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Analyzed by KidSight
WHAT IT MEANS AT EACH AGE
0–2
Too young
Speed is what rules this out at this age, before anything else. It runs fast in nearly every episode, the talking is constant, and the story turns on a problem a two-year-old cannot hold. Every episode reads as poor here. What they will take is colour, movement and animals, which is not nothing but is not the show either.
3–5
A little young
A four-year-old can follow it, mostly. Most episodes read as acceptable and a couple are a genuine fit. The animals carry it at this age and the bright tone helps. What sits above them is the pace and the length, since most episodes run past twenty minutes at a speed that does not let up. The tense stretches land harder at four than they will later.
6–8
Good fit
Seven is where it works, and it works on every episode without exception. The speed stops being a problem and starts being the point. A seven-year-old can hold a creature, a problem and a rescue at once, and take the facts on the way through. Twenty minutes is a sit they can manage. The tense stretches read as exciting at this age rather than alarming.
9–10
A little old
It thins at nine without falling away. Most episodes read as acceptable and a couple still land properly. The animal facts hold up, and they are the reason to keep it on. What wears out is the rescue, which arrives the same way each time. A nine-year-old will stay for the creature and skip ahead through the chase.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
Wild animals
Sea and ocean
Bugs and minibeasts
WHAT IT TEACHES
Nature and animals
Cause and effect
How things work
WHAT TO KNOW
Tense moments in nearly every episode
Rough-and-tumble in over half
SUMMARY
Nature and animals is the strongest thing Wild Kratts builds, coming through on nearly every episode. Cause and effect sits behind it, with how things work after that. The thing to know before you press play is the speed. It runs fast almost throughout, the talking never stops, and a tense stretch turns up in nearly every episode. At age seven that reads as exciting and every episode lands. At age four the same speed is what puts it out of reach.
