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Last week V-me launched a new parenting series of mini-episodes in Spanish called Las Aventuras de eebee which is hosted by a superstar Latina we all know well-Thalía.
Thalía, whom we know mostly as a pop singer and from her successful roles in Mexican telenovelas, became a mamá two years ago and now is sharing screen time with an adorable and colorful baby puppet called eebee-“the baby’s baby”-in entertaining vignettes that help parents of infants aged 6 months and up transform everyday moments into learning that lasts. Activities based on the latest early child development research provide enriched play experiences for parent and baby alike.
I’m glad to see V-me continue to enrich their daily Spanish pre-school block and parenting shows, which already includes the original and award winning series “Los Niños en su Casa“, and to see a Latina with a superstar following shine her spotlight on our niños. To me this is a sign that more and more attention is being given to us parents raising our children to speak Spanish as well as English and to give us valuable resources for our journey.
If you haven’t already, you can catch Thalia in her new role with eebee from Monday to Friday on V-me. Click here to check your local listings.
Oh, and I just noticed V-me has created a new Facebook group for Padres. It looks like it’s so new that word still hasn’t gotten around. How about if SpanglishBaby friends make some noise and we become the first Fans on their page? This is a great place to get your voice heard. Go here to join.
Eebee is very much like a baby, he said. The full-body puppet doesn’t talk; it simply discovers. Eebee and an adult play with boxes, fill and dump cups, and crinkle paper. They play tug-of-war with socks and rip up junk mail.
Each segment is designed to engage the parent and baby with rich play experiences. Gass hopes that viewers will not only watch, but also will participate. The segments create a brief moment that a parent and child can share and extend into their real lives, Gass said.
“Eebee’s adventures,” previously available only on DVD and via on-demand services, has received 20 national parenting awards, including Parenting Magazine’s DVD of the Year Award.
Larry Sichter, chief of affiliate relations for AFN Broadcast Center, is equally enthusiastic about the partnership, which comes in response to a recent increase in births on military bases.
“We looked at ‘eebee’s adventures’ and feel it’s a very appropriate program for our target audience,” Sichter said. “It’s a perfect fit for us.”
The five-minute segments will appear between “Sesame Street” and “Bear in the Big Blue House” on AFN/family, weekdays at 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Chances are you will soon, especially if a toddler or baby lives under your roof.
Eebee is a neither male nor female. Eebee does not represent a specific race or culture.
But that doesn’t mean the character isn’t colorful. With limbs that are red, yellow, purple and blue and with spiky multicolored hair, eebee can stop little viewers in their tracks.
Thanks to a partnership with American Forces Network (AFN), “eebee’s adventures” will be broadcast twice daily to nearly 1 million military families stationed overseas.
Stephen Gass, co-creator of “eebee’s adventures” and president of Every Baby Co., is excited about eebee’s new playmates.
Gass brings to the show 20 years of experience in children’s media and educational product development. A child psychologist and former director of education for Sesame Place, Gass began to see that the infant media market seemed overly serious.
Television shows and DVDs geared toward toddlers and babies focused on either classical music segments, repetition of numbers and letters, or intense graphics and busy screens.
“What seemed to be missing was somebody saying that it’s OK to just interact and have fun,” Gass said.
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