With Madison in school now, I like being able to give her the tools to succeed.  That is why I like to see video’s like Munchkin Math’s telling time.  Now, the ages on this is 2 – 9.  However, my two year old ran in and out of the room while we watched it.  However, Madison (who is five) was memorized by it.  She got up and sang the songs with the movie and did the hand movements with the video.  I even found her learning to tell time with the video.  She did pretty well with the hour times, but was a little confused when it wasn’t exactly on the hour.  However, a few more views of the video should solve that problem!

I would definitely invest in Munchkin Math’s other DVD titles like Counting Money.  Madison really like this video, and I liked to see her learning.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Munchkin Math and received a sample DVD to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Are your kids fans of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy?  If so, they will love this movie.  Not only are my kids Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! fans, my daughter loves anything that has to do with pirates.  Needless to say, this DVD was a huge hit in my house.  We won’t get into how many times I’ve already watched it (Let’s just say I’ve started memorizing it), but my kids enjoy it each and every time.

This DVD is a collection of episodes that have been on Noggin/Nick Jr. (though I don’t remember actually seeing the pirate one already, so that a was a nice surprise).  The DVD contains the following episodes:

Pirate Treasure
Wubbzy In The Woods
Walden On The Beach
The Grass Is Always Greener
Goo Goo Grief
Everything’s Coming Up Wubbzy
Save The Wuzzly

These are some of the funniest, best episodes out there, and you’ll definitely find yourself laughing with your kids.  The best thing is that each half-hour episode promotes positive values like honesty, tolerance, fairness, and cooperation.  Your kids don’t even realize they are learning while being entertain!

Are your kids a fan of the movie Cars? If so, World Of Cars is a must have book in your house. This book tells you the back story of all the cars in the movie Cars. The illustrations are awesome and just like the movie, so they pull your kids right in. The stories are very engaging.  If you were ever wondering how Mater lost his hood, this book will tell you!  There is even a map showing  Guido and Luigi’s crazy road trip across the United States!  The stories are broken down into five chapters, so you can easily read one a night for a bedtime story.  This book makes a great accompaniment to the movie, and I highly recommend it.

Every since Madison saw the Alice in Wonderland play in her Kiddie Kamp over the summer, she has fallen in love with the story.  Until recently, we only had the movie.  However, now we have the book, and it is one of her most favorite books now.  She loves how they emphasize words by making them bigger than the rest and have them go in different directions.  She laughs and asks what those works say.  It makes the book more fun.  Every other page has an illustration which allows your little one to make their own side stories.  The story is just retold and still has the favorite lines like “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date and the queen of hearts yelling “off with her head”.  Alice in Wonderland is a classic that everyone should have in their home.

With the new Tinkerbell movie that has come out, fairies are now very popular again. Madison’s room is actually Tinkerbell themed, so we are all about fairies here. This is one of the most unique books out there. It is written along the lines of it being a journal rather than a book. This isn’t Tinkerbell’s journal either — this is Wendy’s.  This is about Wendy’s journey to Pixie Hollow (which is where the fairies live).   On one page of the journal, there is a popout that is the map of Pixie Hollow.  Throughout the journal, we get to learn about all different kinds of fairies, and we also learn that each fairy has a different kind of magic.  Almost every page has something for the reader to do.  The Hidden World Of Fairies is a book that is great for any little (or even older) girl who likes fairies.