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Re: Documentary suggestions for 6-8 year olds ashley #196218 07/10/14 01:55 PM
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Zen Scanner Member Z Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,478 NC	BBC has a history of chemistry documentary that we found really engaging, Chemistry: A Volatile History The series How It's Made always catches DS' interest and is good for bite size watching (~3 segments per half hour)

Re: Documentary suggestions for 6-8 year olds ashley #196219 07/10/14 02:06 PM
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stemfun Member S Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 100	Brain Games and How it's Made are great for this age group.

Re: Documentary suggestions for 6-8 year olds ashley #196220 07/10/14 02:29 PM
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Ivy Member I Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 337	Connections is also great. And Neil Degrasse Tyson has an earlier physics series (not nearly as polished as Cosmos, but really interesting) that's streaming on Netflix... but I can't remember the name off hand.

Re: Documentary suggestions for 6-8 year olds ashley #196255 07/11/14 08:49 AM
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OP ashley Member A Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 639	Thanks for all the suggestions! We have Amazon and Roku and with an excellent library system at our disposal, a lot of these will be on our summer list. As usual, a treasure trove of material for me PS: Thanks for the warning to preview stuff- we have an over emotional and sensitive type of kid here and I need to remember to do it.

Re: Documentary suggestions for 6-8 year olds ashley #196951 07/22/14 05:54 PM
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KnittingMama Member K Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 267 California	David Macauley made videos of several of his books (Castle, Cathedral, and a few others) that my kids have enjoyed. Jen

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