is it easier/better to have something like sky tv for kids

Deals_2

than buying individual dvds (even though the cheapest usually). are any of the disney programmes on sky educational at all that it is actually worth it? thanks in advance

Conor_3

Depends on what age group you're looking at. For pre-school and infants, most definitely educational. Once you start heading towards double digit age, less so.

And the kids can't scratch Sky TV.

john_s_2

Spongebob Square Pants. Worth the subscription on its own. Wall to wall on one of the channels.

Not sure if it's educational as such but it is brilliant. I prefer brilliance any day.

Woby_Tide

stick with CBBC/Cbeebies and you get to avoid all the adverts for toys.....

we just use a PVR to grab programmes off the other channels i.e. CITV each morning or weekend so they can be changed every so often. All their DVD's have been put on a media player so they don't need to touch the DVD's themselves anymore and scratch them. That said since the waether improved all my time spent puttinig them on the media player has been wasted as they've been in teh garden most days.

sjc_2

We have Sky for the Kids as well, and my 9 year old through his own choice has started switching away from Kids TV to watch Discovery Channel and the new Military Channel, which isn't to popular with my 6 year old daughter.

Having said that getting fed up of the questions, and Dad we've done this at school remarks

It wa very funny listening to my son explain to my daughter who Churchill was, it went along the lines off:

D - So who is Churchill
S - He was the Same as Gordon Brown during the War
D - What he's a Chef
S - No that's Gordon Ramsey. Gordon Brown the Prime Minister
D - But I like Gordon Ramsey, I don't like Gordon Brown

djheath

To be really money saving, just go and by the kids old videos from charity shops. They are usually 50p and when they grow out of them you can just give them back to a charity shop. They wont scratch them and they will get to watch all the old classics!

For one months basic sky service of £16, you could buy at least 25- 32 videos for that money easily!

Deals_2

how do you put this on media player . sounds good but not sure what this involves. thanks

Woby_Tide wrote: »

stick with CBBC/Cbeebies and you get to avoid all the adverts for toys.....

we just use a PVR to grab programmes off the other channels i.e. CITV each morning or weekend so they can be changed every so often. All their DVD's have been put on a media player so they don't need to touch the DVD's themselves anymore and scratch them. That said since the waether improved all my time spent puttinig them on the media player has been wasted as they've been in teh garden most days.

Woby_Tide

PVRs are freeview recorders(or Sky+)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1048567

DVD's go on a media player either using a PC to back up the DVD or recording them direct to one

http://svp.co.uk/category/media_center_enclosures/?&so=C&pg=1