Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites

I enjoyed “Reading Rainbow’ when I was a child. Now my child has a chance to enjoy it as well. We both love that they read a book in every episode but go on a real life journey. I love that most of the journeys they go on are attainable so when my oldest ask if we can maybe go ride in a hot air balloon I can actually say yes; even if we have to wait for the fair to come to a town near us. It is wonderful to have something to look forward to.

An old time favorite for sure! It was nice to see this was still available after all these years. We watched this with my 8 year old daughter and she loved it. Sure it was way out of date, but it was still good to listen to the stories. Nostalgic really, it reminded me of when I was a kid and we literally had 3 channels to watch. Every Saturday morning I would get up really early and watch TV. It was the only day they had cartoons on. After school during the week till 4 they would have educational programming like this. So sharing this experience with my daughter was really nice. I love that you can always find what you are looking for on Amazon Prime. Then watch it whenever you want.

This is a great video from LeVar Burton and Patricia Polacco. Not only does it feature a nice book titled, Rechenka's Eggs, but Patricia shows how to decorate an egg using the traditional Russian technique of wax resist. She makes the decorated egg called a pysanky with wax, dye, and a kistka, which is a metal stylus. Supplies for dyeing these eggs can be obtained from [...] The DVD of this film can be obtained from [...] I bought the VHS because I wanted the original authenticity of the broadcast, and I wanted to make sure I had the exact broadcast with which I was familiar and not an edited DVD, which I believe is on youtube. But the VHSs are getting hard to find.

Great old show! My little sister used to love this show when she was a kid (I was a little old for it at the time) and my girls love it too. There hasn't been a single episode that they've watched that they didn't like. Yes, it's a bit retro but my kids don't care (I'm not sure they even notice to be honest!) I am thankful that my girls have the opportunity to see such a quality program. Thanks Amazon!

These are awesome episodes and if you get this one you get the episode with Star Trek which is a favorite of mine. Also other good episodes on there worth watching. I loved the format of this show and how it encourages reading

The story was introduced beautifully by LaVar Burton telling the kids the he had lost his grandparents who he loved very much and sharing a little about them. The story was an excellent choice to prepare children (as much as you possibly can) to deal with the expected loss of a loved one. Then going to the children and having them introduce their projects and tell others of their losses of people they loved lets you know that everyone experiences that kind of loss and that it's normal to think about our loved ones after they're gone.

The opening song is the updated version, not the original song from the 80s. They change this on all of the episodes as far as I can see. Disappointing even though the content is still the same

I grew up watching Reading Rainbow and I love being able to have my students watch it too. They always sing along during the theme song and are engaged during the interactive read aloud. A classic and amazing show!

Love reading rainbow. Episodes are just as relevant today as they were when I was a kid.Reccomend to anybody!! Some of the best children's programming out there.

Great movie and it works well