Yahoo Lifestyle A Ms. Rachel Show Is Coming to Netflix (Yay!), But There's a Catch
There were the Beatles. There were the boy bands. And now, the biggest thing going in youth culture today is undoubtedly Ms. Rachel and her "Songs for Littles."
Okay, that might be really, really young youth culture, but those with toddlers and preschoolers in their lives have probably already heard of Rachel Accurso's overall-wearing, nursery rhyme-singing alter ego. Her Toddler Learning Videos YouTube channel regularly gets more than 400 million views per month from families looking to entertain their kids with songs that also cover topics like phonics, milestones and counting.
Families looking for more ways to stream Ms. Rachel are in luck. Netflix has announced that a new show, Ms. Rachel, is coming to the streaming service on January 27. It'll feature the same kinds of videos that she has on her YouTube channel, with an emphasis on early learning.
But families can't get too excited just yet. There's a big, huge catch to the Netflix announcement: The initial season of Ms. Rachel on Netflix will only be four episodes long. Four episodes! Can you really call that a "season" of television? (Back in my day, we used to call that a miniseries.) Netflix has also released the info that the four episodes are between 30 and 60 minutes each, and each one will have its own theme:
Learn to Talk — “What’s in the Box?” Speech and Toddler Learning
Baby Learning — First Words, Milestones, Nursery Rhymes and Songs
Learn to Read — Phonics, ABCs and Preschool Learning
Hop Little Bunnies — More Songs and Nursery Rhymes
Perhaps what parents love most about Ms. Rachel is that she has a Master's degree in early childhood development and another Master's degree in music education, so they feel confident that she's offering quality entertainment. And if I had to guess what parents liked second-most about Ms. Rachel, it's that she has a ton of videos up on her YouTube channel, so whenever they need a break they can just queue one up and enjoy a few minutes of peace. I'm not sure why someone in dire need of a Ms. Rachel break would head to Netflix, where there will only be four options, over YouTube, where she has dozens and dozens, with some reaching 90 minutes.
But more options are always good, right? And more Ms. Rachel is even better. Netflix does promise that there will be more episodes of Ms. Rachel coming "later in the year." Until then, parents will have to make do with the four-episode miniseries — and the hundreds of YouTube clips.
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