5 meaningful cartoons worth watching with your kids before school starts

5 meaningful cartoons to watch with your kids before school starts

The last days of summer vacation are coming to an end, and children are preparing for the new school year. One of the most important issues for parents at this time is to find useful, educational and at the same time interesting activities for their children. Along with reading books and playing games, watching meaningful cartoons also enriches a child's worldview, expands their imagination and prepares them spiritually for school life.

**“Wall-E” (2008)**

In this animated film, humanity leaves Earth and flies into space. Little Wall-E becomes the only robot that cleans the planet from garbage. However, the robot does not know what events await him in the future. During the cartoon, Wall-E meets new friends, flies into space and even returns people who have left Earth on the liner “Axiom”. Wall-E also falls in love with another robot, Eva, who was sent to Earth to test the suitability of this planet for humanity.

**“Heart” (2020)**

The main character of the cartoon “Heart” is Joe Gardner, a music teacher who aims to have a brilliant career as a jazz performer. By chance, he has a wonderful opportunity - to perform on the same stage with the most famous saxophonist. Unfortunately, on that very day, an unexpected event happens - Joe dies. The hero, with his desire to live, tries to fight death and return his soul to his body. The cartoon “Heart”, about death, which depicts the struggle for life, pays special attention to symbolism in depicting the earthly and afterlife. The authors of the cartoon wanted to say that the meaning of life is not in acquiring a fleeting “profession”, but simply in living.

**“Discovery” (2015)**

The cartoon is about 11-year-old Riley, who is going through a difficult time when her family suddenly moves from her hometown of Minnesota to San Francisco. It tells the story of Riley’s mind and the characters that are going through it. Director Pete Docter pays more attention to the world of human emotions in this project. Joy, sadness, hatred, anger and fear interact inside Riley and partially control the heroine’s life.

**“Discovery-2” (2024)**

In the continuation of the story about the emotions that each of us faces in life, the same characters are embodied on the screen, but now two years have passed and Riley is 13 years old. In just one day, the main emotions of the girl’s personality – joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust – change their daily routine. In the morning, Riley wakes up a different person. Now, along with the acne that is typical of all teenagers, his face has a characteristic expression of discontent. Adolescence presents Riley with several other emotions due to anxiety.

**“Leo” (2023)**

The main character is a small lizard living in a terrarium in a high school biology room. For many years, a lizard named Leo has dreamed of being free and living in the wilderness. However, one day he finds out that he only has one year left to live. Leo immediately decides to implement the plan he has dreamed of for years. The students are allowed to take all the creatures living in the biology room home. At this time, Leo accidentally reveals to the children the ability to speak and, communicating with them, helps the students better understand the world around them. At this time, the main character feels happy and needed by someone for the first time in his life.