name some good non-cartoon movies for a 4 yr old?

Question

i just got custody of my daughter. did my second pqnytail today. she likes the typical corporation pushed stuff. i'll be asking lots of questions!

Answer 1

Good Luck, you probably want to try renting some of these movies before buying a whole collection of dvds and stuff, children are very different,and what one likes, many others do not. Trust me, I teach Pre-K and in conversing with these 4 & 5 year olds, they do not all have the same taste in stuff. What you might want to do is take a trip to the rental store and scope out what kinds of things she likes, and just say ok today we are not doing a cartoon, but a good movie.

Some suggestions:
Good Boy
Wizard of Oz
Annie
Homeward Bound
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (You could watch both one weekend and make comparisons)

There are a whole bunch of movies for kids now a days, you just need to find out what she likes. That's the fun of bonding! Good Luck

Answer 2

Congrats on your achievements, and trust me, the hair thing is great and can be a nice bonding time for you and your child, at least it is for me and my daughter. While I do her hair, I typically let her watch a movie. Since you're not into the animated or commercial/corporately pushed movies; try some of these we have in our collection:

1. Follow That Bird. I'm not big into the muppet thing, but this is truly a sweet movie about Big Bird from Sesame Street, and it teaches kids the importance of family and friendships.

2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The new one starring Johnny Depp. It has lessons through out about being kind and respectful. My baby LOVES that one.

3. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus DVD. We purchased it as a souvenir DVD but you may be able to get it on thier website. Very educational about the circus animals, how they learn their tricks, and facts about how they're kept and why; teaching the kids about endangered animals and more. It also teaches about the circus performers and their talents. (Highly reccommended)

4. March of the Penguins. We don't own this one yet, but I hear its great for the whole family too.

5. The Baby Einstein Series. We have about 6 different DVD's ranging from a language one to an "all about water" type of DVD (Baby Neptune). Although these are not movies perse, they are educational, last about 30 to 45 minutes, are not animated, and kids of all ages love them. Some of the DVDs even have flash cards and other things to supplement.

6. Bella Dancerella. Its an educational-dance series DVDs, but they have one in particular we like called Swan Lake. ALL the girls love this DVD, especially if you have a "girly girl" like I do. Swan Lake has various songs/musical numbers that teach girls how to use dance to express themselves. See "Bella Motions"
You can get this series from Target and its around $19
Hope these work out for you.

Answer 3

There are so many! The muppets, James The Peach, my grandson is 3 yrs old and just loves that one. There are many Walt Disney Movies that are not cartoons. Mary Poppins is good too. Take her to the library, there are many wonderful childrens books too that she will love! My 4 year old grand daughter loves when I read to her. And there are great computer learning games for her age! Good Luck!

Answer 4

First of all congrats on the custody of your daughter and BRAVO for the ponytail. movies that my 5 yr old loves are:

~The Wizard of Oz
~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (old and with Johnny Depp)
~Santa Clause 1 & 2
~The Grinch
~Mrs. Doubtfire
~Harry Potter series
~Mighty Joe Young
~Jurrasic Park 1-3
~George of the Jungle
~Garfield
~Nanny McPhee
~Mary Poppins
~Home alone 1-3
~Jumaji
~Zathura
~Page master
~Parent Trap
~The Labrinth
~SpaceJam
~The Mummy 1-2
~Snow Dogs
~Spy Kids 1-3
~Scooby Doo

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Thomas and the Magic Railroad is good. I like classics too like Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier, Davy Crockett and the River Pirates, The Great Locomotive Chase. I see someone put Wizard of Oz on there...I would not recommend that. I know a lot of people (my wife and my brother included) who have been permanently scarred by that movie (Wicked Witch and flying monkeys).

Answer 6

congradulations on custody of your daughter. You keep the questions coming. ask way. Baby einstein, The disney channel has a lot of good shows on it I don't think she is to old for sesame street or Barney, The wiggles has a lot of music on it. The best advice I can give you on this is you do a quick view before you let her see, just to make sure it is something you feel comfortable wit her watching. Good luck

Answer 7

Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I loved The King and I and Sound of Music as a four year old. Anything that's funny she'll probably like. Take her to the library and let her pick stuff out. Or the movie store.

Answer 8

Try taking her to the library and letting her pick-out some movies for herself. That might give you a better idea of what she'd like. There are tons of options (musicals, foreign films, classics).

At that age my daughter was obsessed with the movie Selena, certain music videos and The Big Comfy Couch.

Answer 9

Baby Geniuses
The Cat In The Hat
the new Peter Pan


thats just some...
hope those help

Answer 10

Thomas and the Magic Railroad. It's not a cartoon- it has Alec Baldwin in it and it's a real "feel Good" movie for kids that age