Great movie! Maybe a bit violent for kids (it’s rated R), but it would be easy enough to skip over the parts you don’t want your kids to see in order for them to be able to see the many funny, inspiring, and beautiful parts of this movie.

School House Rock! Earth is a musical education on many eco friendly topics
including water conservation, alternative power, and preserving special
habitats. The content is rich and the music is creative.

My 3.5 year old was entertained but unfortunately the information flew over
her head.  The songs often rely on kids reading messages on the video and
being able to interpret spelling in lyrics to understand the topic.  For a
reading elementary schooler, School House Rock! Earth is a great
accompaniment to environmental education.

Be well,

Rachel Tayse Baillieul

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Bedtime Stories is a really funny and good movie about this guy named Skeeter who has a niece and nephew who at the beginning didn’t really know about him and didn’t really like him, but when he started telling them bedtime stories, they started to like him and the bedtime stories seem like they come to life, but only a little bit about them is different. And my whole family thought it was funny. There’s a funny guinea pig in it named Bugsy, too.

If you’re into funny comedy family movies, you’ll like this movie. It came out on Blu-Ray April 5th and will come out on DVD April 7th (close to my birthday. And Easter). Or, for a little while, you can get the combo pack with a regular DVD and a Blu-Ray DVD AND a digital file copy for your laptop.

Liberty

My darling niece, Taylor, says you all will love Marley and Me, which is available everywhere now! She saw it in the theater and when I offered her the chance to review it for us she said, “Heck yes my gosh! I totally will!” because the movie is just that lovable.

Abby

Lillian, age three and a half years, enjoyed the Handy Manny Green Team
video.  She says she learned “about the tools” and liked the “tea cup moving
up and down, up and down.”  Her favorite episode was ‘Saving the Turtles’.

I, Lil’s mom, liked that the episodes are themed and educational but not
boring or saccharine.  Manny and his tools teach Spanish by using it and
repeating the English word after, but not asking viewers to repeat after
them as if they can actually converse.  (The ‘talk to me’ farce is my least
favorite kid’s show technique.)

The Green Team video includes five fifteen minute episodes.  Each one
considers a different environmental topic in an age appropriate way.  While
more entertaining than educational, I appreciate the eco-friendly values in
Handy Manny’s Green Team.

-Rachel

P.S. If Handy Manny: Manny’s Green Team is available everywhere March 31st. If Handy Manny and his tools inspire you to be more friendly to the environment, visit Rachel and her husband’s eco-friendly store, Baying Hound, where you’ll find “unique gear, superior services, and sustainable practices.” They have great deals in their Clearance Corner! Read more about Rachel and Lil’s environmentally friendly tips and tricks at Rachel’s blogs, Baying Hound Howls and Hounds in the Kitchen. -Abby