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Helping kids understand their emotions. The Adventures of Napkin Man online interactive episodes (+ $100 Visa Giftcard giveaway)

Napkin Man

As a kid, knowing that you don’t feel happy is one thing but being able to express in words that you are feeling sad or embarrassed and knowing how to create solutions to those feelings is something entirely different. This is where The Adventures of Napkin Man online interactive episodes come in.

Napkin Man

Recently I sat down with Carter (5) and Sophie (3) to check out four of The Adventures of Napkin Man interactive episodes that are available online through Kids CBC. Each of the interactive episodes features a different emotion and teaches kids how to realize them and work on solutions. 

Napkin Man Interactive Episode themes

Fun for One (Feeling left out) – It’s okay to be alone at times but you can also make your own fun.
Get well soon (Empathy) – If you are feeling bad for someone else it can help to do something that will cheer him or her up.
Bad Hair Day (Embarrassment) – Sometimes we aren’t comfortable about our appearance, even from a simple hair cut. It’s important to remember that everybody feels this way sometimes and to have the courage to work through it.
Bye Bye Boogaloo (Loss) – If someone important in your life passes away, celebrate their life and the memories that you have of them.

Interactive activities

Throughout each of the 12 minute episodes there were also four interactive activities. These activities include creating music to match the moods of certain situations, matching games, a balloon pop it game, and more.

Napkin Man activites

With the voice prompts the activities were easy enough to use that Sophie was able to manoeuvre them independently. They were also captivating enough that they entertained both Carter and Sophie, and still do. 

How the kids responded

The Adventures of Napkin Man interactive episodes have had an impact on Carter and Sophie in different ways. A little over a year ago we had to put our family cat Wishu down. When we watched the Bye Bye Boogaloo episode Carter was able to talk about how he felt about Wishu being gone and also talked about telling happy stories about Wishu to help him feel better.

Sophie on the other hand is very captivated with the cartoon aspect of Napkin Man. Every morning she wakes up and her first activity it to draw her own Napkin Man and pictures of situations that took place in each of the Napkin Man interactive episodes. While these pictures are not obvious to anyone else, to Sophie she is creating pictures where one friend is making another friend laugh.

 

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“Disclosure: I am part of the Adventures of Napkin Man Online Influencer Campaign and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.”


Filed Under: Contests + reviews, Home, Kids Tagged: Bad hair day, Bye Bye Boogaloo, CBC, CBC Television, Fun for one, Get Well Soon, Interactive episode, Kids CBC, Napkin Man, The Adventures of Napkin Man interactive episodes

Comments

  1. Alia says

    at 12:01 pm

    My favorite episode to watch with my lttoe one was Fairy Lights. Mr. Anthony and Napkin man are great at reminding not just kids but adults too that disapointments happen but you can try again. Love the fairy dance he has to help flap it out! Great role model for kids and adults!

    • anotheryegmommy says

      at 5:00 pm

      Definitely for adults too! We can all learn something from The Adventures of Napkin man! Thanks for entering the contest!

  2. Kelly D says

    at 1:26 pm

    We enjoyed fun for one. Really gives the kids something to consider for options.

    • anotheryegmommy says

      at 5:01 pm

      Absolutely! Sometimes you just have to make your own fun!

  3. Rosie says

    at 1:50 pm

    We like Bad Hair Day (Embarrassment) !

  4. SUMMER PLEWES says

    at 4:07 pm

    i like bye bye boogaloo

  5. Alan Saxon says

    at 4:30 pm

    My child likes Get well soon (Empathy) the best.

  6. Mark V says

    at 4:31 pm

    Bad Hair day was my favorite

  7. Faye Gates says

    at 4:35 pm

    I am surrounded by females of every age, and we all loved the Bad Hair Day.

    • anotheryegmommy says

      at 4:58 pm

      Ha ha ha this made me laugh! 🙂

  8. Amy Heffernan says

    at 4:37 pm

    Bad Hair day we enjoyed the most!

