When the Pteranodon family wants to take the Dinosaur Train under the sea, the Conductor unveils a brand-new invention, the Dinosaur Train Submarine! Come along on an all-new, one-hour Dinosaur Train “Submarine Adventure,” Mon., Feb. 18 on PBS KIDS (check local listings).
I received a screener of Monday’s Dinosaur Train special episodes. This time instead of taking the time tunnels with the Dinosaur Train the kids and their dad are taking the Dinosaur Train Submarine along with Mr. conductor and his nephew, Gilbert. The kids were into the episodes. We were also sent some coloring pages and Eva sat there and colored while she watched the show. She really liked the change of pace to the show with the family meeting all new dinosaurs that lived under water. After watching A Sea Turtle tale she went upstairs and got her stuffed Sea Turtle and brought it down to play with it the rest of the afternoon. I think that Kids are really going to enjoy this new vehicle from Dinosaur Train and the new stories that can come from having this underwater option. I suspect that we’ll see more of this in the future.
Here is the trailer to check out before the show airs.
We received a copy of the Dinosaur Train Mesozoic Math Adventures to try out and review. I think that this was a strong showing from PBS kids for math skills for pre-schoolers. The app is rated 4+ and was perfect for Eva who is five. She took to the app naturally. First she tried out the game, Don’s Collection. This game has three levels and shows kids a bar graph where Don asks kids questions about his collection. Kids can compare the columns filled with items in Don’s collection to pick the correct answer. Kids learn to differentiate between greater and less than. In level one there are only two columns and the comparison is fairly easy. At level two another column is added and the difficulty increases a bit. At level three there are four columns and kids make observations and start working on simple ratios. As your child completes each level they unlock the next one. Continue reading App Review: Dinosaur Train Mesozoic Math Adventures→
