24 Shows to Save Your Summer

Summertime ABCs

Want your preschooler to learn a little something while watching TV this summer? Try these shows for a change:

Tiny Planets
Noggin, 7:30am, weekdays
What if you could bounce around the solar system on a fluffy white sofa, exploring the mysteries of light and color, animation, sound and everything else under the sun? Now youngsters can do just that, thanks to two heroes, Bing and Bong, as they travel the universe. CGI animation gives this show a cool depth of scale and dazzling colors (and no computer named Hal or apes dancing around a monolith either, thank goodness).

next : School's in for grade-schoolers