Do You Have Magic Hands?

I watched Magic Hands on CBeebies the other day, when my grandson was playing.

Camilla Arnold is the writer, director and producer of Magic Hands.

The theme tune is catchy, the animation basic.

                                                           

Magic Hands is a children’s poetry series for young children that features animation; it’s translated using British Sign Language.

Ashley, Donna, Aimee and Simon feature in different episodes signing and acting out the poem. They pick and create pictures out of the air to tell the story; remarkable if only real life was like that!

In my opinion, it’s unique, not sure about some of the poems that are read out; some don’t rhyme and children like rhyme.

Perhaps a future series children could be encouraged to write poems to send in; to be animated, read and acted out by child actors?

My final thought; it’s a great introduction to poetry for young children.

What do you think?