Sid the Science Kid

Sid The Science kid started airing on PBS week days in 2008. How much do I love this show!!! It's just awesome! First of all it's a digital puppetry production from the Jim Henson company. You can totally tell too! Even though the characters are digitally animated they still have that distinguishable Muppet look to them.

The main character in the show is Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principals and why things work the way they do. He tries to answer questions and solve problems with the help of his classmates and family.

Like the Muppet Show it is a real variety of a show. You really do get a bit of everything mixed together with Sid the Science Kid. There is animation mixed with real video, music and comedy and so much more.

A recurring feature is the joke wall. The kids go to a section on the playground where they open shape panels and tell jokes in the style of a "laugh - in" but of course targeted at preschoolers. They did this on the Muppet show too, particularly in "the dance" section. I also remember this type of thing on "You can't do that on television" with the locker jokes. Other recurring segments include The Sid Survey, Rug Time, The Super Fab Lab, Susie sings, and Sid's "super-duper-schmoper" big idea.

D is always going around saying he has a "super-duper-schmoper idea" hehe I got him a large magnifying glass like Sid's at the dollarama and he was going around yesterday with it saying "Let's get to the bottom of this!" Way too cute!