Dora Has A New DVD~ Dora And The Three Little Pigs
January 16, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Uncategorized
If you have a Dora the Explorer fan in your household you’ll have to check out her latest DVD “Dora and The Three Little Pigs,” the DVD also contains three additional episodes:
“Bouncy Boots“
“The Big Red Chicken’s Magic Show“
“The Mayan Adventure“
In her latest video adventure Dora and Boots set out to save the three little pigs from the big bad wolf. The pigs are in trouble after Swiper the Fox wreaks havoc in Fairyland. Can Boots and Dora save the day? Of course she can!
The new video is available at Amazon.com, and most major retailers.
Image via Amazon.com
Roadtrip Travel Toy: Water WOW
June 18, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Arts and Crafts, Children's Toys, Colouring Books and other Activity Books, Road Trip Travel Toy, Toddler Toys
One of my favorite finds this spring was the Water Wow! line of “coloring books” from Giddy Up. Including Backyardigans, Hello Kitty, Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street themed Water Wow! Doodle Books, these little books provide a clean, stain-free experience for your kids.
I didn’t actually purchase them for the car, but rather for my in-laws’ house. They recently moved back to our area, and I wanted to bring something to their new house that the kids could play with, but that wouldn’t risk ruining anything that didn’t belong to us. The Water WOW sets come …read more
Educating Our Kids with Bilingual Toys
May 3, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Toys, Educational Stuff, General Play Library Goodies
Several of the toys and books in our home offer a bilingual feature. We have books that are written in both English and Spanish, at least one English/French book, and, of course, the ubiquitous Dora and Boots. Honestly, I think my daughter knows more Spanish from her few years of Dora than I remember from my two years of high school Spanish (you know, that I took just a few wee years back ).
A recent article at abc7.com highlights the toy manufacturers’ desire to get in on the juego…erm…game.
Manufacturers are hot to get in the …read more
V. Smile TV Learning System
September 28, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Board Games and Other Games For Kids, Computer Games for Kids, Educational Stuff
My daughter’s new friend introduced her to the V.Smile TV Learning System made by VTech. She loved it!
I think this was her first experience with a video game, or at least the type that requires a joystick. Up to this point, I think her only experience has been on-line games at PBS and CBeebies. Certainly, it was a much more high-tech experience than my Atari 2600 of the 80’s!
She loved the Dora and Scooby-Doo games. I’m thinking her brother would get a kick out of The Wiggles and Bob the Builder games. We may have …read more
