Recently my children have been watching some exciting new episodes of “Olly The Little White Van”, in case you haven’t seen it before, it’s a series currently shown on Channel 5’s Milkshake. The programme is perfect for boys and girls aged 2-6 years and my children are quite happy to watch it (it makes a lovely change from endless episodes of Peppa and Thomas!).
Olly the Little White Van (voiced by Justin Fletcher) helps his friends as much as he can. He isn’t a racing car or fire engine, but he and his driver Stan are very good at helping everyone out, every day. Like an enthusiastic puppy he bounds around the village of Bumpton talking to everyone, and is happiest when he is setting up a new bus service to the seaside, helping Alice when she is preparing for her driving test, or sprucing up an old VW.
The episodes we watched featured many of Olly’s Little Helpers like Royston and Jethro. Olly doesn’t always get things right but he is always helpful and tries his best and the series aims to nurture the communicative and caring nature of children.
You can catch Olly and his friends daily on Milkshake at 06.50 as well as Cartoonito and Boomerang. There are a number of downloadable activity ideas on the parents section of the website, with ideas for games to help out at home e.g Matching the colours of socks, helping to care for a new baby, watering plants or feeding the birds.
