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DVD Review: Leave it to Beavers

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Because I am a PBS Kids VIP (Very Involved Parent) I am often asked if I want to review additional PBS materials. If they are of interest to me I am excited to do so and in this case I wanted to learn more about Beavers. I was sent a copy of “Nature: Leave it to Beavers” to watch and review. Here’s what we thought of it and below that you will find the official press release about the DVD. Here is the trailer.

When the bulk of the programming that your kids watch is cartoons it is often a challenge to get them to check out something else. In the case of the DVD Nature: Leave it to Beavers we had to ask the kids a couple of times if they wanted to watch the show. I can understand being a little kid and giving up your cartoons to learn but we bribed them with some popcorn and they were good to go for the hour long show.

I think that we were all pleasantly surprised with how entertaining and informative this show was. You finish watching it and wonder why beavers are introduced into many more areas that are undergoing droughts. I was especially fascinated by the guy who played running water for the beavers and they began to build a dam in that very spot where the music was playing. I wonder how many radios he went through when researching that behavior.

The kids thought the beavers were cute and they learned a lot from the show. It was certainly something we wouldn’t have just picked if we weren’t offered it for review because those sorts of shows can be a bit dry. This was entertaining and compelling and made me certainly want to watch more from the Nature series. Continue reading DVD Review: Leave it to Beavers →

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New Desk Friends from Sesame Street


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I came home from the PBS Annual Meeting with a bunch of fun things for the family but some of the items I kept for myself. Two of the items were little bean bag type characters from Sesame Street. I kept them because they are my two favorite characters: Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster. Two aspects of my overall personality that could use a little work. For one thing there has never been a cookie safe around me and like Cookie Monster I need to learn a little more self restraint. Cookie is going to work on that in the upcoming season of Sesame Street so I should probably watch that with Andrew. The other aspect is that I can tend to be grouchy and keep things all bottled up in my own personal trashcan. I haven’t seen Oscar sent to anger management classes or anything yet but I think that both of us could stand to be a little less grouchy.