Reviews

I have to admit, when I first saw the ads for this new show I thought it was just another stupid kiddie show. My 5 year old daughter started watching it and it quickly became one of her favorites.

Pinky Dinky-Doo is a young girl who makes up stories to entertain and help her little brother. Pinky's stories are sometimes a little "out there" but whenever she talks about something that is impossible in reality she always clarifies it by reminding us that she is telling a made up story. In each story Pinky is confronted with a minor problem which causes her to "think big" to figure out the solution.

The animation isn't that great , but the stories are cute and a different, often complex, vocabulary word is used throughout each show. My daughter has a speech disorder and does not speak as well as the average 5 year old, but she now understands the meaning of such words as scrumptious, predicament, agenda, and voracious. Despite her speech problems, I am willing to bet that she will have the best vocabulary of anyone in her kindergarten class this fall.

This has got to be the oddest show that Noggin has to offer. While the concept is certainly unique, I really can't see much benefit for preschoolers. My biggest complaint about Oobi is that none of the characters speak in complete sentences. My daughter has a language processing disorder. We have worked very hard to get her to speak in sentences. Every time she watches Oobi she reverts back to 2 word sentences. Oobi may be fine for a non verbal child, but not for a child who is overcoming a speech disorder or for a child who has average speech. I would be interested in hearing a speech patholigist's take on this show.