GOOD movies for 4 and 2 year olds - Page 2

[missnoodlesmom]

Shows - Little Bear, Backyardigans
Movies- Ponyo, Cars, Finding Nemo, Ice Age, Enchanted (I know there is some romance in there, but my kids adore this movie and I clearly like the songs because I'll find myself trilling and singing as I pick up the house, haha), Rio, Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda

Blue Planet, Frozen Planet, Planet Earth series - my kids have been watching this type of documentary for a while and loooooove it.

[reezley]

Originally Posted by meemee 

Originally Posted by Peony

Totally. Last summer, my then 2 year was obsessed with musicals, especially Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

wow really. even at 3 my dd freaked out with chitty chitty bang bang. she enjoyed the first part. but the moment the second part started she freaked otu and we stopped watching.

we did a lot of the dog movies. she loved them. benji was a particular favourite.

clifford the big red dog was a good one too. she still does at 7 1/2.

My ds (7) must be a lot like your dd, because at 2 or 4 he was scared of a lot of things in popular movies.  We tried to watch the Curious George movie when he was 3 and right toward the beginning it got a little dark with dramatic music and he made us turn it off.  :\   My boys are now 5 and 7 we just recently watched Finding Nemo - I'm glad we waited until ds2 was 5 because he could really understand and handle that the suspenseful and scary scenes were leading to a hopefully happy ending.... There is a lot of sadness and scariness in that movie I think.  

ALL that said - my votes are for the original Winnie-the-Pooh movie, Harold and the Purple Crayon (good choice!), Mary Poppins, Elmo in Grouchland.

 

[C is for Cookie]

Little Bear is the only consistent series I let DS watch from time to time. It always calms him down. And me too. It must be the calming background music or something. lol. Or it must be nostalgia because I remember watching it when i was 8 years old and loved it.

[Erinz]

Ponyo scared my (then) 5 year old, but all kids are different. Both of mine LOVE Little Bear (and the kind messages and interactions are so great). I also bought some Magic Schoolbus vids and they both like to watch them here and there. AND THEN... (shhhh) they both really like Scooby Doo for some reason. I know, it sounds nuts.The problem solving stuff is so crazy magical to them.

[mom2grtbunch]

I also wanted to chime in that the reading rainbow series has some great childrens literature into cartoons (my library has them on vhs, some on dvd) as they are no longer around but it was titles like the very hungry caterpillar, the day jimmys boa ate the wash, etc .  it was the cartoon they woul dplay in the middle of the reading rainbow episodes. 

[mom2grtbunch]

aslo the current pbs dr. seus series is really nice and has lots of science in it.  I usually favor things that would be shown on pbs as im pretty sure the language is age appropriate as well as the content

[lmk1]

Both my kids LOVE Kipper the dog...the almost 2yo laughs so hard, and cries when movie time is over...he always wants to watch more.  The only complaint I have is there are some episodes where Kipper says how "boring" stuff is...and now my 4yo repeats that.  I know it's only words...but it still bothers me.  Otherwise, it's the best...they also like Bob the builder, Pingu (although the 2 yo not so much).  

[lmk1]

Originally Posted by lmk1 

Both my kids LOVE Kipper the dog...the almost 2yo laughs so hard, and cries when movie time is over...he always wants to watch more.  The only complaint I have is there are some episodes where Kipper says how "boring" stuff is...and now my 4yo repeats that.  I know it's only words...but it still bothers me.  Otherwise, it's the best...they also like Bob the builder, Pingu (although the 2 yo not so much).  

I forgot to mention Masha i Medved...this is a Russian cartoon, but I think kids can enjoy it without understanding the language.  Both my kids LOVE it, maybe even as much as Kipper the dog...and personally, I think it's pretty hysterical too.  I'm not sure if you can buy it, but a lot of the episodes are available on Youtube.  

[Island_Mama]

LINNEA IN MONET"S GARDEN -   This is available streaming on netflix.   Nothing scary and it is mellow enough for quiet evenings :-) Just a young girl taking a trip in Paris exploring  Claude Monet's garden and learning about his art and paintings. 

KIRIKOU ET LA SORCIERE - This is a french animated film, but even if your child can't read subtitles, they will still love it. "Drawn from elements of West African folk tales" It is a tale about a little boy in a cursed village. While you follow this infant through his adventure, different morals and values are taught. my 5yr old seen this when she was 2 1/2 and still loves it.  

Edited by Island_Mama - 7/23/12 at 11:31pm

[pek64]

We used to only watch the first half of Chitty. Also Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire were both hits. Music man. Yours, Mine and Ours. And Cheaper by the Dozen. Also we sometimes watched a week's worth of Mr. Rogers instead of a movie. Lawrence Welk was also a hit. I guess you can tell we like music. Dick Van Dyke show was also fun, though not at 2. When older, Hello Dolly was also a favorite.

[pek64]

When they're older there's Angels in the Outfield, and the like.

[aaliyahs mama]

I have a 4 year ols daughter that loves the movie the cat in the hat...the people version. She also loves angelina ballerina movie and just to put this out there, there are great learning shows on nick jr and the hub. Also sprout is a great channel. Thesenmay not be movies but these shows teack children how to share and learn all types of things from number n colors to interacting with kids and teaching valuable lessons kids will need to learn in life