DVDs make great holiday gifts. Check out the following Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment titles that your kids will love. I’m pretty sure that you’ll love watching them as well. All titles are available now!!
Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish
DVD SRP: $14.98
DVD SYNOPSIS
Next stop, Winter Wonderland! Join Thomas and his friends as they celebrate the holidays in these four enchanting tales. Thomas has a special delivery for the season – the Star of Knapford, a festive light that makes wishes come true! The children are excited for the Snowman Party in the Town Square but it’ s up to Thomas to find the snowman a special hat before the party can begin. Watch Bash, Dash and Ferdinand prepare for the first ever Misty Island Christmas party. Then Henry helps Sir Topham Hatt prepare a secret holiday surprise for all of Sodor. The more friends the merrier, so join the fun and see that winter wishes do come true with Thomas & Friends!
Our thoughts: Thomas always sets out with the greatest intentions to help his friends and residents of Sodor. He truly loves his friends and is always willing to help. Every track he travels takes him on another adventure. The host, Driver Perkins, who can ONLY be seen on DVD, engages children and he’ s even visited by carolers! This really gets you into the holiday spirit! This holiday title is a must for any Thomas fan. Your child can make their own wish on a star along with Thomas, Bash, Dash and Ferdinand! The animation for this title is fabulous!
Angelina Ballerina™: The Nutcracker Sweet
DVD SRP: $14.98
DVD SYNOPSIS
Waltz into a land of sugar and spice with Angelina Ballerina in fresh new CG animation! Angelina is excited to perform the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the holiday showcase, but her sweet tooth may lead her to trouble. When too many candy canes and Mom’ s fabulous fruitcake give her a tummy ache, Angelina learns that sharing with friends is a lot more rewarding. Grab a front row seat for these charming new episodes and you’ ll be dancing on air with musical delight!
Our thoughts: Angelina Ballerina inspired Teagan’s love of ballet dancing! Teagan loves to watch this PBS character and tries to emulate Angelina’ s moves. Angelina’s not sure if she can perform the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the holiday showcase after eating too many sweets! Ugh! There are lots of lessons learned, conflicts resolved, sharing and most importantly the true meaning of friendship. The DVD is colorful and could be the perfect holiday gift for any aspiring ballerina!
Shaun The Sheep: Season One Gift Set
The First Ever Shaun The Sheep™ Gift Set With All 40
Episodes Of The Complete First Season
DVD SRP: $29.98
DVD SYNOPSIS:
The complete first season of Shaun the Sheep is here! The set includes 40 episodes loaded with mischief, mayhem and plenty of naughty pigs! Join Shaun and his barnyard buddies, Bitzer, Shirley, Timmy and more as they deliver a flock-load of wacky shenanigans from the farm. From bath time to party time and everything in between, the entire family will love this gift set filled with sheepish delight!
Our thoughts: This DVD is an awesome set of 40 hilarious episodes of the adorably mischievous Shaun the Sheep and his farm friends. Watch a few of the shorts or have a Shaun the Sheep marathon session with your family. Either way you will be sure to have a chuckle over the witty humour. One of my favorite episodes is of a sleep walking Shaun. The pack of sheep always look out for each other and they get into sticky situations trying to get Shaun back into the comforts of their barn. Bull riding sheep, pigs in facial mud mask are a few of the situations that arise in this 5-minute short! Viewers also get a preview of Timmy Time! He’ s the baby sheep from the Shaun the Sheep series. I can’ t wait to see what Timmy has in store for us!
Barney™ Learning Pack 6 DVD Set
DVD SRP: $29.98
Total Running Time: 262 minutes
Barney Learning Pack 6 DVD Set Synopsis: Celebrate the gift of learning with Barney in this jam-packed 6 DVD compilation, containing educational episodes focusing on colors, counting, nursery rhymes and learning the alphabet. A great value, this gift set is the perfect present for the holidays and a tee-riffic opportunity for your preschooler to learn important lessons with Barney & Friends. The Set includes these DVDs:
- It’ s Time for Counting
- Numbers! Numbers!
- Now I Know My ABCs
- Rhyme Time Rhythm
- Let’ s Play School!
- Red, Yellow & Blue
Our thoughts: You can always trust that Barney will offer fun, action, imagination and education for your kids aged 2-5. My daughter recently started preschool and these videos are perfect for reinforcing lessons she’ s currently learning and reviewing topics she’ s already covered. You can’ t beat the price for 6 DVDS and a total run time of 262 minutes. These DVDs can be handed down to siblings or passed on the friends. You know that you love Barney!
