Daily when kids turn on the television to turn to a channel, they would always turn to a cartoon channel. That we have established to be the natural attraction of all kids. However, the problem is how many of the cartoons are actually cool, fun, and educational at the same time? Even though many cartoons do give moral lessons in its episodes, many donâÂÂt give kids that are 5 and up educational foundations.
WhereâÂÂs the Magic School Bus?
As a child growing in the 90âÂÂs, I have always been attracted to the Magic School Bus cartoon because itâÂÂs fun, humorous, cool, and educational.
âÂÂI remember sitting in front of the T.V. with my eyes glued to it; it was so fascinating,â expressed Jin Mei Chen, an uprising senior at NYC Lab School.
Through Magic School Bus kids are exposed to the sciences around them. This cartoon served as a foundation for kids that once they are old enough to learn about science, they know something already.
In one of the episodes, the class of six elementary students led by Ms. Frizzle went inside a human body. As a kid, learning about how the body works would not only make them learn but also question. This starts them to think about the subject and stir their curiosities up in order to get them excited for school.
Despite how fabulous, fun and educational cartoons are, many similar cartoons to the Magic School Bus are not produced or aired anymore. When counting the number of exciting and educational cartoons, one would never need another hand to count over 10. So, what happened to the Magic School Bus? For years there are no new episodes of the Magic School Bus. This is a pity because some people argue that the Magic School Bus would mislead the kids to think about unrealistic information such as a school bus that can turn into anything. The problem with that argument is that nowadays most kids are all over cartoons that contain even more fantasy like Yu-Gi-Oh.
We need Magic School Bus back and new, fun and educational cartoons in order to help build educational foundations for the kids.