Here’s to you, my shiny friend

Each weekday morning, after he finishes music practice, Thing One likes to watch PBS Kids before heading off to school. For a while, our local affiliate was trying out It’s A Big Big World in our time slot. It’s an affable, part-puppet, part-animation show set in a rainforest. The episodes center around the themes of respecting and learning about nature, and diverse species living in harmony. Not surprisingly, predators are conveniently nonexistent; the closest we come is a troubled anteater who feels a compulsion to befriend the very ants his instinct drives him to eat. No wonder he’s the most anxiety-prone creature in the ecosystem! But I digress. The strength of this program is in its catchy, world beat-style tunes. Thing Two doesn’t pay much attention to the animals or their activities, but whenever a song comes on, he’s right there, bouncing away. Throughout the day, we find ourselves humming them (the Moon Greeting Song is an especially nice lullaby), so it would seem that earworms are one of the hidden species of the World Tree.

Anyway, if you have young children of your own, and are looking for fresh addictive music, click on the picture, choose “Music”, and knock yourself out.

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