Dinosaur Train: Pteranodon Family World Tour Adventure DVD GIVEAWAY

ByCrystal @ Surviving a Teacher's Salary

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I have partnered once again with Dinosaur Train to offer a DVD Giveaway for Dinosaur Train’s new show- Pteranodon Family World Tour Adventure! It is launching to celebrate National Nutrition Month this month in March! National Nutrition Month  is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. This year’s National Nutrition Month theme, “Eat right with Color,” encourages everyone to remember to include a colorful variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and dairy on their plates every day.
A healthy diet is important to us all, just as it was to Dinosaurs many years ago.You can help teach your child  how to prepare a vegetarian (herbivore) picnic filled with great food and fun by visiting Dinosaur Train on the PBS parent’s site! You can also find more resources on the American Dietetic Association’s site. They have a great article listing 25 healthy snacks for kids including:
1. Peel a banana and dip it in yogurt. Roll in crushed cereal and freeze.
2. Spread celery sticks with peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese. Top with raisins. Enjoy your “ants on a log.”
3. Stuff a whole-grain pita pocket with ricotta cheese and Granny Smith apple slices. Add a dash of cinnamon.
4. Mix together ready-to-eat cereal, dried fruit and nuts in a sandwich bag for an on-the-go snack.
5. Smear a scoop of frozen yogurt on two graham crackers and add sliced banana to make a yummy
sandwich.

To celebrate with Buddy you and your child can prepare a vegetarian (herbivore) picnic. The Have A Brachiosaurus Picnic activity helps young children to learn what foods fit into an herbivore’s diet (fruits and vegetables). It reminds children about the importance of hand washing before eating; and also creates an opportunity to discuss why all animals need to eliminate waste from their bodies (a.k.a. “poop”).

The downloadable PDF file  provides the ingredients to prepare Brachiosaurus Picnic, with fun food items on the menu, including: 

o  Brachiosaurus Super Salad: The kids will have fun tearing up green leafy veggies into bite-size pieces and mixing ranch dressing with green coloring to make a tasty topping.
o  Sauropod Sandwich: With a plastic knife, cut pieces of whole wheat bread in the shape of a favorite dinosaur and spread with cheese spread or peanut butter.
o  Herbivore Herb and Spinach Spread: Mix frozen spinach, dried onion soup mix, sour cream, celery sticks and crackers
o  Green Juice – fill a child’s plastic cup with apple juice and add green food color to make a green beverage fit for an herbivore.

You can also learn more about where this food goes in the new Dinosaur Poop song. To go right along with it Dinosaur Train has teamed up with Uncle Milton in making a Dinosaur Train Dino Poop Kit, just one of a range of new science themed toys geared to make science more interesting, engaging and accessible for children. With the Dino Poop kit, kids can discover what the dinosaur had for lunch!  Did he have fish or did he eat a plant?  Once kids find pieces of what he ate, they can put them together to create their own fossil imprint to figure it out!  It’s OK parents, it’s not real poop…it’s soft, pliable dino dough!  Available at Toys”R”Us (SRP: $7.99, ages 4+)

GIVEAWAY

One reader will win a copy of Dinosaur Train’s new DVD- Pteranodon Family World Tour Adventure! It
includes eight exciting edu-tainment adventures, interactive games, coloring pages, a dinosaur reference guide and parent information.
Mandatory Entry:
Tell me what you will do this month to help you or your kids eat healthier! Please leave me your email address so I can contact you if you win!
Optional Entries:
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Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. All opinions are mine. Giveaway open to US only. Ends at 8 PM EST on March 27, 2011. Winner will be chosen by http://www.random.org/ and will have 48 hours to claim prize.

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