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Remember the good old days when our parents would shoo us out of the house, and we’d play outside for hours?  Even in bad weather, we’d put on our boots and raincoats (or forget about them altogether) and head out anyway.

With all of the indoor distractions now, it’s difficult to get those little couch potatoes of ours up and about.  That’s one big reason “Hip Hop Harry: Move Those Feet” was a hit with our parent bloggers and their kids.

Led by “a blinged out Teddy Bear who will rock the house with you“, Hip Hop Harry “helps bring home the importance of movement to keep healthy.“  As one mother aptly put it: “…any time you move your body, you are exercising, and exercising can be a lot of fun!“  She went on to note that, “…it’s great to reinforce early that exercise doesn’t equal something distasteful.”

While that’s probably the greatest lesson imparted by Hip Hop Harry, the episodes include other tidbits like “being open to trying new things” and “positive competition - [that] it is okay to compete and not everyone will win!“  One blogger commented: “I really appreciated the way each of the episodes reinforced lessons that my husband and I are dealing with, here at home.”

One mother gave the same feedback that another reviewer in the first set did - that the episodes could be re-ordered to stimulate greater interest right away:

“There were lessons on hydration, competition, and on the importance of warming up before exercise. There didn’t seem to be that much dancing. To me, that’s too many lessons. I felt the writers were trying too hard to be all things in this episode.

But by the third episode, I felt like Hip Hop Harry was beginning to find his stride. By that point, there was more of a focus on dance moves.”

And as that blogger reported, it was during that third and final episode that: “…my son did get off his butt and try some of the moves with me.  When [my son] finally gave it a try? He had fun. We BOTH had fun.”

Finally, another blogger - who laments how quickly her children are growing up, despite her efforts - lauded Hip Hop Harry for being wholesome without being saccharine:  “I can’t slow down this rapid rate of growing up. My oldest is almost ten and I did my best to limit her exposure to pop culture but it managed to seep in wherever it could. This is why I am so pleased with shows like Hip Hop Harry.”

Congratulations to Jen, winner of her own copy of “Hip Hop Harry: Move Those Feet”!  To purchase your own copy from Amazon, click here!

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 5:00 am and is filed under Elementary School, Kids, Media, Pre-school. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.