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Celebrate Earth Day with PBS KIDS and Curious George Special

April 18, 2013 by Divina Rodriguez 2 Comments

® & © 2013 Universal Studios and/or HMH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PBS KIDS ® Public Broadcasting Service. FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY Earth day is just around the corner and you want to join me, a PBS Kids VIP, and your favorite curious monkey as Curious George Swings into Spring on Monday 22, 2013. Check out this trailer. We got a chance to review the special when it was released on DVD and the whole family fell in love with the dachshund musical number and all the fun George and Hundley had. You know it must be springtime if a curious monkey named George is dancing on the balcony at sunrise! The Man with the Yellow Hat is sure that George has spring fever, and he takes George to the park to experience all the wonders of spring. George is so excited about spring that he wants Hundley to have spring fever, too, but Hundley and the Doorman are busy trying to win the Mayor’s spring cleaning prize. When a broken water pipe floods the building, Hundley has to stay with … [Read more...]

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(Video) PBS KIDS Premieres Dinosaur Train Submarine Adventure

February 14, 2013 by Divina Rodriguez 42 Comments

Update! Giveaway is closed congrats to winner. What are you doing on February 18th? How about joining PBS Kids and Buddy, Tiny, Shiny and Don our favorite Pteranodon for an underwater adventure? Submarine Adventure, the one-hour program will feature four new stories about sea creatures that lived during the “Age of Dinosaurs.” I got a prescreener of the new special and my little men and I got a chance to see it before the official screening. You know perks of being a proud PBS KIDS ambassador. Special includes: “Otto Ophthalmosaurus” When the Pteranodon family takes the Dinosaur Train under the sea to visit their friend Elmer Elasmosaurus, they learn that the Elasmosaurus family is leaving the station to follow their food – the fish. Buddy wants to follow, but the train tunnel doesn't go that way – so Mr. Conductor decides to take the family in a brand-new invention, the Dinosaur Train Submarine! On their journey, they meet a marine reptile called … [Read more...]

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WILD KRATTS New Science Special Lost at Sea Premieres Jan. 21st! #WKLostatSea

January 18, 2013 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

Kids have off on and what are you doing on January 21st? How about going on an adventure with PBS KIDS and WILD KRATTS? I got a prescreener of the new special and my little men and I got a chance to see it before. We love the WILD KRATTS! All the adventures they go on and the amazing animal facts we learn while being entertained. Special includes: “Blowfish Blowout” When the miniaturized Kratt bros are swept up and lost in a swath of plankton, they become part of a crowd of fish larvae all headed to the most populated and diverse habitat on Earth — the coral reef. As Aviva and the gang search for them, the lost bros take up residence on the reef alongside a newfound porcupinefish friend, who will hopefully show them how to survive in this fish-eat-fish world until they are rescued. But when Donita shows up searching for a special Sea Crown fit for a fashion queen, the gang must return the favor and rescue their friend. “Speaking Dolphinese” The … [Read more...]

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(Video) PBS KIDS SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures App Review

October 2, 2012 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

This past summer PBS KIDS had SUPER WHY! Around the World Adventure special that took your little loved ones on an adventure around the world and got them excited about travel and learning. The PBS KIDS SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet app takes that one step further by giving you fantastic educational content that helps your children learn and improve their alphabet skills with interactive games and videos. WE LOVE SUPER WHY! At our house. Rock and X love the adventures of Whytt and his friends and how they “look in a book to solve their problem” so this app is perfect for my little men. Check out the video of Rock and I having some educational fun on the iPad. As your kids play the five mini-games: Alpha Pig’s Lickety Letter Safari!, Super Why’s Z Marks the Spot!, Wonder Red’s Let’s Letter Fly!, Princess Presto’s Under the Sea Sounds! And Woofster’s Golden Letter Bones! They will be practicing their upper and lowercase letters, sounds and … [Read more...]

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JetBlue and PBS KIDS Soar with Reading Giveaway Sweepstakes

August 9, 2012 by Divina Rodriguez 65 Comments

Update! This giveaway is closed! Congrats to Vanessa. Safe travels! We are in the dog days of summer but that is definitely not stopping the travel and summer vacation plans for the Dancing Hotdogs family! If anything we are trying to fit in every adventure and making it a goal to create 2012 summer fun memories! But with all the summer activities do not think that I have forgotten about educational entertainment and the need to keep my little men excited about reading. We read at least every day and do summer work books to keep preschool learning fresh in Rock’s little mind that is why I love JetBlue and PBS KIDS Soar with Reading initiative. Since 2011 JetBlue, PBS KIDS and Barefoot books have partnered together to donate countless books to children who really need it! I got the above JetBlue travel backpack with a new book, a workbook and a book clip to encourage our love of reading on the go. I love how the Soar with Reading website has activities you can … [Read more...]

