Dora the Explorer will make just about any young child happy. When I was offered a new music collection from the “Vamos a Bailar! Let’s Dance” to review, my first thought revolved around my nieces (2 and 5 years old) visiting over spring break and keeping them entertained. We’re in the middle of packing a house to move and doing small projects, so keeping them occupied and not bored was important.
This collection is different from other children’s CD sets I’ve seen before. Aside from the 65 high-energy tunes that will keep kids dancing and moving, there are activities included within the boxed packaging. This was a huge surprise to me and the girls. There was a fold-out dance adventure board game and three other interactive games, including tic-tac-toe. All of the included activities fold nicely back into the square box it came packaged in, and is easy to store or travel with.
Despite all the options of games and dancing, my nieces enjoyed the reusable sticker sheets the most. We had Dora stickers all over the place! The set also included a Dora poster that they took home to hang on their wall. I let them take the entire collection home to continue listening to and playing with, because our son had no interest in Dora. They enjoyed it so much and were thrilled to keep it. From what I hear, they are still listening to the music daily and playing the games regularly.
Overall, I believe this is a great way to combine activities for children using a character they are interested in. There are so many options all within a 5 x 7 box. It would be great for road trips and keep little one’s busy while stimulating their minds with educational songs.

Props & Pans is giving one lucky reader a “Let’s Dance” collection set (including 3 music CD’s and the games mentioned above). The collection retails for around $29.99 and would make a great gift. To win you must leave a comment specifying which Dora character your child enjoys by Wednesday, March 26, 2008. You can receive a second entry by blogging about the contest (linking to it) or adding us to your blogroll. Just e-mail us with a live link or let us know you have us on your site.
You do not need a blog to enter, just leave us your e-mail address so that we may contact you. As always, it is Props & Pans policy NOT to distribute any information you give us (including your e-mail). Thanks for entering!

Written by Emily, who is a married working mother of a very energetic 5 year old son. They reside in Southern Indiana (a little too close to the Kentucky border). Someday she’d like to visit Intercourse, PA and have her picture taken with the welcome sign. She writes at her personal blog, Fenicle and loves free samples and trying new things!

