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. …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
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. …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