Can't wait for the new series to premiere? You can download the first episode (The Huggleflower/Monster Lullaby) from iTunes for FREE right now.
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Has your child seen Doc McStuffins on the Disney or Disney Junior channel? My daughter (age 7) had outgrown the Disney Junior shows before the premier of Doc McStuffins. However my nieces (age 3 & 5) love Doc McStuffins. They both received doctor's coats and Doc McStuffins
Doc McStuffins is the iTunes TV Show of the week. iTunes is giving away a FREE Episode. The FREE Episode is Out of the Box/Run-Down Race Car which was the premier episode on March 23, 2012.
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Disney is introducing a new Princess, Sofia the First, an animated show that will air on the Disney Channel as part of their Disney Junior preschool programming.
The series will premiere on Friday, January 11 at 9:30a/8:30a Central. You can download a Premier party kit from the Disney Junior website. The Premier Party Kit includes a tiara and crown kit, breakfast ideas, and more. The website also has a series of coloring pages available. The next episode will air the following Friday.
My daughter loved the Disney Junior (or Playhouse Disney shows as they were called when she was younger). At 7 she is starting to outgrow the Disney Junior shows. However, at almost 5 and 3, my nieces are looking forward to the series.
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In the First Day of School episode of Dora the Explorer, Boots and Tico head for their first day of school EVER.
This episode is currently free on iTunes. This will be a great episode to have for your child before they start school in the fall whether they are starting kindergarten at a new school or maybe younger and starting preschool for the first time. Free iTunes episodes are sometimes only free for a limited time, so I recommend "purchasing" the episode now.
Bark, Bark to Play Park, Dora's Jack in the Box, Dora Had a Little Lamb, and ABC Animals are also currently being offered for free.
Bark, Bark to Play Park is about Twins Day at Play Park and Dora will introduce her dog Perrito to his twin he hasn't seen since they were newborn pups.
In Dora's Jack in the Box, she is looking for a gift to cheer up her twin brother and sister who have been sick. She finds a dusty jack in the box on a high shelf at the toy store.
In Dora Had a Little Lamb, Dora and Boots wander through fairy tale land helping Little Lamb find her way back to Mary while also helping the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Humpty Dumpty and Peter Piper.
The animals are missing from the ABC book in ABC Animals. Dora and Boots travel through the book to find the letters.
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My daughter loves the My Friends Tigger & Pooh show. It has easily been one of her favorites since it premiered when she was 17 months old - just weeks before her first trip to Disney World.
At 4.5, she wants to be a Super Sleuth when she grows up. She is determined to be Darby for Halloween. We are actually off today in search of a blue baseball hat that we can turn into a Super Sleuth Cap.
She has been sad that there have not been many new episodes and that it has all but disappeared from your TV listings. Fortunately, we have many episodes saved on our TIVO and own a few DVDs.
Maybe it is because she has two science minded parents, but we always enjoyed watching this show as they explain how the world works - Fireflies, Plants Growing, Mirrors, Echoes, and more.
She also loves the games and activities on your website. I discovered this weekend that they have disappeared from Playhouse Disney Online. So PLEASE, stop advertising them on TV. She was yelling at the TV today about trying to trick her when the advertisement came on for My Friends Tigger & Pooh online.
So please, if you are going to completely remove a much loved TV show & website, please stop advertising it!
I have often seen the idea of a family game night pushed by the game manufacturers. Well, many of the games they suggest are for older children and hard to implement when your child is only 4. However, my daughter received the kids versions of a few classic games for Christmas so we opted to play those. We played Monopoly Town and Clue Carnival Caper, both of which are good for my 4 year old in difficulty and game length.
In Monopoly Town, Mr. Monopoly sits in his car and gives you instructions. As you land on properties you can add a level to them up to the specified level. If you complete the building, you put your color roof on it and can collect rent from then on. The goal is to use your 5 roofs first and place your golden roof on top to win the game. There is no reading involved, but lots of counting.
Clue Carnival Caper plays a little different than the adult version of Clue. First, the mystery is around missing carnival prizes, not a murder. Instead of dealing cards to the players, they are placed in various carnival locations and you can see cards as you visit the locations. There are two versions of the game - an easy version where you determine the thief and the time of the crime and a harder version where you determine the thief, the time of the crime, and the scene of the crime. You play 5 rounds which generally allows you to see 5 of the 6 sets of cards placed around the board. After each round, every player takes a guess to the thief, time, and scene (in the harder version only). After the last round, you see who did it and the player with the most correct guesses wins. My daughter still needs an adult partner to play this game with her. Also, we try not to look at what other players are guessing since that could give additional insight into the answers, but is beyond a 4 year olds powers of deduction.
Family Game Night was a nice change from our typical nightly TV viewing. I will admit that my daughter asked for an episode of Scooby Doo while she had her bedtime snack, but we held firm that the games were in place of TV and she finished her snack in 10 minutes instead of 25.
She has other games, but my husband just doesn't get into playing the Princess or Tinker Bell games. For active games, my daughter loves Hullaballoo, and just got Hyper Dash that we can all play. She has Scrabble, Jr, but it is still a little hard for her since she does not read. She also has the childhood classics of Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Hi Ho Cherry-o, Cootie, and Don't Break the Ice. They just feel more like us playing a game with her as opposed to all of us playing together.
I would definitely like to make a night like tonight a regular occurrence in our house.
by Niamh Sharkey. Henry Hugglemonster premiered on Disney Junior in the UK in February.
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