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New free printables, family activity sheets inspired by Disney/Pixar’s THE GOOD DINOSAUR including coloring sheets, a memory game and a hexaflexagon craft.
“The Good Dinosaur” asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo (voice of Raymond Ochoa) makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
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Spring means bugs, flowers and lots of outdoor discovery! NCircle knows this and has put together a great pack of DVDs for your little science lover.
Dino Dan: Swimming With Dinosaurs (SRP $9.99) – The boys aren’t huge dinosaur fans, but they love Dino Dan. They love seeing the dinosaurs come to life in a show that makes learning fun. This DVD features water-based dinosaur stories that are perfect for breaking out of the winter blues.
Sid the Science Kid: Encyclopedia of Discovery (SRP $9.99) – We’ve watched the Sid the Science Kid Series for years, it’s really a great way for kids to learn science. Sid covers a variety of topics that are great for all ages. This DVD follows Sid and his friends as they investigate over 26 different topics.
Discover & Investigate with the Cat in the Hat (SRP $14.99) – We’ve watch the Cat in The Hat series for years too & this two DVD set includes over 3 hours of Cat in the Hat mischievous fun! This set has some great stories that teach kids about things such as hibernation, wind power and more.
Octonauts: Crocodiles & Crabs (SRP $9.99) – My 5 year old love the Octonauts and their adventures under the sea. This DVD follows the Octonauts on 8 adventures that include helping out fellow sea creatures while teaching kids about different marine life & their habitats.
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Attention Portal Masters!
On the heels of the Crash Bandicoot unveiling at E3, Activision is also bringing Kaos and Crash’s arch-nemesis Dr. Neo Cortexn characters into the Skylanders Imaginators universe! The two supervillains are joining the lineup of Skylanders Sensei characters as fully-playable toys. Kaos will even be available for FREE to fans who pre-order and purchase the Skylanders Imaginators starter pack (while supplies last) between October 16 – 22, 2016!
Additionally, Skylanders Imaginators will feature an all-new dedicated Crash Bandicoot level called Thumpin’ Wumpa Islands! This level is steeped in nostalgic Crash Bandicoot gameplay, including the classic TNT boxes, crabs, hazards, temple ruins, Wumpa Fruit, exploding fruit and more. This level will be available on the PS3 and PS4 starter packs at launch and will be released in a special Adventure Pack for all platforms later this year.
As you know, Skylanders Imaginators offers two fun ways to play:
Create your own Imaginators using Creation Crystals
Collect Sensei characters to level up your Imaginators and blow enemies away with powerful Sky Chi attacks
With Kaos having discovered the power of Mind Magic to create Doomlanders, one of his first creations was none other than a clone of himself! Figuring that no one in the universe, including the Skylanders, could ever stand up to more than one Kaos, he unleashed his clone in his quest to take over Skylands. But to Kaos’ surprise, the clone – also being Kaos – wanted victory for himself! As a result, he fights against his creator, in turn helping the Skylanders in their endeavor to defeat the real Kaos!
At Gamescom, Skylanders Imaginators will introduce fans to the return of Dr. Neo Cortex as a Sensei Skylander and reveal an all-new level, Thumpin’ Wumpa Islands, that’s steeped in nostalgic Crash Bandicoot® gameplay. The level includes special Crash Zones that bring back the classic massive boulder chases from the original games. And, as with any Skylanders level, there are secrets and hidden areas all along the way. In paying homage to this iconic character on his 20th anniversary, the level is packed with TNT boxes, crabs, hazards, temple ruins, Wumpa Fruit, exploding crates and many more elements from the original Crash. But it all takes place in the Skylands – which means a new twist of Skylanders combat and action brought into the world of the Wumpa Islands.
Skylanders Imaginators immense possibilities empowers players to unleash their imaginations by giving them the freedom to create their own Skylander. Portal Masters will enjoy the available in the game — including appearance, powers, abilities, names, catchphrases, musical themes and much more — to create the wildest Skylanders imaginable.
Developed by Toys For Bob, Skylanders Imaginators supports all 300+ Skylanders from previous games and will launch on October 16, 2016in North America. The Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack will be available for the suggested retail price of $74.99.

The Journey Home is a heartwarming tale of a boy and his need to reunite a polar bear cub with his mother. Despite the warnings of his family and friends, Luke speeds off on a snowmobile, with the cub in tow, deep into the frozen wilderness. But when a violent storm closes in, Luke’s mother and family friend Muktuk frantically search for the daring pair as they defy starvation and below freezing temperatures so both boy and bear can complete their own journeys home.
When Luke Mercier (Dakota Goyo, Real Steel) heard some noise outside his house, he never could have guessed what he would find. Discovering a young polar bear cub that has been separated from its mother, Luke knows he has to do something to help. Despite the warnings of his family and friends, Luke speeds off on a snowmobile, with the cub in tow, deep into the frozen wilderness. But when a violent storm closes in, Luke’s mother (Bridget Moynahan, “Blue Bloods”) and family friend Muktuk (Goran Visnjic, “ER”) frantically search for the daring pair as they defy starvation and below freezing temperatures so both boy and bear can complete their own journeys home.
