We have dstv, but when he get's bored with CBeebies he can choose to watch, Polar Express, Rio, Narnia. We are still building on the collection, but so far this is his favourite. He now wants, Rango, spiderman and something to do with dinosaurs. Real little boy
Otherwise, my mom made him home made clay. So when he is not in the mood to watch tv, he plays in the kitchen with the clay pretending to cook as well with the pots and pans.
We don't have sabc/dstv but have a selection of dvd's for our 3 year old girl:
Noddie, Fifi and the flowertots, Animal programs (walking with dinosaurs
Winnie the pooh, Kiki's delivery service and Totoro (Japanese anime),
Dinosaur train, Mickey mouse club, a whole variety of afrikaans dvds....
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