What ever happened to the good cartoons: School House Rock

Does anybody else remember Conjunction Junction? This show is one of the best for learning grammar, and nothing has come close to matching it! Instead, cartoons and shows these days make it worse for our children. Everything is about texting these days, and shortened words that make no sense. They are destroying the English language instead of making our children learn it. What is happening as a result? Many people grow up not wanting to read, or some not even knowing how very well. Imagination is destroyed. Movies, and games - it is all laid out for them so they don't have to imagine what might happen.

Not only did School House Rock teach Grammar, but it also touched mathematics, and history as well. Hasn't anybody learned from this, enough to want to make more cartoons that can teach our children the same. They use music to a catchy tune so kids love it when they hear it. I've learned so much watching this cartoon when I was younger. It was often used in classrooms when I was younger, especially history classes. I love this show, and bought it on DVD for my son. He loves it and sings along sometimes.

Does anybody else play this cartoon for their children, and how did they do with it? Did they learn as much as I did?

What ever happened to the good cartoons: The Magic School Bus

Who else remembers this cartoon? What has happened to the cartoons that teach our children something? Is anybody else out there outraged by type of cartoons out there now? I remember when they taught us things. My son loves the magic school bus, and he learns something. Science!

We can watch it together and learn about planets and space, reptiles, the human body and much much more. I have yet to find another cartoon as great with science as this one. Even science classes use it to help teach! Why can't more cartoons these days teach our children things so they won't be so lost in school! Tell me people! Perhaps we should demand it of them.

My rant is over, but tell me, what is your favorite episode of The Magic School Bus?

What ever happened to the good cartoons: Captain Planet

Who else remembers this great cartoon? In fact I remember having a few action figures of it when I was younger. This is another example of a great cartoon for children that teaches something that isn't found many other places in a fun and friendly way. Pollution and taking the time to recycle. There are 6 seasons of this show.  It shows that not only can we save the environment, but in order to do so we must work together.

Don't forget that it takes heart!
 
Not only does it show that things can be reused, but also that protecting the environment you can save the lives of animals who rely on their habitat to survive. There are a lot of good traits that can be learned through this show. I would figure with how environmentally friendly everything is becoming that there would be something similar to this out there more recent, but these cartoons now days only seem to lessen intelligence rather than heighten.

How about we teach our children the good aspects from this show. Recycle, reuse, and protect wildlife. I even play reruns for my son, a superhero helping out the animals, he loves it.

-Craig