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.
These DVDs are Aesop Bops! and The Frog Bride. David Gonzalez is a storyteller and we saw him do The Frog Bride at the Wexner center! It was funny! And you should see him in person too! The Aesop Bops! DVD has the Aesop’s Fables, The Lion and the Mouse, The Fisherman and His Wife, and The Turtle’s Shell. David Gonzalez and the musicians make them so funny! The musicans on Aesop Bops! are Daniel Kelly (keyboard), Dave Hertzberg (bass), and Chris Michael (drums). On The Frog Bride, the musicians are Christian Howes (violin and electric violin) and Daniel Kelly (piano, keyboard, electronics). And we have some copies of both DVDs to give to you! Also, if you click this link, and then click “shows” there are interesting things about each show like study guides and answers to interesting questions and things. These DVDs are great and they’re different than any DVDs you’ll ever see. We love them. Storytelling is awesome!
We’ve been watching regular DVDs, too, like Shrek the Halls and the Kung Fu Panda two-disc set. They’re so funny and the DVD extras on the Kung Fu Panda are awesome! Except for the games. They’re not very good. But the second disc is another show called Secrets of the Furious Five. And you could win that too! We also have copies of Tropic Thunder to give away, but we didn’t watch that movie. Our dad did and he said it’s not for kids and it’s only for adults. And even some adults might not like it. But some people will think it’s funny. You should look here to decide if you will like it or not.
Also, on November 25th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release “wrapped and ready” DVDs, which means they’re already wrapped up for Christmas! And we’re giving some to you. We have wrapped and ready versions of Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
And, because it’s Thanksgiving week, we’re having a huge giveaway. There will be five winners:
Here are the new and improved rules: Anybody can enter by leaving a comment. But if you link to us on your blog, facebook, myspace, twitter, or other forum, you are automatically entered twice (you can still only win once, though). We want everybody to be able to enter our contests even if you don’t have a place to link to us. But we also want links because that helps us get more free stuff to give to you! You have until Sunday, November 30th at 4:00pm to enter. Good luck!
School House Rock: Election Collection is all about the USA and our government. It teaches you how women got the right to vote, what the electoral college is, and I don’t know what else. Wait, let me think…Um, well, just watch it. Oh, it teaches you about taxes and stuff like that. It’s kind of boring, but we have to learn it. And it’s nice to have songs to teach it to us.
Oh, and it comes with Democrat and Republican stickers and a map so you can watch the election and keep track of which states are voting for Obama or McCain. We’re going to have an election party and stay up late and do that.
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