TrueSpark: Teaching Children and Teens About Character With Quality Films
Posted on September 21, 2014 at 8:22 pm
I am honored to serve on the advisory committee for TrueSpark, which provides quality films and curricula for schools at no cost to use in teaching character.
Even Santa’s elves sometimes find themselves on the naughty list. In this very cute animated DVD, elf brothers named Winter (Sean Astin) and Snowflake (Drake Bell) have a hard time following the rules of the North Pole. When they accidentally wreck Santa’s Christmas tree, they find themselves on the Naughty List, along with a reindeer named Sparkle (“Glee’s” Naya Rivera), who is responsible for a “sleigh incident.” Under the stern supervision of a robot named Tinsel (Matthew Lillard), they are punished with boring chores, but they just get in more trouble, finally giving food poisoning to everyone — even Santa (Kyle Chandler) — just before Christmas. The only ones who can save the day are the Naughty List-ers.
I have a copy to give away! Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Naughty” in the subject line and tell me your favorite Christmas song. Don’t forget your address! (US addresses only.) I’ll pick a winner at random on December 20. Good luck!
In Monsterous Holiday a young inventor named Andy reaches out to his neighbor Doctor Frankenstein to help him win the upcoming science fair. But, finding the Doctor not to be at home, he meets the next best thing, Frankenstein’s monster; who turns out to be a teenager like himself. While Frankenstein takes Andy’s place on the football team, Andy uses Frankenstein’s knowledge and lab to find an invention for the fair. But when he inadvertently creates a monster of his own, they must work together to save the town and Halloween.
I have a copy to give away! Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Monstrous” in the subject line and tell me what you’re wearing this Halloween. Don’t forget your address! I’ll pick a winner on November 2. Good luck! (US addresses only)