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New animated pre-school series, Kazoops, promotes curiosity, wonder and critical thinking
Children’s TV Producers, Cheeky Little Media are proud to announce the global premiere on CBeebies this month of its unique new pre-school TV programme, Kazoops. This inspirational new TV property is set to change the way children view the world.
Kazoops is an animated series which follows the adventures of six-year-old Monty and his best friend, Jimmy Jones the family pet pig. Monty uses his vivid imagination to challenge preconceptions about life such as ‘you have to wear matching socks’ or ‘all games need rules’ and, in doing so, demonstrates the value of critical thinking and creative play.
Executive Producer, Patrick Egerton commented: “We are delighted to finally see the first series of Kazoops launching in the UK for kids to watch. In it we are keen to show children from an early age that it’s okay to question things and not take the world around them at face value. We want to inspire kids’ imaginations and foster the courage to think and see things differently.”
“Monty challenges a different preconception or accepted wisdom in each episode, which is exactly what kids at this age do. In writing the series our team of writers had to find ideas that would fit this mould and so the criteria was perhaps more rigorous than other pre-school shows. Some appear to challenge everyday conventions, like whether your socks always need to match, but are really about bigger ideas like the relative importance of conforming. Some are more lofty and abstract, like Monty questioning whether you can be scared but brave at the same time, which is really an exploration of the nature of courage. Over 78 episodes we cover a lot of ground, in a way that communicates to the kids without preaching, but is also meaningful to adults too.”
The series begins with Animal Pals where Monty wonders why Jimmy Jones is jealous and eventually challenges the notion that ‘you can only have one best friend’. Kazoops will indulge children’s curiosity and innate sense of wonder at the world and perhaps keep the developmental importance of the imagination front of mind for parents.
The series will also encapsulate children’s abilities to immerse themselves fully into imaginary play: - Monty's toy friends and vehicles become real when he goes on his imaginary adventures just like they do for kids everywhere when they play. Kazoops captures that sense of wonder kids have for the world, and how their imaginations are a great laboratory where they endlessly experiment to make sense of it all.
Kazoops Episode 1 will air on CBeebies at 4.20pm on Monday 20th June and we know that parents will love this series just as much as the children who watch it.