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April 22, 2008

It’s Earth Day

Written by Jennifer

It’s Earth Day, and thanks to my kids, I remembered it.

The art project my three-year-old brought home from preschool was a tree. When he heard one of the children’s TV shows we were watching mention Earth Day, he said, “That’s today. We learned it at school.”

My nine-year-old daughter is always turning off extra lights in our house, while talking about global warming and conserving energy.

It gives me hope to know that our children are growing up with a natural concern for our planet.

Children’s media is largely responsible for this. I’ve reviewed a couple books which educate children about conservation. The show “It’s a Big, Big World” invites children to join in the adventures of Snook, the charismatic sloth who lives in the World Tree with his colorful animal friends. Together they investigate the world around them and discover how different things live, grow and change.

The Earth Needs You DVD focuses on issues such as reusing and recycling. Click HERE to see an exclusive clip that might inspire your kids–or you–to clean up for good!

We have five DVDs to give away. Leave a comment to enter. We’ll draw the winners on May 1.

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April 22, 2008

#1 - Sarah @ 5:47 pm

We live in Germany which is huge into recycling, so my two and a half year old is an expert in sorting! It’s great! I’d love the DVD

#2 - Michelle Rosborough @ 6:15 pm

What a useful DVD.

#3 - Ashley @ 6:30 pm

I’d love the DVD!

#4 - Jenn @ 6:40 pm

What a great way to teach kids about being green!

#5 - Natalie @ 6:48 pm

Cool!

#6 - Sara@Sarandipity @ 7:02 pm

My son already loves to help me sort recycling and toss things into the recycling bin and to return soda bottles to the store. He also love Big Big World. We’d love this DVD in our house.

#7 - Tracy Heyer @ 7:31 pm

count me in!

#8 - Michelle @ 7:58 pm

I would also love one of the DVDs. Thanks!

#9 - Kim Davis @ 8:21 pm

We have been starting to change things around the house. Would love a copy of the DVD to help!

#10 - Shanna @ 8:26 pm

Wow, I’d love some extra help teaching my children the need to recycle. My 2 year old love to throw our bottles and cans in the bins.

#11 - Patty @ 8:27 pm

Enter me please! I think it would be great to show my students!

#12 - Morning Rose @ 8:49 pm

Please enter me.

#13 - Belinda Abel @ 8:57 pm

A subject dear to my heart, please, please enter us!

#14 - Chesapeake Ribbons @ 9:09 pm

My son and I went to Longwood Gardens (in PA) today for Earth Day and had such a great time! Check out my pic for wordless weds.
margie

#15 - Shannan P @ 9:16 pm

My boys love It’s a Big, Big World and would love to win this video!

#16 - Megret @ 9:58 pm

Always looking for more ways to teach eco-friendly ideas to the kids! And it helps that they like that show, too! Thanks!

#17 - Kari @ 10:23 pm

Sounds like a good one to have!! Thanks, y’all!

#18 - Jill @ 10:45 pm

cool, count me in!

#19 - Laura H. @ 11:33 pm

Count me in!

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April 23, 2008

#20 - Jo @ 1:48 am

Great DVD - count me in please. I have involved my 3 granchildren in collecting cans and bottles for recycling. Each has a savings account and the recycling proceeds are deposited and we call this their ‘College Fund’.

#21 - marybeth @ 5:56 am

this sounds like a great DVD!

#22 - Christina S. @ 8:54 am

It sounds like a great Dvd and also is helping to teach future generations about how important it is to take care our of planet.

#23 - Sandra @ 9:22 am

I would love this as well!
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#24 - Michele @ 9:41 am

My daughter adores It’s a Big, Big World! This sounds like a great DVD.

#25 - Piseco @ 9:58 am

Thanks for this giveaway!

#26 - Ellie @ 10:14 am

This sounds like an excellent video!

#27 - Nissa @ 10:29 am

I love this concept. It’s so important to teach our children to value our planet.. and TV always gets their attention!

#28 - Kathy Conley @ 10:51 am

This would be great for classroom use

#29 - Cindi @ 11:08 am

This would be a great DVD to show in the classroom! The earlier kids are educated about “getting green”, the better. Please enter me in your drawing.
Thanks,Cindi

#30 - Kyra @ 11:18 am

Our son is 2 and we’ve recently begun to turn into being green, I’d love to win this!

#31 - Betty Shoemaker @ 11:20 am

It sounds like a great DVD kids will watch movies better then getting them to read

#32 - Demetra @ 11:41 am

This is truly a kids movie of our time - thanks!

