Barney’s Egg-Cellent Adventures (GIVEAWAY)
March 1st, 2010Just in time for the Easter Bunny to treat your Pre-Schooler, Barney has thrilled little ones everywhere with a new DVD that brings egg-citement to the whole family.
A Basket Full of Fun for Everyone Just in Time for Easter!
BarneyTM: Egg-Cellent Adventures
Available On DVD March 2, 2010 From Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment at retailers Nationwide for a suggested retail price of $14.98.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
It’s magical make-believe time with everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur, BarneyTM, and his friends when Barney: Egg-Cellent Adventures springs onto DVD March 2, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Available for the first-time ever on DVD, it’s the perfect addition to any Easter basket! Trusted by moms and adored by children, Barney displays sharing, caring, imagining, dancing and learning on television, online and through live events, home entertainment and publishing. The Emmy® award-winning series, Barney & FriendsTM is one of the top-rated preschool shows today, airing on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS SproutSM.
DVD SYNOPSIS
Your search for tee-riffic fun with Barney & FriendsTM is over! Baskets full of egg-citement abound when Mother Goose, a nest full of eggs, and a mysterious, carrot-eating visitor bring super-Dino adventures to the whole family. Hop along for the super-dee-duper adventures with Barney and his friends!
Episodes include:
“Rabbits”
“Mother Goose”
“Ducks and Fish”
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
“Barney’s Easter Egg Hunt”
“Gumdrops Matching Game”
One lucky reader will win a copy of BarneyTM: Egg-Cellent Adventures thanks to Lionsgate/HIT Entertainment!
To Enter just leave a comment stating what your favorite part of Easter is. All entries must have a US or Canadian mailing address. All entries must be received by 5 PM EST Thursday March 15th, 2010. Winner will be selected by random drawing.
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Thomas & The Runaway Kite (GIVEAWAY)
March 1st, 2010How to catch a runaway kite before it leaves Sudor? Follow along as Thomas and Friends lend one another a helping hand to save the day…and the kite. Your pre-schooler will be thrilled with this new Thomas and Friends adventure that includes 4 episodes and 2 Special Features.
Full Steam Ahead for High Flying Fun With An All-New Thomas & FriendsTM DVD in CG Animation And Never Before Seen Content - Available Only on DVD!
Available March 2, 2010 From Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment at retailers Nationwide with a suggested retail price of $14.98.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Hang on tight for a high-flying ride with Thomas & FriendsTM in the all-new Thomas & the Runaway Kite flying onto DVD March 2, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. There are jobs to be done, visitors to meet and friends to greet in this never-before-seen DVD featuring full CG animation and individual voices for all the engines. All-new content available only on the DVD features live-action host Driver Perkins, who has to rely on a naughty parrot to save the day.
Teaching timeless life lessons such as discovery, friendship and cooperation, the Thomas & Friends animated series invites children to enter a world of imagination through the tracks of a train and the words of a story.
DVD SYNOPSIS
There’s a kite on the loose and Thomas must catch it before the wind blows it from Sodor. With Gordon, Charlie and Toby by his side, Thomas learns that a helping hand keeps him right on track when it comes to rescuing kites, saving a swarm of bees, and preventing railway disasters from taking flight! Hop on board for a high-flying ride with Thomas & FriendsTM in these all-new, never-before-seen train adventures!
Episodes include:
“Thomas & the Runaway Kite”
“Buzzy Bees”
“Toby’s New Whistle”
“The Biggest Present of All”
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:
“How Many Shapes Do You See” Game
“Find What Doesn’t Belong” Game
One lucky reader will win a copy of Thomas and The Runaway Kite thanks to Lionsgate/HIT Entertainment!
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The Swap
January 16th, 2010My kids decided to swap rooms. That may not sound like a big deal to most people…but you don’t know my kids. Erin is the messiest girl alive and Tate is a packrat. I told them, it was all up to them…I wasn’t getting involved in this adventure. It took them 4 days. FOUR days. It was almost enough to drive me over the edge to drinking. I thought those 2 would never finish and there is still stuff crammed into the laundry room. What did I do this whole time? I decided since I couldn’t drink I would start gambling online.
I am not a poker player. Never have been. So, I read the instructions. I think Blackjack is more my speed. Less skill involved.
Do you gamble online? One thing about it, the other players wouldn’t be able to see that I have absolutely no poker face. I give everything away. When we all get together here at my house and play Shanghai Rummy…everyone knows what kind of hand I have. There is just no hiding it.
Now, what was the craziest thing found during the big room swap? An empty jar of cake frosting. I will just let you guess which one was hiding that away. Oh, we did get rid of about a thousand pounds of rocks though. My house leveled back out.
Draggin Along
January 14th, 2010I am so tired…I need about 4 more hours in the day. 2 hours to get a few more things accomplished and 2 hours to get more sleep. My eyes are so droopy that I don’t think the best eye cream in the world could make them look even half way normal. And the craziest thing of all? My whole household is still up.
My crazy kids have decided that they want to swap rooms. Why? Because Erin’s room is cold and Tate’s room is hot. Tate would rather be cold than hot and Erin would rather be hot than cold. Go figure.
All I know is that they have conned talked me into it and being the sucker that I am I agreed that they could and they started on it today. That was my biggest mistake of 2010 so far.Yeah, I know…that isn’t saying much, we are only 14 days in at this point. But heck, it sounded good. Right?
