Miffy and Friends: What I Learned Today

Entry Number: 7
Title: Miffy and Friends: What I Learned Today

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Illustrator: n/a

Publisher: Sony Wonder

Year: (2005)

ISBN: n/a

Genre: Children's movies

Topics: counting, science, weather, nature, animals, friendship

Age Group: 0-4

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Dewey Category: n/a

Format: DVD

         Miffy, the cute little bunny from the imagination of Dick Bruna and a beloved character from the popular picure books, joins her friends in this simplistic film that introduces counting, basic science (weather, nature), and social skills/friendship. I chose this Dvd for it’s coverage of other concepts not so easy to find with early learning tools. The film plays out like a long picture book, with an immersive story line and cute clay animation style characters. The movements are subtle, the voice telling the story is calm and soothing, but Miffy’s activities are entertaining enough to draw attention even from babies: Miffy walks through a forest and counts what she sees, trees, butterflies, clouds, then a storm approaches, she finds her friend Boris the bear, and later discovers the trees to have been blown over by the wind. The pace of these events is not too fast so as to overstimulate, yet, not slow enough to lull children to sleep. This DVD offers a charming story with concepts that children can grow with, and learn something new every time they watch it.