La fête des mots: Viens chanter!

I don't allow my 15 month old daughter to watch much TV but once in a while I allow her to watch educational shows. Word Party is one of the few things that really holds her attention. The show uses vibrant colors and is supposed to teach babies different words. Although the songs are a bit repetitive and seem to be the same ones every episode my baby really likes it, and this has given her a chance to familiarize herself with the songs. She loves this show but I would appreciate if they taught better behavior, the fact that LuLu throws temper tantrums (i.e spitting, whining, crying on the floor) doesn't help reinforce the good habits I try to instill in my child. I understand she is supposed to be a "baby" but not all babies act like this. My child sees Lulu acting this way and indiscriminately imitates without realizing that lulu's behavior is only being held accountable by other babies and not a mother who grew up in Brooklyn who seriously doesn't play that. My child never spat at anyone before watching this show now it's my job to teach her not to do this. The producers should really take this into consideration...ijs

I am rating this for the parents, not the kids, because we're the ones who have to endure this being on in the background.

There are plenty of other shows out there that teach the same lessons without the cringey character voices in the background. Word Party does teach some good lessons ("Let's not fight, it's not right!"), but the downside is an audio assault on your ears that will test your patience.

Skip Word Party and go for Storybots instead. It's an infinitely better show, and way less irritating and repetitive.

I'm gonna be honest. This is my least favorite show that my daughter watches but it is her favorite. She always asks for it.

My baby has been attracted to this show since 2 months old! Now, at 8 months, she absolutely loves it! She looks straight to the tv when we ask if wants to watch word party. Me and my husband know every word to every song, if we sing them ever thru out the day she gets so excited and will clap and bounce along to us singing. There is not much to buy out there. My grandmother watched her and does not have Netflix. We would love to buy the dad's. We are doing her first birthday theme as Word Party...I have managed to figure out enough stuff to do so. I need this show to be more known cause my baby loves it and hard to find this stuff. Amazon is the only place that has a few things to buy...but not much! This show is captivating for little ones....brilliant how they have mostly white walls and floors and all the rest is extremely colorful and makes it really stand out. When the baby animals are singing or dancing my baby will not look away. She loves it!

It looks like they've used the same motion capture technique as "Foodfight!": the claimed worst animated movie of all time.

Meaning, they move like old men or like the type of English teenager who would unironically use the term "cheeky nandos", because although they were born in Birmingham they insist that they were born in Compton. This style is a little distracting and odd when the characters are all supposed to be babies.

Additionally, the voices of these characters are intolerable. I don't know if it's me but the sound of these grown adults painfully trying to put on baby voices makes me (for lack of a better word) cringe. It's very reminiscent of the voices your siblings would use to insultingly mimic you.

I know that as a viewer older than 4, I'm most likely not the target demographic, and my younger sister of 4 years does seem to enjoy the show. However, my little sister also went through a phase of spinning around until she fell over and hit her head, and she thought that was pretty fun too. So maybe children don't know what's best for themselves.

It seems like a lot of people use the fact that they're making a children's show as an excuse for bad quality. I'm not asking for a complex and detailed story arc, just half decent voice acting that isn't below the language quality of its audience, and some sort of quality control for the animation. There's little wrong with the lessons the show is trying to teach (e.g. go to sleep when your told, eat your vegetables, don't make a mess, yada yada...), but there's nothing individual about the show as goes for all Netflix children show originals.

The show might make a few pennies while it lasts because young children will always watch shows with bright colours for a short time, but as time goes on and they find something better the show will soon be forgotten and brushed under the rug. Advice to Netflix: how about you only make a new show if you have an original or interesting idea, you do call them "Netflix Originals" after all.