Wings of Life (2013), Ages: 6+Ī kaleidoscopically colored exploration of the birds and the bees (don’t worry, that’s not a metaphor), this Disneynature documentary for children offers a bug’s-eye-view of the world, focusing on butterflies, bees, bats, birds, and other flying creatures, offering insight into their importance to the circle of life via pollination. Astronauts on the International Space Station captured fifteen months worth of footage of Earth the documentary explores our small blue dot, the daily lives of the astronauts, the technology of space, and about the international cooperation between astronauts.įurther Viewing: The Last Man on the Moon, available on Netflix, is a great look at space for kids who love it. Got a kid who loves space? They’ll love A Beautiful Planet, narrated by Jennifer Lawrence.
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Kids can see orphaned orangutans and elephants fight to survive - and also kids can see the people who help keep these precious animals alive.Īvailable on: Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Primeįurther viewing: Born in China, the regular nature documentary that this movie is based on, is a good start, and is available on Disney+. They get to the real, behind-the-scenes fight to make Born in China, and view previously unseen footage of baby pandas, monkeys walking, and the amount of effort put into making nature documentaries.
Kids can witness some of the hardest to reach environments in the world with Expedition China. Just bugs.įurther viewing: For bug-lovers who also love aquatic species, Wonders of the Sea is a good bet. Also, the film is silent except for scoring - no narration, no words, no lessons. It’s a wonderful film about bugs, of all things, using microscopic cameras that make the bugs appear larger than life. It is impossible to tell that Microcosmos was made over 20 years ago.