So Much Fun to Doodle-Do!
Fun Filled Tot-a-Doodle-Do! DVD Series Releases
Three Delightful New Titles Just in Time for Back-to-School:
Tot-a-Doodle-Do! School
Tot-a-Doodle-Do! Animals
Tot-a-Doodle-Do! Transportation
DVD Series Fosters Imagination, Creativity, and Social Skills,and Encourages Healthy Eating and Exercise!
Segments Include Craft Activities, Super Snacks,
Manners Practice, Hop Bop to the Music and Meet New Friends!
In Stores August 22, 2006
From Childrens Creative Programming PPartnership LLC
VSDA Filmmaker Marketplace Show FloorSan Diego, CA (July 10, 2006)---Meeting a real school teacher, an airline pilot and animal trainer and learning simple new crafts are just some of the fun-filled segments in the new titles in Tot-a Doodle-Do!, the DVD series that fosters creativity and imagination, and makes learning fun! Tot-a-Doodle Do! “School,†“Animals†and “Transportation†arrive on DVD from Children’s Creative Programming Partnership LLC August 22, 2006, just in time for back to school.
Each 30 minute live-action Tot-a-Doodle-Do! DVD focuses on a particular theme – involving things children see and know from everyday life – and engages them in a variety of activities that enhance fine and gross motor skills, communication and cognitive reasoning skills and socialization.
DVDs come with the craft project shown on the individual DVD so viewers can make the craft at home while watching the segment. Tot-a-Doodle-Do! DVDs with the craft will retail for $19.95. DVDs without the craft retail for $14.95. Tot-a-Doodle-Do! is recommended for ages 3-7.
In each Tot-a-Doodle-Do! DVD hosts Alia, Penny and Molly Manners and The Tot Crew -- a diverse group of children -- introduce young viewers to six fun, easy-to-follow, do-it-yourself- at-home segments. The Tot Crew includes special needs children and Picture Communication Symbols, which encourages non-verbal and special needs children to participate in their own way.
In Crafty Kids, The Crew presents a simple craft project that can be done with basic supplies found in any art cache. Imagination Station lets creativity flow and helps strengthen attention and memory skills. On Our Block introduces different people in the world who affect childrens lives. Hop N Bop gets kids dancing and moving to the music and singing original, toe-tapping songs. Super Snack teaches about healthy noshing as the Crew makes a nutritious, delicious treat. And Molly Manners, a delightful puppet character, instructs kids about manners through a fun, interactive method of role-playing.
Tot-a-Doodle Do! School will excite young learners about their classrooms as they meet a kindergarten teacher, make pinwheel sandwiches and sing and dance to “School Day and I Like to Go to School. In “Animals, viewers will make a mask out of paper plates, act out the different sounds and movements of animals, meet an Assistance Dog Trainer and learn how to behave at the zoo and around pets in the neighborhood. Young pilots will thrill as they meet a real airline pilot in Transportation, and then make a cardboard train, pretend to be different vehicles, and learn the proper way to act while traveling.
Tot-a-Doodle-Do! has received excellent reviews from parents, educators, child psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and pediatricians. Initial titles in the series released last year were Family & Friends,The Body and “Music. For more information about Tot-A-Doodle-Do! or to order products, call 1-866-816-4997. Visit www.totadoodledo.com.
Tot-a-Doodle-Do! will be at VSDA: Filmmaker Marketplace, Show Floor. Please contact Heidi Heller Niehart, 619-249-3868 to set up interviews.
About Tot-a-Doodle-Do!
Creator and Producer, Heidi Heller Niehart founded Tot-a-Doodle-Do! after envisioning a television program that would incorporate follow-along activities for children and their parents or caregivers. As founder and principal of For Immediate Release, Inc., a promotional marketing and events staffing agency, Heidi has over 15 years of experience in public relations, marketing and event planning. She has developed marketing campaigns for Body Glove and Golds Gym Licensees, Cox Communications, Starbucks (Passage Events), Hersheys (Field Source), and worked with many other marketing agencies throughout the country. With her industry connections and solid track record, Heidi has combined her passion for educational childrens programs with her marketing expertise to launch a series of television programs for children to develop important fine and gross motor skills, communication, cognitive skills and socialization. In addition to being a business owner and mother of three, Heidi is a published author and former syndicated columnist. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Santa Barbara, a certificate from the George Washington University, Washington Representative Program, and was a G.E. Foundation Scholar at the American Womens Economic Development Center, Washington, D.C.
Co-Producer Penny L. Cohen, a licensed and certified speech and language pathologist, brings her knowledge of child development and love of music to the creation of each Tot-a-Doodle-Do television program. Working in her private practice in La Jolla, Penny specializes in treating children and adults with articulation, voice, stuttering, tongue thrust, accent reduction, language and social communication disorders. She utilizes music, arts and crafts and creative dramatics in her therapy sessions. Born in Montreal, Canada, Penny began acting and singing at a very young age. While still in high school at the age of 15, she took the responsibility of running music and drama programs for various summer camps as well as after school theatre programs at private schools. Playing the guitar and singing, Penny has entertained children of all ages for over 25 years.
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Series: Tot-a-Doodle-Do!
Titles: School
Animals
Transportation
Produced By: Children’s Creative Programming Partnership, LLC
Category: Children, Ages 3-7
Street Date: August 22, 2006
Order Date: July 11, 2006
Format: DVD
SRP: $19.95 with Craft Kit.
$14.95 for DVD alone
SRP includes noncommercial public performance rights
Running Time: Approximately 30 minutes each
