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Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club

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My 3 year old boy and 5 year old daughter enjoy Sid the Science Kid on PBS. So when the new collection of Sid episodes was released, we scooped The Bug Club up along with it's companion collection Things Change. My kids preferred the companion collection more than The Bug Club, to my surprise.

This DVD contains the episodes Hello Doggie, Home Tweet Home, The Dirt on Dirt, and Don't Forget the Leaves,

When Sid hears dogs barking in his neighborhood, he wonders if they're talking to him. At school, Sid discovers that animals do communicate in lost of different ways, by using body language, making sounds, and barking! Woof! It's the latest question in a long list of questions that Sid finds himself wondering about. For example, what makes dirt so dirty? Why do bees live in hives and ants live in anthills? Do leaves actually do anything? Come explore backyard science with Sid in these super duper episodes that feature bugs, nature, animals and more. This DVD is close to two hours long ( 115 min).

If you hurry (for a limited time) you will get an additional DVD called Front Row Fun which contains another episode of Sid ( Why do we need Charts), as well as episodes of WordWorld, Dive Olly Dive!, Hurray for Huckle!, Tiny Planets, Will and Dewitt, Animal Atlas, Hermia and Friends, Pocoyo and Hopla. This DVD runs over two hours (134 minutes) and makes for a total of 4 hours of content for a really decent price.

The only problem with the extra DVD is that if you buy the companion collection of Sid the Science Kid (Things Change), the extra Front Row DVD has exactly the same content. In other words all the extra Front Row DVDs in the Sid collections have the same content. I was expecting each of the extra Front Row DVDs to have different content on it, and was disappointed that the disks contain the same shows, so we have both of the just released Sid the Science Kid collections (Change Happens, and The Bug Club) but two extra Front Row Disks containing the exact same content.

Still, a solid purchase for the price, 4 hours of great entertainment for the kids.

We ordered this DVD hoping that our 24 month old would watch it during a 4 hour plane flight. It was ordered a couple of days before, so we played it for him prior to the trip to see if he'd like it. He loved it, and is still asking to watch it every day 30 days after we received the DVD. The music on this DVD makes it fun to sing along with, and there is always a lesson to be learned.

Both my son an I enjoy watching Sid, this is our second video and we enjoy them both.

My son kept saying "Where's the one with the bugs?" as we watched all four episodes boxed in the package called "The Bug Club." We bought the DVD because we thought a show with "Science" in the name that's subtitled "The Bug Club" would contain at least one show devoted entirely to profiling a bunch of cool bugs. (Bring on the dung beetles and water striders!) Sorry, no.

Toddlers and preschoolers love nature. They are too young to be jaded and will soak up pretty much any factual material that is simply presented. According to this show, children won't be interested in nature unless it's accompanied by: - small-child characters shaking their hips, street-rhyming and playing air guitar (this section goes on endlessly and is repeated in each show); - Sid pulling out a gigantic, media-style microphone, leaning in sideways and popping the mike into his friends' faces when asking them a question; - the kids yukking it up with Laugh-In style jokes that might graze the show's theme at best; - the teacher belting out a number. Possibly the Mickey Mouse Club was the creators' inspiration. The entertainment-TV inspired parts of the shows take up a lot of time and are not as interesting as the science parts, and unfortunately also seem to be saying (to the small child watching) that it's just as important to behave like you're on TV as it is to be interested in science.

The show has some undeniable good points -- the family is amusing (if somewhat idealized) and has great values, there is a good attitude about learning, the scientific topics are well chosen even if very lightly presented, there is a positive presentation of school routine, and small kids like the jokes.

ps -- The computer-animated Claymation gives the kids mouths without upper lips that are kind of creepy-looking in motion. This might bother the very young viewer.

fast shipping;good video quality;my kids watched it again and again. They love it! I think it's a good buy. Will recommend this DVD and the seller.

This is a great DVD, both my 6yr old and 2yr old love it. It teaches kids science in a fun way.

This is the perfect show to get preschoolers interested in the natural world. My son and I very much enjoy watching Sid and his adventures in science! I could not possibly recommend this DVD more.

I purchased this for a relative's birhtday. I haven't heard his review as of yet. I think they are a good learning DVD.

My three year old absolutely loves this video (and Sid). Watches it repeatedly and doesn't get tired of it. Episode on decay was a little creepy for her, but she's gotten over it, and she has learned so many science facts! We love Sid the science kid!

My son really likes the "Sid the Science Kid" series on PBS, and these DVDs appear to be those PBS shows on DVD. So far i have 3 of the DVDs and have pre-ordered "Weather Kid Sid" due out in the summer.