Ms. Rachel is the Netflix version of the videos that Rachel Griffin Accurso has been doing since 2019; her YouTube channel has attracted over 13 million subscribers, with the most popular video getting over a billion (with a ‘b’) views. Now, some curated episodes of her show have landed for the first time on Netflix.
MS. RACHEL : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: A woman in overalls holds an animated box. “Wow! It’s a surprise box! Let’s see what’s inside!” she says.
The Gist: If you want a primer on Accurso and her YouTube show, Songs For Litt l es , this Parents article is a good place to start. Accurso is an educator and songwriter who started the channel when she was looking for ways to help her son, who had a speech delay. She had taught music classes to toddlers and preschoolers, and thought that slow-paced, music-focused, highly-interactive videos will help engage with the tiny set.
Much of the material on the show is the product of her own research and her discussions with speech therapists and other experts. Helping Accurso is her husband Aron, whose day job was working on the Broadway production of Aladdin . Other cast members include Beth Jean, Jules Hoffman, Natalie Kaye Clater, Frida Matute, Alexa Smith, Keisha Gilles, Angelo Soriano, Simon Kafka and Dennis Stowe.
The videos that debuted on Netflix range from 35 to 59 minutes and are for age ranges from toddlers to preschoolers. The episodes geared towards showing toddlers how to make word sounds .