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Fitness is a subjective thing. What one person may believe define as fitness, another person may disagree with. It is crucial to think about what fitness means to you so that you know what you want to achieve. For some people, looking fit means building muscle using products such as muscle rage to increase their muscle mass, for others, their idea of fitness is achieving a toned, flexible body through activities such as yoga.
Clarifying in your mind precisely what you want to achieve and what being fit means for you will help you to determine how your goals can be reached.
Setting Your Fitness Goals
To achieve a goal, you firstly need to decide exactly what those goals are. Many people begin their fitness journey with a vague idea in mind of what they want to achieve, but no clear way of knowing when they have achieved this goal. It is tough to keep working towards a goal if it is not clearly defined in the first place. To overcome this uncertainty and to enable you to stay focused, it is useful to put together some SMART goals.
You are probably used to hearing the term SMART goals spoken about in business terms, but SMART goals are essential for achieving your fitness goals too. Applying the SMART principle to setting fitness goals will enable you to clarify exactly what you want to achieve and how you are going to make that happen. Set your fitness goals on the basis that they are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relative, and Timely. This means that you know exactly what you want to achieve (Specific). Will be able to monitor what you have achieved (Measurable). Ensure achieving your goals is possible (Attainable). Choose activities that will help you reach your goals (Relative). Have a time-scale for your achievements (Timely).
Making your goals realistic, but still challenging enough to help you reach the result that you want is essential.

My boys are completely addicted to music. They all enjoy listening to it…you can catch them most of the time with the radio or headphones on. They also love to play music. They have guitars, drums, keyboard & a violin. So it’s no wonder one of their favorite games is Guitar Hero. They were super excited when they heard a new Guitar Hero was coming out, and even more excited when it arrived!
Guitar Hero Live introduces a revolutionary new take on the music rhythm genre, delivering a console-quality experience on Apple TV with its two game modes: GH Live and GHTV. GH Live, a first-person perspective, live-action experience, delivers the full emotional roller coaster of being on stage and performing in a real band in front of real crowds that dynamically react to how well you play. GHTV, the world’s first playable music video network, is a 24-hour game mode that lets fans play along to a continually-updated collection of official music videos, across a wide variety of genres. GHTV launched with more than 200 songs, with over 70 new songs to be added by the end of the year at no extra cost beyond the price of the game.
The controls on the new guitar are laid out differently than the one we previously had, so it’s taking them a little bit to get the hang of the finger movements.
Two rows of first three frets
Playing in GH Live is a total rush…my son was a little freaked out about playing in a cage at a venue…yea, he’s never seen anything like that before..so it was different for him. My husband even loves to get in on the action and is looking forward to getting to play every track in HGTV.
Guitar Hero Live Black Friday Special
Best Buy is offering Guitar Hero Live at special Black Friday price of $69.99 ($30 off MSRP) starting now! With the purchase of the game, shoppers will also receive a free USB mic that can be used to sing along with the guitarist.
New Songs Being Added 11/25
It’s that time of year when Activision invites all Guitar Hero Live shredders to come together to indulge in a huge new collection of music added in GHTV! Starting Wednesday, November 25, Guitar Hero Live will receive 28 new playable tracks, which will drop directly into the GHTV on-demand list. In addition, six new tracks will also be dropped into the GHTV Premium Shows, bringing the total track list to 300 songs across both GH Live and GHTV.
Here is the list of all of the new tracks now playable in GHTV:
Judas Priest – “Living After Midnight”
Amaranthe – “Drop Dead Cynical”
Primus – “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver”
Robert Palmer – “Addicted To Love”
Chevelle – “Face To The Floor”
Rage Against the Machine – “Killing In The Name”
Godsmack – “1000hp”
Jack White – “Sixteen Saltines”
Sleeping With Sirens – “If You Can’t Hang”
Tenacious D – “Rize of the Fenix”
Walk The Moon – “Shut Up And Dance”
Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts – “Modzilla”
Audioslave – “Like A Stone”
Five Finger Death Punch – “The House of the Rising Sun”
Heart – “What About Love?”
Huey Lewis and the News – “Heart and Soul”
Great White – “Rock Me”
The Outfield – “Your Love”
Cinderella – “Shake Me”
Lower Than Atlantis – “Here We Go”
Neon Trees – “I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)”
Rush – “Fly By Night”
Sammy Hagar – “I Can’t Drive 55”
The Amazing Snakeheads – “Here It Comes Again”
Jake Bugg – “Slumville Sunrise”
Kings of Leon –“ Supersoaker”
R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People”
The Glitch Mob – “Can’t Kill Us”
New Premium Show Tracks
Dance Meets Rock
Zedd – “Stache”
The Prodigy – “Nasty”
Knife Party – “Centipede”
On Tour 2015
Escape the Fate – “Issues”
Black Veil Brides – “Heart of Fire”
Atreyu – “So Others May Live”
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