Special Agent Oso Review
This morning I watched the premiere episodes of Special Agent Oso on Playhouse Disney. The first episode was about mailing a letter (”To Grandma With Love”) and planting marigolds (”Gold Flower”). The second was about brushing teeth (”Never Say No to Brushing Again”) and repairing a book (”The Girl with the Golden Book”).
The show did not surprise me in that it is pretty entertaining. I was surprised to find Oso to not be all that accident prone as the preview info made me think. Those made him seem more like a bumbling fool like the Pink Panther, but really Oso forgets pretty much just one special thing to remember each episode and it does not make him seem like a fool really.
The show teaches about doing things in three easy steps. Many of the things are practical things for kids to learn and do, such as planting flowers, mailing a letter, fixing a torn book, and brushing their teeth. The previews show one about tying shoes eventually airing and that one would be so nice for some older kids I know that never learned and hopefully help a few fewer preschoolers skip this important lesson. The show also teaches some related vocab along the way and does not seem to try to dumb things down to only use terms preschoolers should already know.
The three step song gets a little repetitive with it being done several times in the 22 minute episode. At least the words do change related to the episodes special task and three steps, so it is not exactly like it is the same song over and over.
Overall this is a great show in my opinion. It is not just an entertaining well animated show for preschoolers with situations they can sometimes relate to, but it is also educational without seeming overtly so.
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