If your family is like mine, you only begin to discover TV programs when your child comes of age.  Since my son is about to turn three, we are discovering a variety of kid programs. The most recent one is Peppa Pig.

Peppa Pig is a television program from the U.K. that has been airing in the United States since 2005, and currently airs on Nick Jr.  Since each episode is five minutes long with simple, colorful graphics, and some tasteful bodily functions (burps, pig noises, and…err…toots) you’ve got a winner with the toddler and pre-school set.

Up to this point, my son has only watched The Wiggles and the Fisher Price Little People DVDs. (He really is a creature of habit.) So I wasn’t quite sure how this review was going to go. I figured I probably have to give the parent perspective and leave it at that.

It was a Sunday afternoon when I first put in the Peppa Pig Muddy Puddles DVD in the DVD player.  I liked it because of the simple, yet colorful graphics. As a Mom, I liked the fact it didn’t have any high-energy animation to hyper-stimulate my child. The only negative is that I kept thinking their heads looked like hair dryers, but I’m a parent and over-analyze.

He watched five of the ten episodes: laughing, repeating words, and pointing out objects. Since he seemed to be growing quite fond of Peppa, I decided to pull out the other items in my review box.

He really liked the various Peppa Pig Toys, like the Fisher Price Peppa Pig Schoolhouse and spent quite some time playing with it.

That afternoon, he wanted to bring the little Peppa Pig figurine upstairs for naptime.

After nap, I pulled out the Peppa Pig book called Peppa Pig and the Lost Christmas List. He liked it but, admittedly, was a bit confused on why we were talking about Christmas in September, but the graphics, colors and storyline was cute in this Mom’s perspective.

The only complaint I have is that the schoolhouse seems a bit overpriced for what you get, but frankly, and let’s face it, most merchandising products from kids’ TV programs are all similar in that respect (says me who just bought a $15 Wiggles water bottle). So if your child ends up loving Peppa, it may be worth getting items like the schoolhouse (as  you can see from the video, he loved playing with it) and tons of other items like plush dolls, tea sets, and separate figurines. I know ToysRUs sells them now.

I highly recommend the DVD. Very well done and especially great for car rides, rainy days, and since there are 10 five minute episodes, fabulous for when you need to make dinner. Oh, and check out the PeppaPig.com. Really cute games and activities. (Personally loved the diving game). My only warning is that the theme song is rather catchy…so be prepared to sing it over and over in your head.

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I received a variety of Peppa Pig items to review. The thoughts, opinions and work product are my own.