Zoboomafoo

Pros: Educational,instructive,funny,enjoyable to watch.
Cons: Wish shows were longer.

Zoboomafoo is the favorite kids show I my house.
Not only does my 4 year old Grandson love to watch this show but his I, his Grandmother, never misses it either.
Our family has always been animal lovers as we have had every animal you can...

Pros: Entertaining and educational
Cons: none

Let me begin by saying that I use a webtv and cannot make paragraphs in the usual manner. This is why you will see ~~~ in my reviews. They represent paragraph breaks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We first discovered Zaboomafoo when my youngest had...

Pros: Is informative, while not giving so much information your child loses interest
Cons: The silly antics may cause your child to want to play instead of watch.

While walking in the woods one day, Chris and Martin saw something strange, a little leaping lemur....

From the catchy opening song, until the moment when everything in the closet goes crashing to the floor, my 4 year old daughter Hannah, my...

Pros: humorous and intelligent show will teach your kids tons of tidbits about animals
Cons: none

"What's a creature adventurer? ... A person that likes to meet animals, learn about the world, camp in the wilderness, do outdoor sports, and help creatures everywhere!" taken from www.krattbrothers.com

The brothers approximate that...

Pros: visiting creatures in their natural habitat
Cons: can be slow for older children

Zoboo is a leaping lemur who lives with the Kratt Brothers, Martin & Chris on the set of Zaboomafoo. Together the three experience nature through exploration.

Each episode of this half an hour show on our PBS station, this trio explores a...

Pros: Lots of good information, enthusiastic hosts
Cons: Almost hyperactive kind of activity

When we moved from our old house to our new one, we decided to give up our satellite dish and just go with good, old-fashioned, free antenna service. While I still miss our old friends at Nick Jr., we have found several quality shows on our local PBS...

Pros: educational, funny, darling, entertaining, perfect for very young children
Cons: nothing! It's "perfect"!

NOTE: edited 6/9/00

It was a great day, that day we first stumbled upon Zoboomafoo on PBS. My 2 year old son was acting very cranky and I really needed him to let me get dinner finished up. I turned on the television set, and...

Pros: children learn about all sorts of animals, and learn to respect them as well
Cons: don't expect to get your child's attention during the show.

Let me start off by saying: What a wonderful show!

The Kratt brothers took their Kratt's creatures one step further for pre-schoolers. Along with their leaping friend they meet and learn about all sorts of new animals.

I learned...

Pros: The brothers are appealing to all age groups
Cons: Not on weekends

Hi there and as the mother to two preschoolers aged 3.5 and 5 who both have autism this is a good educational show. Most autistic children learn from structure and repetition and this show talks about things from past episodes and has the same song and...

Pros: Educational and fun
Cons: None

My daughter Emmily watches Zoboomafoo on PBS in the mornings most days. It is all about the Kratt brothers and Zabu. The whole idea of the show is to educate your child about animals both wild and domestic. I have been letting my daughter watch ...

Pros: quality learning, fun, great for the entire family
Cons: it's impossible for me not to watch it

I'm not sure exactly which rock I've been living under lately. When it comes to television programs about animals, I have always relied on Animal Planet to provide me and my children with knowledge. While I love Animal Planet no less, this new discovery...

Pros: Lots of interesting animals, some you'd only see in zoos, good lessons, good clean fun!
Cons: May not hold the attention of very young children

Zoboomafoo is, in my opinion, clearly the best show on TV for preschoolers. Almost all kids love animals, the hard part is making learning interesting, but this show does it! Two brothers, Martin & Chris Kratt, lead us into their world,...

Pros: Energetic, educational, fun!!!
Cons: none

Wow, I love this show. Growing up, I had all types of exotic animals; ferrets, rabbits (okay not so exotic), Tropical Birds including a blue and gold macaw among others, a kinkajou, a skunk, and a squirrel monkey. Not to mention cats and a dog, a...

Pros: Fast pace and entertaining
Cons: none that I can think of

Happy lemur day? You may be asking yourself what IS Lemur day. Well it was the title of today's show on Zoboomafoo. Zoboomafoo is a PBS show geared towards toddlers and preschool aged children.

The show is mainly an informational look...

Pros: Educational & Fun For The Whole Family
Cons: None

Zoboomafoo, what a strange name, what a lovable guy...

The human hosts of the show are very entertaining.Two brothers Chris and Martin, the most energetic,lively,and goofy guys around.Zaboo is the star of the show though.An adorable...