I came home from work late yesterday and I saw my 2 1/2 year old sitting on the couch watching the animated movie Cars. He sat there watching this movie without saying a word. When the movie was over, he wanted to play with his cars. Just watching him play with his became interesting because he was playing with the cars and making the sound effects the same way he heard in the movie including how the male cars sounded compared to the female cars. Not even thinking about it, he changed the pitch of his voice when making the sound effects of the different cars. he played like this for about fifteen minuets until he heard Dora the Explorer came on. It seems like he has no problem going from toys to cartoons picking up things from each one and learning to associate things such as color. For such a young age my son already has a personal preference of colors from just by teaching him his colors. One thing is for sure, he likes both male and female cartoon characters even if they speak in two languages . I'm sure he is unaware that Dora speaks in two languages however, I think he's more focused on the color and features of each of the characters.