Super Z & Super Fun Times
August 16th, 2009Super Z is a shortened version of Super Zeitgeist. What the heck is that you ask? Well, a band of course. Super Z was shortened specifically for their kids CD since their name posed a problem for kids to say. It actually means “the spirit of the times” in German. They take it as living in the moment, creating and performing.
Super Fun Times is a collection of songs that Super Z has been writing, playing and performing for the last couple of years. The lead singer has a 3 year old son and they found themselves writing all these kids songs and decided to put them together in a CD for your child’s enjoyment.
The songs are upbeat and fun for any preschooler. My favorite is “La-La-La Let’s Go”, but the kids really thought that “Plant In My Hair” was so funny.
You can preview and purchase their CD at www.cdbaby.com/superz
If you would like to follow them on Twitter they can be found at : http://twitter.com/superzeitgeist
You can also find their other songs at : www.myspace.com/zeitgeist
Get A JumpStart! (GIVEAWAY)
August 4th, 2009
With school starting back for kids a good education is on the minds of parents everywhere. On the minds of kids everywhere is enjoying the last days of summer. For more than 15 years, Knowledge Adventure has set the standard in children’s software by creating the finest educational products for use in the home and the classroom. In addition to their CD games, they’ve launched a beta version of their first browser-based virtual world at www.JumpStart.com for kids 3-10 years old. Kids can create avatars called Jumpeez for themselves and explore magical worlds, discovering and unlocking games, videos, and storybooks that help them practice essential skills from math to reading. Over the next year, they will continue to add more features, portals, and learning games to this site. I encourage you to check it out at www.JumpStart.com and combine your child’s sense of adventure and fun with your desire to educate and teach them.
At first we had several issues with this site. It was slow to load and would skip and act like a record that got hung up. I contacted JumpStart and found that it was me, not them. It is recommended that you use Internet Explorer and I was using Firefox. Once I switched browsers I had no problems at all. So with things running much smoother, the fun began. The kids LOVED the ease of the site and how they can wander around and explore finding fun activities at every turn. You can allow your children to play without the fear of them running into people or things that they shouldn’t be exposed to. It is completely safe. And while they are having fun, they won’t even realize that they are learning as well. The game teaches math, reading, and critical thinking skills so kids get a real jump start in life. They even have several 3D Virtual World titles available on CD Rom.
We have used JumpStart CD based programs for many years. Erin, my 18 year old college bound gal even used JumpStart when she was little. Over the years we have watched as they have expanded their line and grown to meet parents demand for more. While browsing around their website I even found several more things that we want to check out. The Code Heads and Dr. Brain line!
If you are looking for some fun and educational products to help your child get a head start…I highly suggest you give it to them with JumpStart!
And you can enter to win a 3-Month Membership to the new JumpStart browser based virtual world for your child.
To enter visit www.jumpstart.com and browse around and all the great things they have to offer to parents and kids alike. Leave a comment stating what you would like for your child to learn. All entries must be received by August 14 at 5 PM EST. Winners will be selected randomly and will have 3 days to respond to the verification e-mail before another winner will be chosen.
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Kids and Curiosity (GIVEAWAY)
July 28th, 2009THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED!!!
PBS has been known for years to have some of the best educational programming available for kids. I can remember watching PBS as a child and now my kids watch PBS. They have some great new programming for pre-schoolers that is sure to educate and engage your young one.
“Sid the Science Kid” is a new educational animated television series using comedy to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. “Sid the Science Kid” features a practical in-school science curriculum, uses music and humor to celebrate children’s natural curiosity about science in everyday life. The energetic and inquisitive Sid starts each episode with a new question (”Why are my shoes shrinking?” “Why do bananas get mushy?”) and embarks on a fun-filled day of finding answers with the help of family and friends. And on August the 4th,
“Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens” DVD and “Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club” DVD will be debuting in stores nation wide.
Featuring the delightfully inquisitive Sid the Science Kid and his precocious pals, both DVDs celebrate and explore the great outdoors, tackling such questions as why bees live in hives and ants live in anthills, and observing such phenomena as how the heat from the sun can change matter. Episodes include:
“Change Happens” DVD “The Bug Club” DVD
Change Happens The Bug Club
My Mushy Banana Hello Doggie
My Shrinking Shoes Home Tweet Home
My Ice Pops The Dirt on Dirt
The Perfect Pancake Don’t Forget the Leaves
Dive Olly Dive follows the adventures of Olly, a young submarine-in-training, and Beth, his best friend and fellow sub-in-training. Stationed at the Special Underwater Research Facility (S.U.R.F.) under the guidance of Diver Doug, the young subs explore their spectacular underwater world. Whether carrying out a research assignment for Diver Doug, playing in spectacular Lava Rock Park, or evading the dangers found in Dark Trench, there’s never a dull moment in Olly’s world.
“Dive Olly Dive!: Ship Shape Sub” is a 3D-animated DVD for preschoolers featuring five episodes from the Dive Olly Dive! series, which explores the many interesting facets of ocean life in an entertaining and educational way. With exciting underwater adventures featured throughout, this lively DVD is a perfect way to cap off a fun-filled day at the beach!Episodes include:
Haunted Ship Prank
Less is More
Navigation Consternation
Follow that Lobster
Don’t Tell Beth
Sid and Olly are both fun and educational. You and your children will be learning without even realizing it. Make your plans today to grab up Sid and the Gang and Dive Olly Dive at a retailer near you on August 4th for a suggested retail price of $12.99 and start your pre-schooler on the road to a love of learning today.
AND, you can enter to win a set of all 3 DVD’s here at The Post-It Place.
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