Common Sense Media Review
By Emily Ashby
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Cute counting series promotes physical activity.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 2+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
What's the Story?
NUMBERS AROUND THE GLOBE takes toddlers on animated field trips to jungles, savannahs, and everywhere in-between to introduce them to basic counting skills with help from resident critters. From giant elephants to tiny bumblebees, these animals use numbers at work and at play, showing kids how helpful number sense can be in counting toys, marking laps around a pool, and even learning dance steps.
Is It Any Good?
Numbers Around the Globe's title may be a bit misleading, since there's nothing multicultural or multilingual about the numbers themselves, but the series certainly won't lead toddlers astray in learning how numbers look and work. This show aptly combines movement, rhythm, and repetition to keep kids' attention and encourage them to play along with both the characters' physical motions and the narrators' counting sequences. All the while, prominent visuals reinforce viewers' connection between how the numbers look and sound.
What does give the show an international flair of sorts is the changing scenery that's tailored to each new cast of critters. Kids see polar bears at play in the snow, monkeys in the jungle, and bumblebees scurrying between flowers. These touches introduce basic concepts of environment and habitat through engaging, colorful animation.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about why numbers are useful. Kids: Is counting an important skill? How can it be helpful to you? How high can you count?
What changes do you notice among different animals' environments? Which ones are cold, and which are hot? How can you tell? Do any of the animals have jobs that are important to humans?
Expand on this show's introduction to counting with your kids, using the skills as you pick up toys, get dressed, or drive down the road, for instance. Call out a number and have them point out that many of a type of object. On the go? Keep some of the best counting apps at the ready for kids as well.
TV Details
- Premiere date : January 8, 2013
- Network : Online
- Genre : Kids' Animation
- Topics : Numbers and Letters , Animals ( Ocean Creatures , Wild Animals )
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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