Oobi

I am a mother of two-year-old and a secondary English teacher and watching this show makes me flinch at all the incomplete sentences in which the characters speak. In one episode Oobi and his supposedly ethnic friend Kako take singing lessons and attempt to sing "Row Row Row Your Boat" in a round except the creators think it's fine to omit words from their (the characters) vocab so the song they sing goes more like "row row row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream." My child loves show but I have to leave the room when it's on or I go insane verbally filling in their pronouns and conjunctions or whatever other fragmented sentences dribble from their mouthes (or fingers). The message they try to get across is always a good one and sometimes they throw in subtle humor only adults will get, but the writers definitely need to stop worrying about saving trees and start teaching kids that grammar is not all that bad.

We first stumbled onto Oobi right after the season started. Little did we know that our then 1 1/2 year old would fall in love with it. Needless to say the show is very cute and even holds the attention of my husband and I. We find ourselves laughing at the characters with the little things they do that are just hysterical. Who would have known that a "hand" could make someone laugh as hard as Oobi does. My son absolutely loves it. But not only does it serve as just a cute show, it also teaches kids basic principals of life. Overall I would definitely recommend this show to anyone with kids. (Or without for that matter) This show is definitely for keeps!!

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.

It was really interesting to read so many different reviews of Oobi. It does sort of bother me that so many go so far as to say the show is a waste of time because their four year old hates it. Perhaps this is because its designed for young toddlers? And the gloss language? Again, directed towards toddlers, who don't ALL speak in clear perfect sentences. We should remember that all of our kids progress at different levels and respond to different things. It doesn't make things horrible or a waste of time, it means its not right for you or your child. (and, hey, if its right for you, its really just an added bonus since very few of the kids programming out there is tolerable for adults) To the person who responded about her child's PDD, I am so psyched that you found something that works! My boyfriends daughter's ability to remember simple lyrics (as opposed to before where she just would make US sing) is a pretty rad development, which tells me that even if it bores older kids and adults, its still making a difference for us.

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!