  9. Sandra says

    at 5:01 pm

    Bad Hair episode was good.

  10. BlessedTA says

    at 6:05 pm

    I like bye bye boogaloo

  11. Bailey Dexter says

    at 6:53 pm

    My grandson giggled & laughed at Bad Hair Day!

  12. Jay Nelson says

    at 8:01 pm

    Get Well Soon: I have been talking to my kids about empathy.

  13. Tammy Dalley says

    at 9:02 pm

    I loved the bad hair day!

  14. Maria says

    at 9:18 pm

    Bad Hair day was my favorite

  15. Josh S says

    at 9:26 pm

    We enjoyed Bad Hair Day.

  16. kristine ewald says

    at 9:41 pm

    Loved the bad hair day

  17. Wendy hutton says

    at 9:45 pm

    I liked the bad hair day

  18. Nicole Jubleew says

    at 11:47 pm

    Get well soon was our favourite.

  19. Pam says

    at 7:07 am

    I liked the get well soon episode (lots of people in our life who are sick right now)

  20. Nicole B says

    at 8:34 am

    I loved Bad Hair Day best!

  21. Gabrielle Compolongo says

    at 8:37 am

    Bad Hair Day for sure!

  22. Nate Fuller says

    at 8:52 am

    Bad hair day was good. I can relate!

  23. Lee mckeon says

    at 9:09 am

    napkin Man – Get well soon is our favorite!

  24. M says

    at 10:10 am

    Bad hair day

  25. Maritess S says

    at 10:50 am

    Our favorite was Fun for One (Feeling left out). It gives the message that sometimes it is OK if we are by ourselves.

  26. Sunshine G says

    at 10:51 am

    Bye Bye Boogaloo was adorable!

  27. June M says

    at 11:01 am

    I liked take a break/hurry up and wait as I can relate to this

  28. nicolthepickle (Nicole Graham) says

    at 12:01 pm

    The Napkin Man Bad hair day one is so fun (and relatable).

  29. Tricia Cooper says

    at 12:48 pm

    Bad Hair Day!

  30. noodlemom1 says

    at 4:31 pm

    I liked the bad hair day : )

  31. Jennifer Wilson says

    at 7:49 pm

    My favorite episode was Fun For One, with 3 kids, someone is always feeling left out.

  32. Lushka Smith says

    at 8:40 pm

    The Bad Hair day, I can relate! LOL

  33. Dianne G. says

    at 9:37 pm

    I like Bye Bye Boogaloo (Loss). It is sometimes difficult to talk to kids about loss and this would explain things better in terms they understand.

  34. Kim says

    at 9:51 pm

    Haven’t watched any yet, but can’t wait to check them out with C. Today I got told “growing up is hard, Mommy”. Hopefully these episodes will help.

  35. Corey Hutton says

    at 10:16 pm

    Bad Hair Day

  36. Yuen C says

    at 10:56 pm

    I liked the bad hair day

  37. Rebecca M says

    at 11:19 pm

    Haven’t watched them yet but will be sure the kids see them soon.

  38. caroline m. says

    at 11:54 pm

    Bad Hair Day was our favourite

  39. Donna L. says

    at 1:06 am

    I liked Bad Hair Day best.

  40. CHeryl says

    at 5:58 am

    I like the Get Well Soon one 🙂

  41. naiddia p says

    at 8:36 am

    We haven’t watched any episodes yet.

  42. lori b says

    at 9:40 am

    for sure the bad hair one

  43. Amie says

    at 11:49 am

    Bad hair day , how can you not lol !

  44. Karla Sceviour says

    at 12:20 pm

    Bad Hair Day ! 🙂

  45. Erinn Lishman says

    at 1:03 pm

    My girls and I love Napkin Man and the Get Well Soon episode was great!

  46. Glogirl says

    at 1:29 pm

    I like the Bad Hair Day episode.

  47. Amy C says

    at 2:36 pm

    My favourite was napkin man bye bye boogaloo.

