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All teen and kid reviews for Ni Hao, Kai-lan

Age
7
Average rating based on 32 kid and teen reviews:
  • 34% say it's educational
  • 34% say there are positive messages
  • 31% say there are positive role models
Kid, 10 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Oh, no...a repeat of Dora the Explorer!!!
This show is pretty much a complete and total knock-off of Dora the Explorer. Some creepy foriegn kid with a football head and a wierd monkey side-kick. I've seen it all before. She's always saying "Say This!" or something like that, and asking some kind of question to the TV screen. I mean, sure, it IS better than Dora(even though I've only seen one episode of this show), but still, it's a knock off.

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Teen, 14 years old
April 11, 2011
 
Cute, educational, show for preschoolers
My little brothers love this show. I admit that it's a cute show. It teaches you some Chinese (my brothers picked up on some Chinese language), and it has postive messages on how to deal with anger, patience, and more. I know some parents don't like this show because of Tolre (the koala) and Rentoo (the tiger)'s bad behavior, but I think that it does a good job showing kids how to deal with emotional issues. But that's just my opinion.
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Teen, 14 years old
March 24, 2009
 
Gave Up On Dora, Didn't Ya?
I'll only say only say one thing..........................................HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA! DORA GOT REPLACED!! LOL, THAT'S FUNNY! oh, yea, THIS SHOW IS CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) ~InvaderZib~

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Kid, 11 years old
April 30, 2011
 
Very educational!
If you ask me, this show is very educational! I like it. Anybody who actually hates this show is stupid. I like it, I watch it sometimes and it gives me tears of joy because it is such a beautiful show. A 1 year old could even watch this because it teaches kids chinease words. I love it!
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Kid, 12 years old
July 9, 2010
 
Failure
Kai-Lan's voice makes me want to die.

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Kid, 12 years old
November 29, 2008
 
I really wish this show came out when I was a baby. After seeing the movie Mulan, I had been really interested in Chinese culture, and could've benefited from watching a show like this and learning how to speak Mandarin Chinese. I watch it sometimes when I'm home sick, and I learn different words from it each time I see it. People often say it's a rip-off of Dora the Explorer-- I say no, it's just a better version. Dora is highly annoying with her songs and whatnot, Kai-Lan only has one or two songs she sings from episode to episode. Anyway, people of all ages can benefit from learning a new language (I guess even Dora is beneficial, to a lot of people, considering how long the show's run for).

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Kid, 10 years old
March 4, 2011
 
Good
Provides good messages for preschoolers
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Teen, 13 years old
June 4, 2010
 
idiot
kailan is a lovely good show and for little kids learning to be a good student when they start school
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Teen, 14 years old
August 4, 2011
 
WORST.SHOW.EVER!!!
This "cute" little show has unglodly annoying characters, a VERY stupid setup, and horrible educating. Dont let your kid watch this show or they will be aggressive cursing psychos.
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Kid, 8 years old
January 12, 2013
 
Ni Hao Kai Lan Review
It teaches kids to be nice.
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Teen, 13 years old
September 14, 2012
 
I hate this show. Should be canceled.

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Kid, 9 years old
November 10, 2012
 
NOT FOR ANY AGE!!!
THIS SHOW MADE MY LITTLE SISTER CRY!!! THERE'S MANY STUPID ACTIONS AND DUMB CRYING!!! I'D RATHER WATCH Tj's World ON Goanimate!!!! THIS SHOW IS NOT EDUCATIONAL AND NOT FUNNY AT ALL!!! I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL AGES!!! THIS SHOULD BE CANCELLED!!!!
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Teen, 17 years old
August 19, 2012
 
It should be called "Get Lost,Kai-Crap"
This show is just a rip-off of another stupid show,Dora The Explorer.Except,this is like a chinese version of it.Just like Dora,this show sucks too! It is LOADED with stupid songs! They break the 4th wall WAY TOO MUCH on this! I mean,it was good when they did it on Blue's Clues,but not on here!

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Kid, 10 years old
April 29, 2010
 
my little brother loves this show. Sometimes my friends and I find ourselves watching it lol :3
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Kid, 12 years old
January 14, 2013
 
Violence Destruction and Rip-Off
Horrible.Kids only learn negative messages from this not positive.The characters like the brainless tiger and koala are mean angry all the time and unhappy behaviour.At the end of the episode ni hao Kai LAN also explains what to do good but her help is limited.A rip off Dora and the characters are horrible except that girl but she is weak.

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Teen, 13 years old
December 12, 2012
 
stupid
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Teen, 13 years old
November 16, 2012
 
DO NOT WATCH THIS!!!!!
This should be cancelled!! The voices make me wanna puke, and the characters get mad!!! So let your little kids watch Sesame Street instead!!!! I'd rather watch Tj's World!!
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Kid, 9 years old
September 2, 2012
 
TV-PG for violence.
Violence: Some characters may be sad, mad, and the like.
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Teen, 13 years old
October 24, 2010
 
Do anyone knows what "Lan" mean?
Man in Armenian. Great for babies. But not 7+ in 2nd grade.

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Teen, 14 years old
September 13, 2010
 
Pretty good, but I have a temptation to flick some characters in the nose..
Its quite adorable actually, the animation is cute, teaches Chinaes and what-not. But, the tiger, like trillions of others said, is annoying, and teaches children to stomp their foot and whine "I'm MAD" -I'm sure you are.. Also, the tiger (who's name I forgot) gets his way, the characters always get their way, weither they ask or whine (usually its a mix of both, or plain whining) For one, I saw this episode (There was nothing on TV and it was 6am) and they were playing musical chairs, OH. MY. GOSH. The koala and tiger BOTH got whiny when they got out and complained "I can't play with my friends!" The tiger got mad, and the koala ran off and cried (um, excuse me but many people do not like cry-babies, I should know because I was one) and they stopped playing the game and asked the dumbest question in the world "Why is he crying?" he was REPEATING it as he cried! "Cry-cry, I can't play with my friends!" and so it took them five minutes to figure that out, then they tried to confort him, and they changed the game so nobody would get out... um, in life, you loose, you do NOT need to go run away crying because you lost a game of musical chairs. He may be a child, but don't give him what he wants! Kids need to learn to except loosing, its hard, but it must be done. Otherwise I find this show remotly cute, and I'm sort of sure some kids may like it, but the attitudes and dumb questions are quite annoying. (I know, I'm too old to watch it anyways, but I just was curious-its the human way, and it is infact a KIDS show, and they try to make it simple. But I'm pretty darn sure toddlers would have figured out why the koala was crying much faster than the cast did consittering he was crying the reason outloud) Anyway, good show.
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