#33 - Ann @ 12:15 pm

I have to say this year my kids are also more conscious about earth week, earth day!! They have been pitching in! We recycle, use re-usable bags, switch off lights we don’t need and I’m replacing my cleaning products to “green” ones. I would love to win this for my kids, it would really help.
Thanks for the giveaway!

#34 - Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland @ 12:28 pm

Happy belated Earth Day everyone! Great giveaway, thanks.

#35 - Ilissa H. @ 12:48 pm

This looks like a really fun DVD. From the little clip, I’m even enjoying it! Thanks. I’d love to win!

#36 - Anita @ 12:50 pm

How neat!

#37 - Linda Pinto @ 12:54 pm

I would love to win this DVD.

#38 - Nicol @ 1:13 pm

Great way to teach kids about our earth!

#39 - John Z @ 1:31 pm

Sounds like a great idea.

#40 - C Duran @ 1:36 pm

I would love to win one of these!

#41 - Bree @ 1:48 pm

What a great tool to teach the 3 Rs!

#42 - Stacey @ 2:24 pm

What a great DVD!

#43 - Patricia @ 4:44 pm

Sounds like a great DVD! Thanks for introducing it to us!

#44 - jenny hebert @ 4:53 pm

Very educational

#45 - DARIJAVAN @ 8:39 pm

We all need to do our part in helping to keep our earth green.

#46 - Jacqueline Carpenter @ 9:35 pm

All children could benefit from a dvd like this.

#47 - Tonya @ 10:12 pm

My twins LOVE Big, Big, World. They normally watch it before going to bed because it’s a more quiet show, especially the singing at the end than a lot of the other cartoons.

#48 - Melissa @ 10:27 pm

We are really trying to get green here! This would be great!

April 24, 2008

#49 - Monique @ 12:06 am

My daughter would love this. She goes around the house saying “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.

#50 - Jennifer W @ 12:07 am

OHHH, I homeschool and would love to have this!

#51 - Mae @ 1:00 am

Looks interesting. I am always looking for a greener path.

#52 - stampedwithgrace @ 1:00 am

I would like to win this DVD

#53 - Ivan Girl @ 7:31 am

this is a gret dvd giveaway!
nice way to start young ones with the
idea of how to love Earth…

#54 - Jen @ 10:24 am

I’ve been trying to explain to my kids about the importance of taking care of our earth and we did some Earth Day crafts and read books, they’re very interested! We would LOVE this dvd!!
sublimejen@gmail.com

#55 - Elisa Perkins @ 10:45 am

Great Giveaway!

#56 - ashley @ 11:05 am

would love this to explain to my 2 year old important topics on keeping our planet safe.

#57 - Erin @ 4:57 pm

my preschooler has been obsessed with saving the earth for the last few weeks. This would be a great way to encourage her to keep up the good work

#58 - Bailey's Leaf @ 10:15 pm

My daughter would love this DVD. She watches it on PBS!

#59 - lisa @ 11:09 pm

This is excellent, thank you

#60 - Dawn @ 11:10 pm

We’ve really been trying to do more earth-friendly things around our house. The DVD sounds like it would be really good.

#61 - mama meji @ 11:14 pm

Would love to win it.

#62 - John MacDonald @ 11:29 pm

Count me in please!

April 25, 2008

#63 - Valerie Mitchell @ 12:45 am

fabulous!

#64 - Tracy @ 12:49 am

My son is 6 and we try hard to teach him the value of our Earth. He is great about recycling, participating in vounteer events with us to pick up litter, and picking up litter on his school playgrund as he sees it.

I would love this dvd as another way to teach him about our Earth and our part in protecting it.

#65 - Sandy @ 1:19 am

this dvd would be very educational for our whole family…thanks!!!

#66 - Normal to Natalie @ 9:06 am

this dvd would be great for our family!!! thanks for offering it.

#67 - Adrienne! @ 10:02 am

we would love this.

#68 - Leeanthro @ 3:06 pm

I love earth-friendly media directed toward children.

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#70 - Ginny @ 11:10 pm

Cool count me in!

April 26, 2008

#71 - stacey moore @ 9:55 am

this would be great for my classroom

#72 - Brett @ 11:46 am

My boys and I, find simple ways to recycle. I find that starting one step at a time is the best way to go. Don’t try to change your entire life at once, just take one step at a time. This DVD looks like a great way to educate people.

#73 - Kristie Noguera @ 10:45 pm

What a fun reinforcement of my values for the kids.

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