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Learning Shows - Documentaries For Kids

The document provides descriptions of several learning shows and documentaries for kids including Eleven, Walking With Dinosaurs, Mad Hot Ballroom, Jane, The Short Game, The Kindness Diaries, Minimalism: A Doc about the Important Things, Brainchild, and SciGirls. It includes brief descriptions of each show/doc and potential writing prompts for kids to reflect on what they learned from watching each one.

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Learning Shows - Documentaries For Kids

The document provides descriptions of several learning shows and documentaries for kids including Eleven, Walking With Dinosaurs, Mad Hot Ballroom, Jane, The Short Game, The Kindness Diaries, Minimalism: A Doc about the Important Things, Brainchild, and SciGirls. It includes brief descriptions of each show/doc and potential writing prompts for kids to reflect on what they learned from watching each one.

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Learning Shows/Docs

So as to seize screen time vs. just appease

Eleven – (iT) It shows kids around the world sharing their thoughts on the things that
affect them and the things that don’t yet. From a kid in an Indian orphanage to a kid
living in Melbourne to a kid who lives in Thailand, kids can peek at worlds that don’t look
like theirs — and learn how kids their age are feeling and thinking. 

Writing prompt  i. What did you learn about yourself from this show?
ii. What did you learn about others from this show?
iii. What did you learn about the world?
At least 3 sentences/thoughts on each ? from above.

Walking With Dinosaurs (AP, YT) – 6-part BBC series on dinosaurs in the Mesozoic era.

Mad Hot Ballroom (AP, YT) documents the lives of a few New York City students who are in
a dancing competition sponsored by the American Ballroom Theatre. The kids learn how
to dance and share their lives with the viewer. Dazzling; won multiple awards.

Jane (Hulu, D+) - Jane  focuses on the tireless efforts of conservationists to help
endangered animals recover. In this case, said conservationist is Jane Goodall, the world’s
most famous and renowned primatologist, who spent more than five decades living among
chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania. Hers is a story of overcoming adversity at every
turn and about channeling passions into positive change. For any child even remotely
interested in working among animals, it’s a tale of hope, compassion, and aspiration.

The Short Game – Netflix - A group of eight 7-year-old golfing prodigies travel to compete in
the World Championships of Junior Golf. These kids are the best of the best — and might
give your kid a bit more appreciation for all those golfing tournaments on ESPN.

The Kindness Diaries – (AP) Watch Leon Logothetis travel around the world on his yellow
motorbike, Kindness One, relying only on people’s kindness at each stage of his travel. This
show is about sharing everything that you have, even if you don’t have much. It exposes the
graciousness and gratitude of the world when given, and reciprocated.

Writing prompt for each episode  Where did he go? How did he show kindness to others?
How did others show kindness to him? What did you learn about the world through this
episode?
* you must write at least 5 sentences in covering all writing prompts above

Minimalism: A Doc about the Important Things (Netflix) - This film opened the door to a variety
of conversations with our girls about “stuff,” advertisements and marketing, popular
brands at school, and what happiness means to us. The intro says…
When I heard about minimalism, it wasn’t just about getting rid of my stuff. It was about
taking control of my life; to stop being told what to do and deciding what I wanted to do.

Brainchild – (Netflix) – multiple episodes; choose 2 to watch. Cast votes to decide which ones.

SciGirls (PBS) – multiple episodes

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