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(Video) All Aboard The Dinosaur Train App Review

March 28, 2012 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

Do you have any Dinosaur Train fans in the house? Well they are going to be thrilled with the latest the apps, All Aboard the Dinosaur Train! for iPad and Dinosaur Train Camera Catch! for iPhone. Based on the popular DINOSAUR TRAIN series produced by The Jim Henson Company, the apps are designed to help kids ages 3 to 5 build critical math skills. Rock, X and I got a chance to try out the All Aboard the Dinosaur Train! App. Check out the video of Rock and I having some educational fun on the iPad. The app tests your loved ones problem solving skills. The goal of the app is get all dinosaurs of different sizes on the different size train cabins. You can play as single or double player. With every level increase the game gets more difficult and faster. Rock loves this app and is totally enthralled with it but his favorite part is definitely becoming a JR conductor when he wins. I am happy to report that PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) are … [Read more...]

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PBS KIDS VIP News and #catinthehat Prize Pack Giveaway Sweepstakes #cithathon

February 29, 2012 by Divina Rodriguez 93 Comments

Update! This giveaway is closed congrats to the winners Jen and Laurie. I am so excited to share this news with you! I, Divina from Dancinghotdogs.com am a PBS KIDS VIP! That’s right, 31 awesome bloggers and myself have teamed up with with PBS & member stations voted #1 in public trust for the 9th year in a row to bring you the latest and greatest information news on PBS KIDS! To start with two exciting announcements! PBS KIDS is hosting a Twitter Party on Thursday, March 1 from 9 -10 p.m. ET with Random House. I will be attending and I hope to “tweet” you there! Follow @pbskids & @momitforward the hashtag is #cithathon #catinthehat PBS KIDS will celebrate the 108th birthday of Dr. Seuss on-air, online, and on mobile. PBS stations nationwide will feature THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT-A-THON, a two-hour marathon of THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! (check local listings). Check out this trailer! THE CAT IN THE HAT-A-THON will … [Read more...]

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PBS Kids Celebrates Halloween with Spooky Fun Programming

October 16, 2011 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

By Divina I love Halloween! I love the dressing up, the pumpkin carving and all the Fall entertainment BUT I hate how scary movies take over the theaters and television which makes TV watching difficult for a three year old and a prone to nightmares Mami. Good thing I can always count on PBS Kids. Rock, X and I to preview the upcoming Halloween themed programming for them. We got screeners for DINOSAUR TRAIN, SID THE SCIENCE KID, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!, and WILD KRATTS and WE LOVED IT. Details below: Image Courtesy of PBS Pressroom SID THE SCIENCE KID Halloween Spooky Science Special (premieres October 17) It’s Halloween time and Sid and his classmates have dressed up in the spookiest costumes. With the help of their teacher, Sid and company learn about spiders, cats, how to make green slime. This was a great episode and gave me some great ideas on how to celebrate Halloween at our house. Image Courtesy of PBS … [Read more...]

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PBS and Curious George celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

September 17, 2011 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

Photo Credit: Curious George® & © 2011 Universal Studios and/or HMH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PBS KIDS (R) Public Broadcasting Services By Divina National Hispanic Heritage Month started on September 15th and ends on October 15th. I love how in those 30 days all across the United States everyone recognizes contributions from Latino and Latina Americans and celebrates them with parades, educational and social events. Eddy and I are extremely proud of our cultures. I even call our sons Para-Ricans (Half Paraguayan like Mami, half Puerto Rican like Daddy and ALL mischief.) And all month long PBS and Curious George will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage month by showing adventures of George and his friend Marco. We love Curious George and thanks to the Latina Bloggers Connect were able to see a prescreening of the upcoming episodes of the sixth season. We love George! Rock loves the trouble he gets into and Mami loves how he encourages preschoolers to use math and … [Read more...]

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PBS Kids The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That Birthday Party

March 8, 2011 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

By Divina On March 2, PBS Kids celebrated Theodor Seuss Geisel’s or as most of the world knows him Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a two hour The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That marathon event. To help celebrate the event, I was contacted to host a Dr. Seuss Birthday Party play date to preview two new episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and we had a ball. I love hosting parties at my house and to help get into the spirit of the party I received a “Dr. Seuss Birthday Party” screening kit that included party hats, cake mix and balloons. Check out some of the pictures: … [Read more...]