acting are all absolutely fine. I'm perfectly happy with my daughter getting her dino fix from this show.