1. What is the intended age of the show's audience? How do you know? (Hint: consider narration style, pacing) Use specific examples from the show.
In the episode of Blue’s Clues titled Meet Poka Dots! Preschooler (audience between the ages of 2-5), follow a simple slow-paced narration about a dog name Blue who leaves clue for the host and viewers. The story progresses at a leisurely pace prompting the viewers to help find easily visible clues that will solve what Blue wants to do. In this episode, the audience is introduced to Blue’s friend Poka Dots, a small green dog toy with purple poka dots. Joe asks Blue what she’s going to play with Poka Dots in which she responds by putting a blue paw print on the screen signaling the game will start. Viewers play make believe games with a bar soap named Slippery, help a clock named Tickety, and use their imagination with a cat called Periwinkle to guess what he and his friend are playing. Along the way 3 clues are left to guess what game blue and Poka Dots will play. The show uses repetition, such as when Joe finds a new clue he repeats the previous one, to reinforce learning. 2. In what specific ways does the show promote cognitive development in its viewers? (Focus on memory, language use, literacy, mathematics, decision making, etc.) Use specific examples from the show and text to support your arguments. Blue’s Clues promotes cognitive development by focusing on how preschooler’s process information, use perceptual skills, and reasoning. …show more content…
The episodes follow a certain script in which familiar events occur. Repetition and recall are reinforced through the same exact structure of every episode. In each episode, viewers are asked to help friend clues. The clues are repeated one after the other until the audience has found each clue. By the time the third clue is found, the clues are once again repeated and the audience must decide what Blue wants to do. The viewers were also asked to help Tickety find the number 3. Preschoolers should be able to recognize low quantity numbers without much difficulty. Blue’s Clues incorporated decision-making by having the audience choose a single object from 3 set of items. Slippery asked the audience to indicate which hat Poka Dots should wear to play rescue team. The show pauses as kids are expected to select a hat before the answer is given. This aids children to form judgments by a process of logic. When children exercise “executive functions that enable children to succeed in cognitive challenging situations,” such as the ones presented in the episodes, it academically benefits preschoolers (Berk 184). 3. In what ways does the show promote social and emotional development? Use specific examples from the show and specific terminology from the text to support your arguments. Emotional and social development are conveyed through the storyline. Periwinkle expresses that he is afraid of monsters however when he make believes that his friend Mr. Plate is a friendly monster it relieves him of those negative emotion. The book Lifespan Development informs readers that preschoolers, “rely …on words to communicate empathetic feelings (Berk 203).” As Periwinkle states his emotions Blue reacts and understands her friend enabling positive behavior towards emotional development. When preschoolers watch how the characters behave to these situations
In the episode of Blue’s Clues titled Meet Poka Dots! Preschooler (audience between the ages of 2-5), follow a simple slow-paced narration about a dog name Blue who leaves clue for the host and viewers. The story progresses at a leisurely pace prompting the viewers to help find easily visible clues that will solve what Blue wants to do. In this episode, the audience is introduced to Blue’s friend Poka Dots, a small green dog toy with purple poka dots. Joe asks Blue what she’s going to play with Poka Dots in which she responds by putting a blue paw print on the screen signaling the game will start. Viewers play make believe games with a bar soap named Slippery, help a clock named Tickety, and use their imagination with a cat called Periwinkle to guess what he and his friend are playing. Along the way 3 clues are left to guess what game blue and Poka Dots will play. The show uses repetition, such as when Joe finds a new clue he repeats the previous one, to reinforce learning. 2. In what specific ways does the show promote cognitive development in its viewers? (Focus on memory, language use, literacy, mathematics, decision making, etc.) Use specific examples from the show and text to support your arguments. Blue’s Clues promotes cognitive development by focusing on how preschooler’s process information, use perceptual skills, and reasoning. …show more content…
The episodes follow a certain script in which familiar events occur. Repetition and recall are reinforced through the same exact structure of every episode. In each episode, viewers are asked to help friend clues. The clues are repeated one after the other until the audience has found each clue. By the time the third clue is found, the clues are once again repeated and the audience must decide what Blue wants to do. The viewers were also asked to help Tickety find the number 3. Preschoolers should be able to recognize low quantity numbers without much difficulty. Blue’s Clues incorporated decision-making by having the audience choose a single object from 3 set of items. Slippery asked the audience to indicate which hat Poka Dots should wear to play rescue team. The show pauses as kids are expected to select a hat before the answer is given. This aids children to form judgments by a process of logic. When children exercise “executive functions that enable children to succeed in cognitive challenging situations,” such as the ones presented in the episodes, it academically benefits preschoolers (Berk 184). 3. In what ways does the show promote social and emotional development? Use specific examples from the show and specific terminology from the text to support your arguments. Emotional and social development are conveyed through the storyline. Periwinkle expresses that he is afraid of monsters however when he make believes that his friend Mr. Plate is a friendly monster it relieves him of those negative emotion. The book Lifespan Development informs readers that preschoolers, “rely …on words to communicate empathetic feelings (Berk 203).” As Periwinkle states his emotions Blue reacts and understands her friend enabling positive behavior towards emotional development. When preschoolers watch how the characters behave to these situations