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My kids like the Swiper character the best (and of course they also love Dora and Boots).
She likes Diego the best!
my grand kids love this site.
Swiper..she loves to yell “swiper no swiping!”
lexi loves diego and dora
my granddaughter, Lexi loves Dora and Diego
Dora of course!
My two year old grandaughter loves Dora the best. She also likes Diego and Backpack. She would love this dvd because she loves music and dancing.
Dora, Dora, Dora.
My daughter loves Boots! Hope I win!
Dora
Dora, of course!
Absolutely DORA. She adores her.
Gracie’s favorite is Swiper.
Sam loves Boots!
Dora.
Dora!!!
All of them!
MY DAUGHTER LOVES SWIPER…
SWIPER, NO SWIPING!!!
Has to be Swiper although she likes all of them.
would love to win this for my grandkids…they love Dora
Dora the Explorer has made readers of thousands of young people in our schools. Keep exploring Dora.
Dora the Explorer has made thousands of school age kids readers. Keep on Exploring Dora. you are doing a great job and helping a lot of teachers do theirs. thanks a lot, a teacher.
We love Dora because she is independent,confident,spunky and smart!!
Swiper is the favorite.
My daughter loves Boots!
My grandson loves Boots the best.
My son thinks Dora is the best.
My son loves Isa.
Boots is the fave.
We have an apopted Puerto Rican child in our family and she is relates better to Dora than any other character on television. It’s wonderful to have this show as a resource of similarity and kinship for her.
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i like boots the best my daughter mckenzie likes dora the best and my other daughter alexandra likes swiper. she trys to say it and its so cute. blogged ya
my girls would love this and mckenzies bday is in 2 weeks
My daughter loves Diego and Boots, she can’t pick her favorite! She loves to sing and dance through the whole show, it’s great to watch.
Well one likes Dora, one likes Diego and one likes Swiper
well mckyla my little one loves boots,dora,and well every thing about the show and yes i love the show too just every thing about the show is just so cute and fun
We love Dora!!!
My daughter likes Dora of course.
Dora is our favorite!
Hello! What a fun contest. The favorite on Dora, other than Dora, is Boots. Everyone needs a best friend! Your prize is a neat package deal. The way the packaging allow for the CDs, games, etc. is wonderful. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks very much! Cindi
Boots is Logan’s fave.
Dora - we have everything DORA what a great dvd!
Olivia loves Dora.
I have a big Dora fan.
My kids love Dora the best! They have learned a lot watching and interacting with her show… it’s great!
Thanks,
Marissa
md-sweeps (at) hotmail (d0t) com
Swiper No Swiping
The favorite on Dora, other than Dora, is Boots
definitely boots
My kids love swiper!
My girls love all the Dora characters, especially Swiper. They also love Diego, her cousin!
Gotta be miss dora.
my daughter loves dora!
My daughter would love this she loves Dora and dancing.
My son likes boots the best and how he learns right along with Dora
Swiper. But we love all of the characters. We are a multicultural family and it nice to see characters that look more like my girls.
one likes Dora and the other boots
We like Boots in our house. And Benny the bull.
dora,dora,dora
My granddaughters like Dora and Boots
My son’s fav. is boots!!!
My daughter loves Boots the most!
Boots… hope I win, pick me!
My son likes them all, but Diego is his favorite.
Boots…our absolute favorite.
Thanks so much
We like Swiper!
My daughter loves Boots.
Swiper is our favorite!!
diego!!!love it
Dora, of course! Thank you for this giveaway!
My daughter loves Isa the Iguana..go figure, since her name is Isa, too!!
Swiper is the one they love
They love dora
My daughter loves Dora and Boots. Thank you
Roo loves Diego. And dancing!
My son is always walking around saying “Swiper no Swiping” so Swiper is his fav.
Diego is my daughters favorite.
Diego!
Boots is a cool character.
I would love this for my kids. My daughter loves reusable stickers. My son like swiper the best. Especially when he says, “AW, MAAAAAN!”
My niece loves Dora!
My daughter LOVES Swiper. We play the Swiper no Swiping game ALL the time.
Dora by far.
Dora, my grand daughters would love this.
Dora Herself
Dora
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
Diego. She always plays Diego and I have to be Dora.
My daughter says for Halloween she is going to be Swiper - last Halloween she was Dora!
way to go
There is only one….DORA!!!
Swiper and boots are our favorites
Swiper
Dora’s the bomb
My four year old’s favorite character is Boots. Just yesterday he commented that, “Boots is just so funny!”
Thanks for sharing!!
nice
My daughter likes Dora, but my son likes Diego.
Diego and the map!
why swiper ofcourse…
My daughter’s a fan of Swiper the Fox
DORA is the favorite character here.
she loves dora best of course!
My daughter likes boots.
Mommie
http://www.mommieshome.net
tico the squirrel
Boots the Monkey!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
i drive a schoold bus and dora is the coolest thing right now
My 3 yr. old loves Dora. She’s actually learned to count in Spanish from watching her. Thank you!!
Dora rules!
Connor LOVES to watch Dora.. but seeing as he doesnt really talk that clearly yet I have no idea which char is his favorite. I personally like Dora.
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My niece loves DORA!!
Diego is a favorite here at our house, but the boys love the whole company!
My granddaughters LOVE Dora. Anything and everything Dora. I love to read their favorite Dora book to them and watch their faces when Swiper is lurking nearby and hear them yell “Swiper No swiping!”
Boots
My family loves Diego the most (if he can count as a Dora character). Otherwise they like Boots.
Well Dora is my daughters obvious favorite, but she also loves Isa the Iguana. Great giveaway, Thanks!