60 TV Shows Recommended for Ages 8-12 simplehomeschool.net
Amazon Prime Streaming
Name of Show Rating
Annedroids (1 season) TV-Y
Antiques Road Show (1 season) TV-G
Big Cat Diary (1 season) TV-G
Chef’s A’field: Kids on the Farm (1 season) Not Rated
The Electric Company (Original – 2 seasons) TV-G
Fetch (4 seasons) CSM 5+
I Love Lucy (5 seasons) CSM 6+
Lark Rise to Candleford (4 seasons) TV-PG (check episode descriptions) The New Electric Company (3 seasons) TV-Y
Popular Mechanics for Kids (4 seasons) Jamie’s rating 8+ (check episode descriptions) Rabbit Ears Entertainment (single episodes) Jamie’s rating 6+
Travel with Kids (1 season + single episodes) Jamie’s rating 6+
Wild Kratts (5 seasons) CSM 6+
Word Girl (2 seasons) TV-G
Discovery Education Streaming Plus
Name of Show Rating
Building Big with David McCaulay Not Rated
Days that Shook the World Not Rated
Dear America TV-Y7
Elementary Video Adventures Gr 3-5
Great Composers and Their Music CSM 8+
Hero Animated Classics Jamie’s rating 8+
Horrible Histories CSM 10+
Liberty’s Kids CSM 8+
Living History Gr 6-8
Magic School Bus CSM 5+
Rabbit Ears K – Gr 6
Reading Rainbow TV-Y7
Stuff Happens with Bill Nye CSM 8+
Time Warp Trio CSM 7+
TLC Elementary School Gr 3-5
Netflix DVD
Name of Show Rating
The Addams Family CSM 8+
The Beverly Hillbillies TV-G
Bewitched CSM 7+
Brady Bunch TV-G
Cake Boss TV-PG
Cosby Show CSM 8+
Emily of New Moon Not Rated
Father Knows Best CSM 8+
The Flintstones CSM 5+
Full House CSM 7+
Gilligan’s Island CSM 7+
Green Acres CSM 7+
Home Improvement TV-PG
The Jetsons CSM 5+
Lassie CSM 5+
Liberty’s Kids (also on YouTube) CSM 8+
Little House on the Prairie CSM 7+ (check episode descriptions) Road to Avonlea TV-PG
The Waltons CSM 7+ (check episode descriptions) Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? CSM 7+
Netflix Streaming
Name of Show Rating
All Creatures Great and Small (7 seasons) TV-PG
Andy Griffith Show (8 seasons) TV-G
Big Cat Diary (7 seasons) TV-G
Dear America (2 seasons) TV-Y7
The Dick van Dyke Show (5 seasons) CSM 7+
Heartland (5 seasons – note: this is NOT the organ TV-PG donation drama by the same name!)
House Hunters (25 episodes) CSM 10+
The Incredible Dr. Pol (2 seasons) CSM 10+
Leave it to Beaver (6 seasons) CSM 6+
Little Men (2 seasons) TV-PG
Magic School Bus (4 seasons) CSM 5+
The Munsters (2 seasons) CSM 8+
Wild Kratts (1 season) CSM 6+