POD has long been a fan of Kate and Mim-Mim on CBeebies. It tells the story of five year old Kate and her toy bunny, Mim-Mim, who travel to the land of Mimiloo where Mim-Mim comes to becomes a larger than life playmate. Being a bit of an explorer herself, POD always enjoys the fantastic trips this duo has. But the introduction of this new Mim-Mim plush toy means she can have her own adventures with Mim-Mim too.
POD has long been a fan of Peppa Pig. If memory serves me right it was the first animated TV show she ever saw and she’s continued to watch ever since. Accompanying toys are always a sure fire hit and the new Peppa Pig Classic Toys range from Character Options certainly tops the lot. Inspiring fans both old and new, it brings together everything POD loves about the much-loved TV series.
As well as The Octonauts and brilliant new series Kazoops, POD also loves the adventures of the Go Jetters! Current airing on the CBeebies channel, it follows Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz as they travel the world. Xuli is ‘the pilot with the power and the speed’, Kyan is ‘fantastic when gymnastics is all you need’, Lars ‘makes and fixes things super fast with his hands’ and Foz ‘cracks the answer to Grandmaster Glitch’s plans’. The Go Jetters are led by Ubercorn, a disco grooving unicorn, who presents the four heroes with facts about each of the places they visit.
As big fans of the moving image we were all very excited about the impact Netflix would have on our viewing options.
The CBeebies network has been a firm favourite in the Dove household for some time now and POD has grown up with many of the characters featured in their programmes. Her current favourites include The Octonauts, Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures and the Go Jetters but there’s a superb new series on the way too. The global premiere of #Kazoops took place over the weekend at the Charlotte Street Hotel and we got to have a sneaky peek at the first few episodes.
If you asked me what my favourite programmes were as a child, The Clangers would definitely be up there. Originally broadcast back in the Seventies, it told the story of a family of murine creatures that lived inside a hollow planet. The Clangers consist of Mother Clanger, Major Clanger, Granny Clanger, Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger. Other planet inhabitants included the Froglets, a trio of orange aliens, the scrap metal Iron Chicken, the blue cow-like Sky Moos plus the Soup Dragon and her baby. Speaking only in whistles, they ate green soup, provided by the soup dragon, and blue string pudding!
It doesn’t matter whether it’s drawing, colouring or sticking, POD thoroughly enjoys creating. She loves modelling too although she does get a little frustrated if it hardens! Thankfully Plasticine has launched a Softeez range which is super easy to mould and doesn’t go hard.
We have a pet! Alright it’s not an actual pet but Lil’ Mouse Crumbs could just as easily be. From the Character Little Live Pets range, he arrived with this rather superb Mouse Play Trail. POD is already besotted with him and he’s perfect for the kitchen table too as there’s no mess. It’s also a lot of fun to watch him scoot round the trail making sounds like a real mouse as he goes.
POD always enjoyed playing with a supermarket till at her grandparents house. Much hilarity ensued when she shouted “clean up on aisle 3” down the pretend microphone! POD’s excitement levels were almost stratospheric when she received the touch-sensitive Supermarket Till from Casdon though as its digitised and has a working calculator.
POD has been involved in a couple of plays at school since she started in September. First came a nativity which saw her take on a convincing role as a King and sing with two others. She had the most splendid costume, king-like as you’d expect but with a Cleopatra style collar and shiny crown. It was a polished performance from everyone, all credit to the school for pulling it together and ensuring the children had such a great time. Last term saw POD take on the role of octopus in an adaptation of Rainbow Fish. Dressed in blue leggings and a blue top, with stuffed legs stitched onto it, POD had even perfected a deep octopus voice! It was quite something to see the children sign as they sang too. She seems to relish performing so when the opportunity arose to do a two week trial at Stagecoach, she was really keen.
