UK equivalent to the American Ms Rachel show?

So I keep seeing how great the US show Ms Rachel is for baby/child development. Does anyone know if there is a good UK equivalent to this?

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Just curious, what would the difference be if she were from the UK? Are there certain things you want your child to learn that we don’t teach in the US?

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I would guess different terminology for things, like how you guys call a bin a trash can🤷🏼‍♀️ that’s all I think. I’ve also heard of some British children picking up American accents from watching it too much🤣

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There is one. I think she’s called miss apple. But she’s actually so cringy and is clearly trying to piggy back on to miss Rachel as she copies everything she does. Her voice isn’t as good as miss Rachel’s though and she’s not as natural.

I’ve just stuck to miss Rachel. I don’t mind if my son uses American words 🤣🙈.

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ahhh makes sense! I know my daughter started calling me mum at one point because of peppa pig😂 but I don’t mind

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loads of English children speak with American accents when they’re exposed to too much tv.

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We watch Miss Katie’s Classroom - also I think also there are some slight differences in the sign language too x

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Yes as someone pointed out it was mostly to limit my son’s use of American terminology! Not that it’s the worst thing in the world, but where possible I’d like for him to be exposed to UK language! Thanks everyone for your help!

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It’s not the equivalent but we stick with mr tumble, my son got so much speech from it it’s unbelievable. And also shows sign language

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Ms Rachel is the best. My daughter is 15 months and has learnt most of her words she says from her. I've never even paid any attention to the accent or word difference. To me it's about learning

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Omg Miss Rachel drives me insane it’s banned in our house. It only went on for an hour and my 4 year old started calling nappies diapers and putting things in the trash can and saying everything with an American accent. Nothing at all wrong with that accent or phrases but people couldnt understand her

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This question has been asked so many times that by now even Google also has the answer.

https://www.peanut-app.io/share/xAfjLwt1GKb

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yeah like others said, the words and pronunciation js different. Sometimes the spelling is very different which isn’t the best for teaching them to spell.

She’ll say waaa-ter for water rather than war-ter and things like that. Just little things that our toddlers pick up on that sounds like they get an American twang.

I heard some US kids were getting British sounding words from watching Peppa pig 🤣

Also for example, things I’ve noticed on Ms Rachel that confuses my girl:
Fire truck is fire engine
Diaper is nappy
Pacifier is dummy
Stroller is pram
Mommy is mummy
Vacation is holiday
Fries are chips

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