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• Actors: Lily Tomlin, Daniel DeSanto, Erica Luttrell, Maia Filar, Tara Meyer
• Directors: Larry Jacobs
• Writers: Bruce Degen, Joanna Cole, Libby Hinson
• Producers: Patricia R. Burns, Stephen Hodgins, Steve Schnier
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00027JYCQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,199 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Buzz, flutter and march into three tiny new worlds with Ms. Frizzle and The Magic School Bus! The Friz and her class explore the sticky home of a bee, the industrious life of an ant and the surprising identity of a caterpillar! Their Magic School Bus can go anywhere and be anything, so each field trip brings a new discovery to those brave enough to step through its doors! Featuring lots of busy bugs, this un-bee-lievable collection of episodes will take your child on a microscopic ride of learning that's an enormous amount of fun! Episodes include: Gets Ants in his Pants In a Beehive Butterfly and the Bog Beast

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MSB has done it again!, June 4, 2005

By	PJ "Another mom" (NYC) - See all my reviews

My daughter, who is 5 yrs old and now wants to be an entomologist, loves this dvd! IN A BEEHIVE taught her how the bees communicate and how honey is made. In GETS ANTS IN ITS PANTS she found out about the life and WORK of an ant colony. And in her favorite, BUTTERFLY AND THE BOG BEAST, she learned about camouflage for survival. The best part is that they put these three all on a DVD. The one complaint I have is that the episodes are not listed on Amazon in the description so I also ordered the vhs BUTTERFLY (its the same as on the dvd).

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Review of MSB "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs", July 15, 2005

By	Pam Tee "Harmless" - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

The previous reviewer summed up the stories on this DVD very well so I will only add that all of the MSB shows are great (especially when compared to what else is out there).

I started watching these with my children when they were two and four. Sure they miss out on some of the finer scientific fine points, but I am *sure* that they are gaining a foundation in a variety of scientific topics. Things that we can *build upon* later.

For example, I couldn't find my car keys and I asked my 5 year-old daughter if she had seen them. She then began gyrating around-much to my confusion. When I asked her `what the heck ` she was doing, she answered that she was `dancing' out the directions to them the way that bees do. LOL.

In any case, after watching this show, we go outside and 'dissect' some flowers. Or we do something like grow beans in a glass cup so that what we have seen in the show is reinforced.

Five Stars. Top notch Edu-tainment.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bees, Ants and Butterflies, June 8, 2007

By	Janet Boyer "JanetBoyer.com" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I homeschool (unschool) my son, and the Magic School Bus series is GREAT for teaching kids science. We have 4 DVD sets and a few VHS's.

If you're unfamiliar with the premise, the central characters are Ms. Frizzle (a teacher), her class, Liz the lizard and the Bus. Ms. Frizzle takes her class on crazy field trips, where Bus--and sometimes the kids!--experience a transformation so they can get closer to the action. (For example, become a bee or turning into water droplets.)

One of our most recent purchases was Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! and it's excellent as always. These three episodes are:

*In a Beehive - Exploring bee behavior and a beehive
*Gets Ants in Its Pants - Learning about the industrial world of ants
*Butterfly and the Bog Beast - Metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly

There is also a few bonus features:

*Bug Challenges
*Find the Camouflage Butterflies
*Ant Olympics

This CD runs about 82 minutes and is supposedly geared towards children 3-8. Personally, I think the age-appropriate range is more like 6-10 because of the complex concepts introduced.

However, if younger kids enjoy it--more power to them! It certainly can't hurt to introduce science to younger kids if the Magic School Bus holds their interest.

My 8-year old son really enjoys the series now (he didn't get into it when he was younger), so I use the Magic School Bus series to supplement our learning/experimenting with science principles.