Tumble Leaf

My son watches this show and I secretly love it! Reminds me of something I would have watched as a child.

Stumbled across this show after realizing there was free programming with a Prime membership. After searching through what was available, we found Tumble Leaf. After a few episodes my child became hooked. Now its the show requested and watched right after school. He's totally glued to it and is learning some awesome skills in the process. Amazon really hit it out of the ballpark with this show!

I'm a very tough critic of children's television. I've been a preschool and kindergarten teacher for over a decade and don't approve of the majority of children's television. This is by far, the absolute best content being produced for children today. Not only is it an incredibly beautiful animation, but each story was very thoughtfully written and produced. The characters cooperate to discover solutions to problems or new ways to play through trial and error. Every episode ends with the words "Go play!" encouraging children to go out and have their own experiences. And the main characters are all voiced by children which I think the young viewers really respond to. The pacing is gentle and age appropriate. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here. It's perfection.

A work of art, Tumble Leaf is engaging and visually magical. Our three year old twins love it. And I enjoy watching it with them. Each segment develops a theme methodically, but the lessons are not heavy-handed or preachy.

My toddler loves this show! The mini-episodes are only 11 min long. It is far and away his favorite of the few different shows we've tried out. He literally starts laughing as soon as I start up a new episode. Unlike so many other cartoons I've come across with both him and my nieces and nephews, this one is actually (more than) bearable for the adults in the room to watch, as well. It is cute and educational for young kids. It goes over the different names, functions, and properties (shininess, reflectiveness, shape, sound, etc.) of everyday items, and it's a really cute premise. For instance, in one episode Fig (the main character) discovers that round things roll more easily on smooth surfaces, by playing with a round item on different types of surfaces. These are the sort of little details in life that parents get so used to, that we might not think to point them out to our kids. To us, they are just obvious details, but to little kids, everything is a brand new lesson, and Tumble Leaf writers do a great job of going over various items and their properties, as if they are also seeing through the children's' eyes, for the very first time. We've gone through the first season and begun to cycle back through, again, so I'm definitely looking forward to the second season!