As a child, I remember coming home on Friday nights from a long day of biking, swiming and playing at the park all rosey cheeked and my Mom would tell me to go take my bath and then we would have movie night. Of course, back then it was VHS cassettes, while today we have Netflix.
Take your kids on a journey with a helping hand from Netflix. Open your kids’ eyes to new and diverse people, places and things and with Netflix, introduce your little ones to;
Frozen Planet:
From the Emmy-winning team behind Planet Earth and The Blue Planet comes Frozen Planet, the epic tale of two disappearing wildernesses. The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements are unmatched anywhere else on our planet. And against all odds, these vast, frigid environments are teeming with life. Using the latest camera technology, Frozen Planet captures unimaginable imagery above and below the ice, and follows the extraordinary fluctuations that accompany the changes of seasons in this most extreme of environments, often for the first time. Using crystal clear high definition cinematography, Frozen Planet will open your eyes to the remarkable colors and variety of life in this frigid environment. With the Poles under grave threat from climate change, this extraordinary series provides a chance to explore these great wildernesses before they change forever.
The Flight of the Butterflies :
It took Dr. Fred Urquhart almost 40 years to discover the monarch butterflies’ secret hideaway and prove the most incredible migration on Earth. Following the year-long annual migration cycle of the butterflies, the award-winning production team filmed hundreds of millions of monarchs in their remote overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico in 2011 and again in 2012 and also along their migratory routes from Canada, across the U.S. and into Mexico. You get immersed in the astounding migration experience as two generations of the butterflies migrate north and then a Super Generation miraculously finds its way from Canada to a few isolated mountaintops in Mexico, to a place it has never been!
Netflix unveiled a brand new technology that provides families yet another way to enjoy entertainment by allowing kids to climb into director’s chair and giving them the power to determine what adventures unfold on screen. With the launch of Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale, Netflix is introducing interactive watching capabilities and putting the storytelling power in the hands of the most important audience member, kids.
After a day of defeating thieves, Puss finds an unusual book titled “The Adventures of Puss in Boots”. Compelled, Puss opens it to find himself trapped within the book’s pages!
When watching on Netflix with a supported device, such as an iPad, the reader gets to make the choices presented throughout the story. Otherwise, an alternate version of the story is shown where the Storyteller makes the choices for Puss.
Whether your kids like to unwind with a good book, family game night or Netflix, we hope you are enjoying your summer vacation.