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Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens

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[...] This DVD contains the episode: My mushy banana, My Shrinking Shoes, My Ice Pops, and The Perfect Pancake.

Sid the Science Kid wants to know why things have to change. Why does his yellow banana turn brown? How come his shoes are shrinking? What made his ice pop melt and just how does Grandma know how to make a pancake this is not too squishy or burnt? Sid and his friends work together to discover the efects of time, temperature and the environment with the help of some revealing experiments and songs.

My three year old boy and 5 year old girl love Sid, and prefer this collection "Change Happens" over the other just released collection The Bug Club. The rotten banana episode is a particular favorite, with the kids talking about "decay" the whole day long. This DVD is almost two hours long (115 minutes) but if you act now you will get a bonus DVD disk containing an additional 2 hours of content (134 minutes).

Early purchasers will also an additional DVD called Front Row Fun starring an additional episode of Sid (on our disk we got the episode Why do we need Charts) as well as episodes of WorldWorld, Dive Olly Dive!, Hermie and Friends, Pocoyo and Hopla. This is a real bargain for the price. A super show produced by Jim Henson's studio and directed by his son Brian Henson. Highly recommended.

OK, the DVD hasn't come out yet, but the show has been on PBS for the last season, and my 4 year old LOVES it. This show does a great job of explaining things in a fun (and parents, a non-annoying!) way. My son knows all about germs and decay and all kinds of fun things that don't come up in daily conversation. Terrific job of making an educational show that is completely fun, too.

I tell you the more I am getting to know "Sid" the more that this little guy is growing on me.

I love the characters, I love the concept and I love the fact that Sid and his friends clearly and easily explain the scientific dynamics on how things change.

I am sure if you are a parent you have heard the "How does..." and "Why does..." questions a million times. With my twins I get questions thrown at me at a double rate.

Sid the Science Kid is a perfect video for little ones and entertaining enough to keep grown ups listening as well.

With 115 minutes of video and four episodes: My Mushy Banana, My Shrinking Shoes, My Ice Pops and The Perfect Pancake...you not only receive entertainment but a wonderful start on teaching your children to love science.

I hated the annual science fair at school during my elementary years but if there were cartoons like "Sid the Science Kid - Change Happens" there may have been a lot of change in my views of science. I must be honest and say that I wasn't really sure what makes a Banana turn brown until I saw this video. I know sad, huh? But hey, now I know and so do the twins! Seems like Sid is doing his job!
Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens

I have no idea what the reviewer who gave this show 1 star was thinking. It is educational, entertaining, holds my 20 month old's attention for the whole length of the DVD (on the 1 or 2 occasions she has actually been allowed to watch the whole thing at once), and best of all NOT AT ALL ANNOYING FOR ME TO SIT THROUGH! Sid is entertaining even for me. A welcome change from the painfully annoying shows like Yo Gabba Gabba (which she loves... yay...) or Barney that kids are so drawn to, and yet it holds their attention just as well and teaches them so much. I will admit that the characters look a little strange but that is part of what makes the show so unique. After finding out that Sid is 1/2 African American and 1/2 Jewish (his family celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas), my husband and I had quite a bit of fun trying to decide what the ethnic backgrounds of the others were and realized that, if you think about it, the show is very diverse as far as the potential for introducing children to components that make up other cultures... Chinese culture (May), Hispanic culture (Gabriella)... we're not sure about Gerald though... maybe Irish? I hope that the Jim Henson company does not overlook this educational opportunity.

The only complaint I have is that there are 5 episodes following the "Change Happens" theme but only 4 were included on the DVD. The way Sid is set up, there are 4 episodes introducing new concepts relating to the theme (in this case decay, growth, reversible change, and irreversible change) and then a fifth episode reviewing the content discussed in the previous 4 episodes. It would have been nice to have this review episode included on the DVD.

Even with only 4 episodes of the 5 I give this DVD 5 stars and we will definitely be buying more Sid DVD's in the future. I am already choosing which ones to buy for my daughter's upcoming birthday!

I bought this as a gift for a little cousin. I like the idea of the subjects that Sid, the Science Kid discusses for the little children. The music is good as well.

My 2-year-old is allowed one TV program a day and Sid has been all she ever wanted to watch since we first discovered it on PBS last year. Aside from being fun an educational, the show is also clever and funny in ways that parents can appreciate, so it won't drive you as nuts as some other kid shows might if you had to watch them over and over again. It's by the Jim Henson company and some of that quirky Muppet Show-type humor comes through. Sid is such a favorite in our household that I also bought the music CD and we listen to it on long car trips. My daughter sings along happily until she falls asleep on long drives. A godsend!

We currently own this DVD, as well as The Bug Club, Inside and Out, and The Ruler of Thumb. They are all fantastic. My son became a big fan of Sid after watching PBS in the morning, but started sleeping in later and missing it, so I bought the DVDs. They were well worth the money and have been watched over and over again. My son really began to enjoy this show when he was around 9 months old, and at 15 months he still loves it and I have a feeling we'll be watching them and buying the new DVDs as they come out for a long time. It's a great show for your child to grow with and is very cute and educational (I've learned a few things myself), and we find ourselves watching them even when he's not! My son loves music, and he really loves the songs in this show. I like the fact that most of the songs repeat in every episode so that he has learned to recognize them and I'm sure he will quickly learn the words when he gets older. Definitely, definitely recommend this television series to kids as young as 6 months and all the way up to preschool and kindergarten.

Love the Sid the Science Kid series, totally exceeds expectations, makes science fun for me and my daughter!

Sid the Science Kid is one of the very best educational DVDs for small kids. They learn a lot and very quickly.

My kids are a little older than the target audience, but they love the science in this show. They accurately and enthusiastically identify 'decay' on food or outside (fall leaves, pumpkins after halloween, etc). My six year old also keeps an observation journal, inspired by the show. The family and preschool depicted are loving and sweet. My only complaint is the actors--the voices are so-so compared to other Jim Henson programs. The little girl May is especially annoying, the actress sounds condescending and idiotic instead of innocent. We still buy and watch the videos, and the kids don't seem to mind May's voice.