Sid the Science Kid

This charming program follows a boy named Sid, a very curious kid, through a school day. Sid starts the day with a question, and the class explores the science behind it with simple experiments and class discussion. The program's tone is very light and humorous, filled with lots of music and jokes, and it is effective for teaching natural science. The show is CG animated, but it contains live-action segments of kids in school performing experiments. Sid himself appears to be in first or second grade, but the show is aimed at pre-K and kindergärtners too, as there is no reading involved, just a lot of music and exploration.

Ah yes. My childhood. I love this show! it's adorable and the songs are catchy!

It's easy for kids to overlook the bad parts of Sid the Science Kid and appreciate it. And I can certainly see why!

The setup is the same every single episode but with a few small variations, and this is a show that does that in a good way. A lot of modern cartoons that have the same setup every single episode but with a few small variations do that in a bad way.

I love how when Sid knows that he has to do something that he's not a fan of or is in a situation that he doesn't really like that much, instead of complaining too much about it, he helps himself feel better by asking a science question about said situation and investigating it at school with his friends and his great teacher.

The show has great humor, and I love the style of Sid's "big idea" segment and the live action segments. And about the songs? Some of them sound like rap songs, others country songs.

The only real negatives to this show is that as good as the writing of each episode is, the animation and voice acting are bad, and the characters besides Sid don't have that much of a personality.

Overall? A show that looks and sounds bad on the outside but is enjoyable on the inside. Really proves that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, or in this case, a cartoon by its animation.

This show is stupid and it is a rip off to Bill Nye The Science Guy. It is one of the worst TV shows in PBS Kids history but Barney is way worse than Sid the Science Kid. Also it was great when it got canceled in 2013.

Finally a show that's adorable and teaches science without being too heavy handed or unappealing to kids. I'm so glad we found it for my almost 5-year-old.