very educational for tweens learning about the world around them.
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How It's Made
(Rated TV-G, Educational, Starring Brooks Moore, Lynne Adams, Where to watch: Discovery Channel, Online)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 4, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7. -
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Why We Rated This 
for Ages 7 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About How It's Made
Parents need to know that this fascinating fact-based educational series demonstrates how all sorts of items are constructed. Occasionally segments focus on potentially disturbing products, like hatchery chicks, in which baby chickens are seen hatching and then being sorted by hand and machine onto giant conveyor belts for eventual shipment to farms (and subsequent slaughter). Little kids might not be interested or have the attention span to follow the different segments, but children who like to know how things work may very well be entranced.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about everyday products they're curious about. What things do you want to know more about? Which products seem mysteriously constructed? Have you ever thought about where your food, car, furniture, sporting goods, etc. came from? How do you think people would get by if they were responsible for obtaining and/or making everything they needed themselves?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
education galore
- I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
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a great show
i love this show its just so interesting
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Very interesting.
Very educational show! Suitable for all ages.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
Great Show to Foster Curiosity
My 5 year old adores this show. Every time he watches it he wants me to ask the show to demonstrate how another product is made! He even puts on his own "How It's Made" skits for me.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
6yo son LOVES this show
Personally it bores me to tears with innane commentary, over use of stock video footage, and slow pace but it fascinates my son. I let him watch while I go do something else. Absolutely nothing bad on this show. Kids may learn something too.
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