Hip Hop Harry: Move Those Feet - I am admitting to you now…I’m a reality show-addict. As such, I watch all of the dancing shows. I admit it…even the latest addition on Bravo. One late Thursday night, while trying to get my oldest to finally settle down and go to sleep, he became enamored with [...]

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Any parent or grandparent of preschool-aged child knows about Bob, Barney, and Thomas. I have to admit that with Thomas and Bob, my family has become a little too involved in getting the boys as much Thomas and Bob toys as possible…resulting in incredible amounts of trains, tracks, earth movers, and tools. However, new DVDS [...]

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From the moment I brought my daughter home from the hospital, I was worried about her care.  It seemed hard to believe that just one newborn care class prepared me for caring for another life.  When it came time for my husband and me to leave our daughter with a caregiver, I insisted that it [...]

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In my former non-mommy life, I used to work with kids with developmental disabilities. I loved the work but, found some of my most challenging goals involved teaching kids social skills. How do you go about introducing tasks that most of us learned effortlessly? While I had a few tools in my therapeutic toolbox, I [...]

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There isn’t much in life as exciting as our own history. Of course, there is definitely room for fiction. I’ve always enjoyed reading books and watching movies and documentaries about our history, as does my husband. We’d love for our children to love it as much. Unfortunately, I remember finding much of the movies or television [...]

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If you’re like me and have two little guys that love all things trucks, then you know all about Bob the Builder. Bob is the guy with a dump truck, an excavator, a concrete mixer, and, don’t forget about the atv, Scrambler! I have to say I, myself, was extremely excited to see that Bob the [...]

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This cold, nasty weather has meant, unfortunately, more inside time for my little ones.  They watch DVDs more in the winter, and we have tried to keep most of the DVD content educational and fun.  When these three new DVD gift sets arrived from Little Laureate, we were excited to check them out to see [...]

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As many of you know, we are huge fans of the shows often seen on Sprout, especially ”Thomas and Friends” and “Bob the Builder.” Here are some new DVDS out this week on January 29,
Springtime Fun
A great collection of our favorites. I love that it includes a short episode from Thomas and Friends, Barney, Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder, Kipper, [...]

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When learning about social skills, kids learn the most by watching and interacting with us, their parents. We show them how to patiently wait for a turn, we encourage them to make eye contact, help their friends, and a whole lot of other important skills. As we all know, it’s good to have back up, [...]

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Are you still looking for a final gift for that little girl on your shopping list?  If your little girl is into girly things such as ballet, then race to your nearest DVD department to purchase Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket DVD. 
Most little girls are familiar with Angelina Ballerina from her PBS Kids show.  In [...]

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The holidays come with such anticipation and excitement. Unfortunately, the weeks leading up can also be filled with chaos and loads of preparation. I’ve found that playing lots of holiday music and popping in a holiday movie puts me back where I need to be. Along with some traditional movies that I’ve watched every year, [...]

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As the weather has gotten colder, we’ve pulled out more and more DVDs for my kids to watch.  If my kids are going to watch tv, at least I want the content of some of the DVDs to be educational.  We recently received two DVDs from Rock and Learn that are both definitely very educational [...]

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As the weather changes and the holiday season approaches, I find myself breaking out my holiday music, DVDs, and decorations. This is a great time of year and as my oldest son becomes more aware of the seasons, I’ve looked forward to introducing him to winter. Unfortunately (at least to us), where we live, it [...]

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Teaching my preschool aged child important safety lessons is very difficult if not impossible.  Concepts such as fire safety don’t really seem to resonate with a 3 year old.  Danger Rangers has found a great way to educate young children on safety issues, including fires, water safety, and playground safety, with colorful characters and child-friendly [...]

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As a child growing up in the 80’s, I loved the Care Bears, so when I learned that the Care Bears were coming back with a new DVD (for their 25th anniversary - doesn’t that make me feel old!) I was thrilled that my daughter would be able to enjoy them also.  In the DVD, [...]

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