Kids Off The Couch Podcast

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- Kids Off the Couch is a free, weekly kid's adventure tied into a great film or digital media that provides families with fresh, new ideas for getting kids OFF the couch and into their world!

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Kids Off The Couch Special Subscriber Discount to The Geffen Playhouse

In a mesmerizing one-man show, Darryl Van Leer channels historical figures such as Muddy Waters, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King, Jr. and makes them come alive. Our kids loved how Van Leer set the stage as a folksy storyteller and then seamlessly shifted into each character using only simple props and the power of performance. Figures that feel as one-dimensional as the books they inhabit seemed to walk off the page and shake our kids hands, providing an exciting gli...

Feb 27, 2009•3 min

All The President's Men + Visiting Your Local Newspaper = Kids Off The Couch

Kids who expect a multitude of information to magically appear from their computers don’t always understand the power of a free press. Watching All The President’s Men as a family opened up a conversation about how reporters follow a story and tell the truth, which makes this movie newsworthy in our household. It was front page news all over the world when Richard Nixon became the first American president to resign and the film, which won four Oscars in 1976, is a thrilling look at how the inves...

Feb 26, 2009•2 min

Snow Dogs + Hitting the Slopes = Kids Off The Couch

No matter where you live, kids and snow go together like hands and gloves. Whether your kids are starting out with a pizza-pie wedge between their first skis or just biding their time until their next snowboarding trip to a serious mountain, getting some slope savvy at your local ski resort makes for a wonderful wintry weekend. There's not a kid in the world who needs much of a push to slide down a hill, so get yours ready to sled or ski or snowboard by watching Snow Dogs on the drive to the slo...

Feb 26, 2009•3 min

HOT TOPIC: How Does Your Family Deal with Princess-Mania?

With this week's much heralded re-release of Disney's Sleeping Beauty , Princess Aurora is sure to win over another generation of little girls, just in time for the Halloween costume rush. What's a parent to do? We know that most of our kids just can't resist the allure of those Disney dames strutting their stuff, so we developed our own Princess Counter-Programming, which we share with you this week. Click here to visit our website and find a book list that serves up a batch of princesses whom ...

Oct 15, 2008•1 min

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown + Corn Maze = Kids Off The Couch

Our kids' faces lit up like Jack-o-Lanterns when we told them we were upping the pumpkin ante this year by letting them loose in a Corn Maze. After sampling the delicious produce, we set off into plants that reached high above our heads. We bonded together over a map, trying to figure our way out from beneath the stalks and laughed ourselves silly every time we got lost -- our kids triumphant that the adults in the group steered them wrong plenty of times. Later that night, we popped up some cor...

Oct 15, 2008•2 min

Introducing Paul Newman to Your Family

We shed real tears at the loss of Paul Newman, whose legendary looks and powerful screen presence dominated the movies for years and whose charitable work (through the Hole in the Wall camps for seriously ill children and Newman's Own) set an elegant example of how one man can make the world a better place. The easiest way to introduce your kids to one of our greatest movie stars is to show them Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . Starring Newman at the height of his confident power and featuri...

Oct 04, 2008•3 min

Life is a Highway: Cars + Automotive Museum = Kids Off The Couch

Cars is one of those great family films that lures everyone from Grandpa to toddler with its old-fashioned values, cool car stars, hilarity and history. Our kids loved Lightning McQueen, the red-hot rookie race car with a big ego, who pulls off the fast lane and learns that sometimes you have to slow down in order to get where you need to be in life. On his way to the most important race of his life, the Piston Cup, Lightning gets lost and rips up the main road in Radiator Springs, a forgotten t...

Sep 25, 20080

The Past Roars to Life: The Land Before Time + Walking With Dinosaurs = Kids Off the Couch

Are your kids dino-obsessed? Do you remember when they read Danny the Dinosaur and dreamt of riding a dinosaur's back? Our kids slept with their dinosaur books, memorizing each name -- Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex -- and have always wondered what it would be like to meet a real life dinosaur. But wonder no more, because...they're back! Walking With Dinosaurs is a live, theatrical show where science and animatronics meet imagination as 15 snarling, growling, life-sized dinosaurs ro...

Sep 16, 2008•2 min

Bringing History To Life: Movies That Teach + Family Movie Night

With kids back in school, it is often hard to carve out family time. Since there's nothing as cozy after a long week of classes as a Family Movie Night, we have created a list of great films that will complement your kids' history courses. Take a moment to choose movies that help kids connect to their school curriculum. With these kid-tested and approved films, there's no need to tell your children that these movies are educational. We promise -- once you pop in Kit Kittridge: An American Girl o...

Sep 09, 2008•1 min

A Brief Introduction to KidsOffTheCouch.com

Staying connected to today's busy kids who are balancing school, sports and social schedules, is a challenge most parents face. Two Middle School moms have launched a website, www.kidsofftthecouch.com that gives parents great ideas for creating family time beyond soccer games and birthday parties. Sarah Bowman and Diane Shakin have spent years exploring the city with their kids, but what makes their ideas unique is that each of their adventures is inspired by a fantastic film. After screening “A...

Aug 25, 2008•3 min

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