I have a 9 month old niece, who I babysit every day. With the wonder pets I know she is being entertained and at the same time she is learning. Every day I turn the TV on to Nick Jr. at 11 and when she hears "Wonder Pets, wonder pets, you found a way, to save a friend and save the day!" She starts waving her hands in excitement! I'd rather her first word be "teamwork" than something else! We tried watching sponge-bob(cringe) and she started to cry. Wonder Pets is a show that we can watch together. Its about time there was an educational program is on! Also when Linny, Tuck, and Ming Ming too, start sing my niece will actually start bouncing as if she is dancing...she only does it to their songs, its adorable. And I know that there wont be any surprise words or actions, which is very comforting.

I am a nanny for a 4 year old and 1 year old. This is one of the best shows for kids out there that I've found. We don't watch much TV, but this show not only teaches the children about teamwork and problem solving, but it introduces them to all kinds of music and ethnic cultures! It then introduces them to other animals and what they're called as babies. Even the one year old I watch can sing the theme song, and we say "This is Sewious" all the time in my house. I even have my husband singing it! This show is amazing!! I only hope it's still around or available when I have kids of my own someday! Go Wonder Pets YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

I really liked this show when me and my 3 year old started watching it. Then I noticed the little duck says her r's wrong. I thought well thats OK. What child is going to pay attention to that. Well 2 weeks after watching this program about everyday, my 3 year old started speaking like that. Saying his r's just like the little duck. Well I immediately blocked that show from out list. I have found its hard to break habits, and I do not this to go any farther. I think if you are going to make a children's show it should be to help them not hinder them. Other than the speech problem this is a great show for children. We love the songs and singing along with them. I like the lesson about team Work. Thank you for your time.Lora

Before you turn away thinking I'm a total loon, I must qualify that I am a high school Honors Science teacher, and I have taught everything from PreAP Biology to AP Physics, and everything in between for almost 20 years now. I believe that parents need to watch TV with their kids anyway, to make sure the kids do not watch too much TV, and to make sure that what they watch is appropriate for them. Truly, I have come to the conclusion that "grown-up TV" is just no fun anymore. Up to last year, I was a "CSI" and "West Wing" junkie.....ah well....Now, as for the Wonder Pets:This show is a real breath of fresh air. The show is hard to describe, except to say that every episode is operatic, humorous, and just a little nuts. First of all, this show is completely absurd. Joyfully, beautifully, (perhaps dementedly?) absurd. But it is so cool, and very funny! The Wonder Pets are Lenny, Tuck and Ming-Ming, a guinea pig, a turtle and a duckling, respectively. They lead a double life as classroom pets in an elementary school classroom during the day, but as intrepid animal rescue experts after hours. Every episode has dialogue spoken and sung, just like a middle school operetta, with repeated choruses of what the story and the characters are all about ("What's gonna work? TEAMWORK!") backed up by fully orchestrated music that sounds actually similar to say, a Wagner opera....yes, I did say Wagner. You just have to see it to understand. In fact, make sure you watch at least two full 1/2 hour episodes, because the first time you see this, it will leave you confused. But after you get it, you will, well,.... you'll GET IT! To quote Ming-Ming "This is SEWIOUS!" (Yes, the duckling's trademark line is delivered every episode like an infant Elmer Fudd, but it is just too funny to describe here). The messages of teamwork and looking out for the good of others is presented brilliantly here, not in any form of a preachy way, but in an enthusiastic, comical manner that young children can understand. Unlike other shows about social interaction, this show does not use the worn out technique of making a character do the right thing by making them feel guilty about having done the wrong thing to begin with (for all its good intentions I just can't stand "Franklin"). The Wonder Pets show that they are their brother's keeper in a proactive way. (Hey, that's pretty ironic, their brother's keeper, and they all live in cages in a schoolroom.....but I digress) Well, what can I tell you except that my favorite character is without a doubt Ming-Ming. Don't take my word, see this new gem for yourself. I hope it becomes a long term successful show like it's problem-solving predecessors "Blue's Clues" and "Dora the Explorer" One last word: Ming-Ming RULES! This is SEWIOUS!