  48. Tracy D says

    at 2:48 pm

    Bad hair day is great.

  49. Ira says

    at 3:15 pm

    We didn’t watch them all yet, but so far our favorite is the Pick Elephant.

  50. ginette4 says

    at 3:38 pm

    for me it would be – Fun for One (Feeling left out)

  51. Pam R says

    at 4:35 pm

    I like Fun for One. These are great shows – I will be sure to share them with my kiddos!

  52. Sarah says

    at 5:25 pm

    My daughter loves the first episode. Grabbed her attention immediately.

  53. leana says

    at 6:10 pm

    Bad hair day was our favorite!

  54. Erica Seaman says

    at 8:24 pm

    We liked Bad Hair Day the best.

  55. Lillian Brown says

    at 8:29 pm

    my granddaughter said Bad Hair day was her favorite

  56. michelle matta says

    at 10:02 pm

    fun for one. i feel like its really relatable and children struggle with that lesson

  57. Tina L. says

    at 10:22 pm

    I liked the bad hair day episode

  58. Holly MacRitchie says

    at 8:21 am

    Get well soon (Empathy) is my favourite!

  59. Wendy Jensen says

    at 9:32 am

    My favorite was Bad Hair Day

  60. Darrah Bailey says

    at 11:07 am

    Bad Hair Day was my FAVE!

  61. Danielle Day says

    at 2:18 pm

    bad hair day.

  62. Cheryl says

    at 2:29 pm

    We really like the bad hair day one

  63. ivy pluchinsky says

    at 2:40 pm

    my niece and i both love Bad Hair day

  64. kristen visser says

    at 2:53 pm

    My oldest daughter really liked Bad Hair Day and Fun for One. These are really great!!

  65. tracy k says

    at 3:02 pm

    bad hair day!

  66. Belinda McNabb says

    at 3:11 pm

    I liked the bad hair day

  67. Florence C says

    at 3:42 pm

    The bad hair day was a good one.

  68. jan says

    at 3:49 pm

    He really liked Fun for One

  69. carol clark says

    at 4:30 pm

    bye bye boogaloo

  70. Jonnie says

    at 5:09 pm

    I have never watched any of these but Fun For One sounds like it would have a great lesson for little ones.

  71. Eldon says

    at 5:11 pm

    I liked the bad hair day.

  72. Kim Tanti says

    at 7:18 pm

    My favourite was the one I live daily. Bad hair day.

  73. Judy Cowan says

    at 7:31 pm

    They are all great, to pick one I would have to say Bad Hair Day.

  74. David says

    at 7:41 pm

    I loved Bad Hair Day best!

  75. aarone mawdsley says

    at 8:01 pm

    bye bye boogalo

  76. Jenny says

    at 9:05 pm

    i like bye bye boogaloo

  77. jenn says

    at 11:28 pm

    The Bad hair day one!

  78. Tammy says

    at 1:00 am

    We liked the bad hair day one.

  79. Ming says

    at 6:22 am

    I like the BadHair day episode

  80. Juliee Fitze says

    at 6:37 am

    I liked the Get Well Soon one best today .

  81. Lisa Brown says

    at 7:11 am

    The “Get Well Soon” episode was the favorite; good message with that one.

  82. eric says

    at 7:44 am

    We like Bad Hair Day (Embarrassment

  83. SweetPanda says

    at 9:10 am

    My favourite is the Bad Hair Day

  84. Krista M says

    at 9:43 am

    Fun for One (feeling left out) is an important one for us because my son is left out a lot as he has autism.

  85. Robyn Bellefleur says

    at 10:07 am

    I like Bad Hair Day.

  86. Mary Jaglowitz says

    at 10:15 am

    I think that this series is great for children.

  87. missbobloblaw says

    at 11:00 am

    Lol! Bad Hair Day is the best!

  88. Phil says

    at 11:35 am

    We love Bad Day Hair the best….awesome

  89. Elena says

    at 12:14 pm

    We liked the Bad Hair Day best.

