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Analyzed by KidSight
WHAT IT MEANS AT EACH AGE
0–2
A little young
Daniel Tiger is safe at age two, and the talking is slow and clear. What holds Daniel back at age two is the point of the whole show, which is noticing a feeling and doing something about that feeling. Noticing a feeling starts to land around age three.
3–5
Good fit
Age four is where Daniel Tiger fits. A feeling shows up, someone names the feeling while it is still happening, and then a short song puts words around what to do with that feeling. A four-year-old follows the whole thing, song included.
6–8
A little old
Daniel Tiger still reads as fine at age seven. The feeling gets named, then explained, then sung, and a seven-year-old already has those words. Daniel asks so little of a seven-year-old that the show turns into background.
9–10
Too old
Daniel Tiger is finished at age nine. The worry stays small and gets solved inside the episode, usually with a song, and there is very little in that for a nine-year-old. Nothing in Daniel Tiger is a problem at age nine. There is just nothing left in Daniel Tiger for them.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
Friends
Big feelings
Family life
WHAT IT TEACHES
Naming feelings
Calming down
Asking for help
WHAT TO KNOW
Gentle and unhurried
SUMMARY
Daniel Tiger names a feeling out loud while the feeling is still happening, then sings about it, and that plainness is the whole show. Daniel Tiger is exactly right at age four, and a seven-year-old has heard the songs already.
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