If you have not watched Shrek before, read this to understand it better: Shrek is a grouchy, terrifying green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp, finds his life interrupted when many fairytale characters are exiled into his swamp by order of the fairytale-hating Lord Farquaad. Shrek tells them that he will go ask Farquaad to send them back. Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man into giving the location of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in with something he has been searching for: the Magic Mirror. He asks The Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all but is told that he is not even a king. To be a king he must marry a princess and is given three options, in a parody of The Dating Game: Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Fiona, from which he chooses Fiona, who is locked in a castle tower guarded by lava and a dragon. Shrek fights a fearsome dragon, rescues the princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren’t only found in fairy tales.

This December, beside getting toys, books or chocolate for the little ones, you might like to pop this Mike The Knight: A Very Knightly Christmas DVD into their Christmas stocking.

Currently if you pop out to the shops, there are Halloween decorations everywhere. Besides getting pumpkins and scary costumes, why not get a copy of Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map to entertain the children too. It is available from 21st October 2013. We were fortunate to get a copy to watch first hand. Both of my children have made the progression from short regular children’s TV to enjoying longer movies too. So after a day of hard work at school, they were treated to watch this DVD. As they had watched Scooby-Doo before, they both knew what to expect from the show.

Abbey Home Media will release a new DVD for Woolly and Tig – One Step at a Time on 16th September 2013.  It is a series of 5 minute live action dramas about a three year old girl (Tig) and her toy spider (Woolly).

Abbey Home Media is releasing The Adventures of Abney and Teal – Faraway Island on 9th September 2013. Ms C and Mr K miss a lot of their favourite shows now that they are both in school full time.  So they were both over the moon when I gave them the disc!

64 Zoo Lane is about a girl named Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo at 64 Zoo Lane. Every night when she goes to bed, the giraffe comes to take her to the zoo to meet all the animals and tell her a story! In this DVD, there are 9 episodes which are from Season 4 (2012-2013). Ms C loves to sing the opening theme but her pronunciation is not very good. It sounds like she is singing 60 floor 60 floor zoo lane…..

Early this month, we went to Warwick castle to see the launch of the second series of Mike the Knight – Be a Knight, Do it Right!

We are a big fan of the Cbeebies channel because it is age appropriate for my kids and the shows are entertaining.  My children love to watch Mister Maker, Grandpa In My Pocket and a lot more.  We first got to know Cloudbabies last year in May 2012 when they first showed it on Cbeebies. Now both of my children are in full time school, they missed their favourite Cbeebies shows.

Bambi is one of Disney’s classics which was first released in 1942.  He was loved by many children because he is so adorable. I still remember I cried each time when his mum got shot and died. This is one of my favourite Disney films.

Mister Maker Volume 5 was out on DVD last week 3rd June. It is yet another brilliant craft time with him. In this DVD, there are 5 episodes and each are over 19 minutes. There are over 20 art and craft ideas making a wobbly egg, ice cream cone, 3D ships, worms in a can etc. We are big fans of the Cbeebies channel and my children love to watch Mister Maker whenever it is on. We are delighted to get this for review.

After watching Mister Maker, both children like to try out one of Mister Maker’s ideas. Today, we made the ice cream cone game! It is very simple and we are suppose to make it in a minute. With two young children, this is unrealistic as we took at least 10 minutes of craft time.

This week has been a hard week for us. Both of my children had fever and sore throats since last week. Since both of them have to be off school, I gave them Sooty The Children’s Party DVD to watch. Within a minute of watching, both children were raucous with laughter! They were both amused by Richard’s funny actions with his team Sooty, Sweep and Soo. This helped lighten both children’s moods and they felt so much better. There are five fun-filled episodes on the DVD running 55 minutes in total. I love their small funky campervan. It brings back memories of us going on our campervan trip. They also go to the seaside in the Beach Patrol episode which both of my children love.

Abadas is a CBeebies show screened every day Monday to Friday at 9.05am. It is about Hari the hippo, Ela the fox and Seren the bat who live in a pop-up book under Ben’s bed. There is an educational element to the show in that it helps children to learn new vocabulary that corresponds with objects they are likely to come across in childhood. It also helps to organise their talk to re-tell a story in its correct sequence. Questions are asked and answered which helps children confirm what they have learned.

In this DVD, there are 12 episodes running 86 minutes in total. They are: Alphablocks A-Z letter sounds; On letter sounds; Van; Party; Web; Wig; Rainbow; Zap; Box; Quick; ABC and The Cat Sat On The Mat. Each episode is fairly short, at approximately 4 minutes long. The programme is very engaging and both children enjoyed every minute of it. There is a lot of music, singing and interesting ways of presenting the words.

When I asked my son to watch this DVD, he replied he had watched it on Cbeebies.  I was totally unaware of the show as it is shown at 8am in the morning. At that time, normally I am still tidying the rooms.

Justin Fletcher is one of the best loved children’s presenters in the UK. This Jollywobbles! Wakey, Wakey is written, produced and directed by himself. The DVD is on official release from today, 18th March 2013. It contains over 7 fun-packed episodes which are the Wakey, Wakey; Park Bench; Swimming; Tennis; DIY; Theme Park and Beach for over an hour of fun and laughter.