TLDR: looking for a way to share spiderman with young children without violence or inducing ADD in child.
I have a 4 year old that I have pretty successfully sheltered from media. She's watched some stuff - but think PBS instead of cocomelon - slower paced and no cuts every 5 seconds and noises / explosions / annoying blippi people. I think that's the right choice and we're doing well with it.
However, her friends, mostly boys, at day care all like to play spiderman. She gets enough about it to play along in the game. But she has never seen media about spiderman. And hasnt watched anything with violence - thats scary for her.
I'd like to share the character with her to help her with fitting in - while sticking to our media rules, in a kid friendly way.
My first thought was comic books - but even those are pretty advanced for a 4 year old.
I could edit down one of the spiderman movies into a few clips and show that.
But - would appreciate your suggestions. Do you have any spiderman books / media that you think are age appropriate?
The early elementary boys I've cared for have had learn-to-read Spiderman books. I tried to hunt down the ones they've had and couldn't find the exact titles, but I did find an example.
https://amzn.to/3PkIgOR
(theirs didn't have the sound bar)
There's a junior DC heroes television show which includes a little bit of heroistic violence yet whose dialogue focuses mostly on social and emotional themes. It is aimed for the preschool set. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spidey_and_His_Amazing_Friends