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If you want a great video series that will get your kids out of the chair and exercising, Hip Hop Baby is the video series for you! It is for ages 2-6, and from the testing I have done at my house, it works every time. Each DVD encourages physical activity, dance, and movement. It also teaches kids to follow instructions.  The songs are about things like healthy eating, exercise, daily routines, ABCs, numbers, and animals.  I personally loved that the kids weren’t chorographed for this.  Each child was able to do their own dance while they were singing the songs.  The songs aren’t the normal annoying high pitched singing either.  It’s just regular kids singing songs that you know like Head Shoulders Knees & Toes and Carrots Peas & Broccoli.  There were some new songs too.  My kids literally got up and danced from the time it started to the end of the video.  The DVD is about 30 minutes long, so it is great for kids of all attention spans. There are 4 DVDs so far in the Hip Hop Baby Series.

Since I know how hard it is to get your kids up and dancing, I have arranged to give away Hip Hop Baby:  All Your Child’s Favorites DVD and CD!  Here’s what you need to do:

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This is a show moms will enjoy as much as their kids. Lazytown is was created and is filmed in Iceland. The creator is Magnus Scheving. He is both a professional athlete and aerobic champion there (and he’s really good looking when not in his Sportacus costume). The show is about the struggle of being lazy and being healthy. Some of the characters you meet on this show include Stephanie (she’s the pink haired girl), Sportacus (the good looking health conscious superhero), and Robbie Rotten (the villian who likes to be lazy and eat unhealthy. These are all human characters. The other characters are a mix of live action puppets and computer generated animation. The main goal of this show is to promote healthy eating and lots of activity. For example, instead of looking for cruise deals, Sportacus would be off swimming. There are many learning goals that this show achieves (taken from the Noggin website):

• Value healthful habits, physical activity, and joy of effort
  • Benchmarks supported in particular include:
    • Recognize physical outcomes of healthful habits and being active.
    • Appreciate the fun inherent in physical activity.
• Cultivate healthful eating habits
  • Benchmarks supported in particular include:
    • Eat balanced diet.
    • Understand food is necessary for health and growth.
• Explore a variety of movements, indoors and outdoors
  • Benchmarks supported in particular include:
    • Run, climb, jump, balance, hop, and swing safely
    • Express self with controlled movements.
    • Practice.
• Interact with movable objects
  • A benchmark supported in particular is:
    • Bounce, roll, catch, throw, and kick balls.

If you want to get your kids to play outside more, have them watch this show.