• Two never before seen episodes-From the new season 6 months before it airs.
• Curious George Cross Country caper game- puzzles lead George and Kayla from New york to California.
• Hold On Here We Go music video
• Coloring pages and wallpaper

**** My children love Curious George and think he is so hilarious. Curious George 2 is jam-packed full of adventure. George meets tons of new friends and helps Kayla the elephant get back home. My kids laughed through this movie, and my 4 yr old quoted “this movie is so funny.” We really liked this movie!

Retail:$19.99

Release date: March 2, 2010

Running time:81 minutes

My rating:9

Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for this review, I did receive a product from the company for my review.

Synopsis:Barbie plays Merliah in this movie, A surfing champion from Malibu. One minute she is a normal teenager and the next she learns a shocking family secret:She is a mermaid!  Merliah and her dolphin friend Zuma set off on an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.  Merliah and her new mermaid friends save the ocean kingdom. In the end, she discovers what makes you different can also be your greatest strength.

Bonus features on this dvd:

• Queen of the waves music video
• Outtakes
• I can be a surfer-featuring Stephanie Gilmore, the #1 female surfer and Teen Choice award winner.

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****I just received this movie and I’ve watched it 3 times already. This is a really good movie, and my kids loved it. It’s kind of like the thirteenth year. Barbie is half human and half mermaid. Her Mother gives her to her grandfather when she is a baby. When she turns 16 she starts going through changes and realizes she is a mermaid.  I love that it teaches kids not to be ashamed of who they are, it’s okay to be different. 

Retail:$19.99

Release date: March 9, 2010

Running Time:75 minutes

My rating:10

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, I did receive a product from the company for my review.

Join Tad and Lilly as they blast off on an exciting educational adventure! Tad and Lilly need a collection of things to take to school for their math assignment. They decide to get moon rocks, but have to figure out how to get them. With some magical help from their firefly friend Edison, they board a rocket ship to start their quest. Soon the twins learn math is everywhere, even in outerspace!Watch as they use their skills in counting, sorting, skip counting and recognizing patterns to overcome obstacles, find new friends, and make the trip back to earth.

Special features:

• The sorting game
• Four sing a long songs
• Alphabet song from lets go to school

Here are some math tips you can try:

1. Next time you’re in a waiting room with your child, scan the room (or the magazines on the tables) for evidence of “math.”  Advise your child to find as much math as possible, and you can give clues if you need to.  Numbers, patterns, shapes, categories, and measuring devices (e.g., ruler, scales), are just a few examples of some of the math you might see all around you!
2.   Make patterns using standard household objects.  For example line up repeated objects–sock, stuffed animal, sock, stuffed animal, and so on.   Next, ask your child to continue the pattern to figure out the “secret code.”  You can vary the difficulty of the pattern to suit your child’s ability–banana, banana, pear, banana, banana, pear.  You can also make deliberate errors that your child needs to find–pear, apple, banana, pear, apple, banana, pear, pear, banana.
3. Take a deck of cards, and discuss with your child all the ways you can sort the cards.  They can be sorted by color (red versus black), suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), numbers (2’s, 3’s, etc.), royalty versus numbers (jacks, queens, and kings versus the numbers), odd versus even numbers, etc.  Sky is the limit!  You can play the sorting game with many collections of things around the house, such as socks and building  blocks.  
   
   
   ****This movie is fun and a great learning adventure for the kids. All about math and numbers. My children really got into it. My 4-year-old even told me she learned about even numbers and proceeded to say 2,4,6,8,10 etc. This is great learning tool for preschoolers to get interested in math.

Release Date:2/23/10

Retail:$14.98

Running time:38 minutes

My rating:10

Disclosure: I received a product for my review. no other compensation was received.