  90. Julie F says

    at 1:22 pm

    I havent watched many but did love the Bad Hair Day!

  91. Sarah at Journeys of The Zoo says

    at 3:42 pm

    Since I’ve lost a child and my kids lost their (triplet) brother, it would be interesting to see how the “Bye Bye Boogaloo (Loss)” episode teaches kids.

    Besos, Sarah
    Journeys of The Zoo

  92. Gillian Morgan says

    at 6:10 pm

    We love the Get well soon episode.

  93. Mary Cloud says

    at 7:23 pm

    The Bye Bye Boogaloo because that’s where we are right now

  94. Alison says

    at 12:22 am

    my son will love this!

  95. Rhonda W G. says

    at 11:24 am

    Get well soon (Empathy) I’m a big advocate of teaching this asap along with kindness.

  96. Jenness M says

    at 12:41 pm

    We liked Bye Bye Boogaloo

  97. Jessica Laccetti says

    at 12:42 pm

    We love the Fun for One episode! With three little monkeys, each sometimes wants some alone time and this really helped 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  98. Edmond says

    at 10:54 pm

    Diabolical batman. Luv Bye Bye Boogaloo. soon. Wow, prize Visa gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.

  99. Michelle Armstrong says

    at 9:54 am

    Bye bye bigaloo for sure. I lost my mom May of 2014 when I was pregnant with my 3rd baby girl. Dealing with such a huge loss while pregnant with 2 small children was a nightmare. That episode would have been perfect. I will definitely be showing my girls. My grandmother (my moms mom) passed away on January 25. We got really close and talked on the phone for almost 2 years. Hey it could even help me if I watch it.

  100. LDC says

    at 11:51 am

    Bookaboo!

  101. bruce sommer says

    at 5:59 pm

    Another Mommy was so right!

  102. Melissa says

    at 2:47 am

    Bye bye Boogaloo

  103. Erin W says

    at 10:30 am

    We really enjoyed Fun For One. It helped with some things my daughter is going through at preschool. I love Napkin Man.

  104. Courtnie Miller says

    at 5:37 pm

    I liked Bye Bye Boogaloo

  105. Jason says

    at 6:21 pm

    I liked Fun for One

  106. Rebby says

    at 9:43 pm

    I like Get well soon!

  107. Anita Duvall says

    at 12:30 am

    Bye Bye Boogaloo was my favorite. Great way to introduce children to loss of a loved one.

  108. DarW says

    at 10:56 am

    Feeling left out is something we’ve had to talk about with the 6 year old lately. I am going to show him this episode! thanks!

  109. Jennifer L. says

    at 1:17 pm

    I like Fun For One.

  110. Lana Hood says

    at 7:00 pm

    Bye bye boogaloo

  111. Tom says

    at 2:29 pm

    Fun For One is my nephew’s favourite.

  112. FREDEFRIC BROWN says

    at 5:10 pm

    my granddaughter liked Get well soon

  113. maria says

    at 8:42 pm

    Fun for one

  114. Nicole says

    at 9:01 pm

    Fun for one really struck home with my son. Love this show!

  115. andrea amy says

    at 12:52 am

    My favourite was Bye Bye Boogaloo 🙂 I have never heard of Napkin Man before. I’m going to show my son tomorrow!

  116. Kristen says

    at 12:56 am

    I liked That’s My Baby.

  117. Doris Calvert says

    at 4:46 am

    Loved bad hair, bawhaha it was good.

  118. Dawn Monroe says

    at 8:00 am

    I think the Get Well Soon ( empathy) would be most relevant for my granddaughters. I hope to share it with them.

  119. sherry k says

    at 2:08 pm

    Get Well Soon

  120. Joseph Dawe says

    at 5:32 pm

    We like bye bye boogaloo!!

  121. Birdiebee says

    at 11:38 pm

    I like the Bye Bye Boogaloo just because I have had so much loss in my life.

  122. Jasen H says

    at 6:16 am

    I enjoyed Fun for One most

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