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Most important values is to treat others as you would like to be treated. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
I should of added that the character who impresses me the most is Angelina. She is always talking about sharing which is so important in treating others well. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
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I think one of the most important values is to be kind to others. Thanks for the generous giveaway!
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Sorry…forgot sencond part. I think Barney represents this value because he not only teaches kids about being kind, but also about sharing, caring and manners.
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I think the best value a child can learn is to care about others. If they learn that, the rest pretty much falls in place. I believe all the characters in these movies (in one way or another) help to get that point across to children.
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I think how to get along and tolerate others.
kids need role models and taught about treating others well along with good values
Shaun the Sheep is a great example of looking out for others, and being able to do so without being preachy!
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The most important values taught through children’s DVDs is to be accepting of others. Barney always demonstrates this by having all types of children get along and play.
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I have always liked the storyline of the Thomas & Friends DVDs. They teach friendship, helping others and embracing our differences. I also really love the Shaun the Sheep show, he is adorable and it is very family friendly.
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I think kid movies can teach manners and feelings. I think it is so important to let your kids feel empathy and watching a favoite character go through something makes them feel more on their level.
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I think Thomas teaches the kids right an wrong thru their stories,an themes,I believe learning how to treat one another with kindess a fairness is a good thing for all kids to learn
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Barney shows caring and I think that is one of the most important things to learn. He always thinks of others!
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I picked Angelina Ballerina: The Nutcracker Sweet because of the conflicts and friendship-being kind and caring for other people is so important
there are alot of important values but some of them are sharing and caring I think barney is a really good model for that
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I think an important lesson for kids to learn is having compassion/ caring for others. We like Thomas in our house because they emphasize this. The kids also learn that it’s okay to make mistakes, as long as you apologize and make things right.
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Sharing, respect, and creativity are great values needed in influential tv shows today. The Barney shows definently represent all three of these values and more. Barney has a very active following because of the respect that is shown between the characters and the imagination that is brought to different episodes!
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I think praising a child’s effort over the results is a value many parents overlook. Too often are we focused on results like winning a competition than just praising a child for their ability. I believe Thomas helps embody this virtue as he longed for more important jobs, despite his inexperience. Putting forth his best effort regardless of the results.
The most important value to teach our children is how to interact with others. No set of videos does that better and more honestly than Thomas.
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The biggest valve being taught is treating others with respect and sharing. Barney does a good job with this. I would love to give these DVDs to my niece. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I LOVE Shaun the Sheep! He displays friendship, kindness, thoughtfulness, playful, staying active! My entire family will sit and laugh watching it, teens to babies!
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i think how to treat others is important..and i like thomas and friends for this, i think winter merry wish would be great
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I think they do a good job teaching friendship. Thomas is the best at this of course because he is always learning valuable lessons about sharing and being patient with your friends.
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Of these, I think Thomas and Barnet have the best values. Both teach important things, sharing, owning up to mistakes, helping and being kind to each other. Those are all the things that are most important to me in what my little guy watches. Hence, so many Thomas movies in our house!
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i think kids videos should teach other kids how to be friends with everybody my daughter’s having a problem with that!
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The best value to be taught through these videos is respect for others also love for others too. I think Thomas probably does this best
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I think honesty is the most important thing to teach our children…that and to not grow up too fast 🙂
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I think teaching lessons like being nice, how to share, and don’t lie are important. I think Barney does a good job at teaching those types of lessons.
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I think sharing and treating others w/ respect are important. (especially difficult for 2 year old to understand). Barney usually does a great job of teaching this.
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I think barney is the best he teaches a lot of values i love his manners DVD
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Barney always how important it is to care about others, and treat others how you would want to be treated. That is so important to teach our kids.
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I think one of the most important values the children’s DVDs teach is the value of friendship and caring for others. I think that Barney represents it best.
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I think one important value to teach kids to be respectful of others. I think Barney teaches that well. 🙂
Respect for yourself and others. Barney teaches that well because I’ve seen kids with disabilities on the program and they are treated the same as everyone else.
I love Shaun the Sheep. He teaches creativity, thinking and reasoning skills, and nonverbal communication.
I think the most important values that should be taught through children’s DVDs are kindness and sharing. These values are best represented by all of the characters in your list of DVDs but for my granddaughter, who at the moment is partial to Angelina, I will chose her as a good model for these values.
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Barney is great for teaching about kindness to others.
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The most important value that my children can learn through these DVDs is about friendship and sharing. That is why my boys love Thomas the tank so much because he is always having to learn to be friendly with all engines and to share with them.
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