Nickelodeon: Dora Special: “Swiper the Explorer” Review

My boys love Dora so they were thrilled to review the new Dora primetime TV Special: “Swiper the Explorer”:

In an unprecedented event, Swiper puts aside his swiping ways to lend a helping hand, in Nickelodeon’s new Dora the Explorer primetime TV special “Swiper the Explorer,” premiering Sunday, March 21, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).  “Swiper the Explorer,” which marks the first of four primetime TV events celebrating Dora’s 10^th anniversary, will encore on Nickelodeon on Monday, March 22, at 9:00 a.m. (ET/PT), and on Nick Jr. on Sunday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. (ET).

In “Swiper the Explorer,” Swiper attempts to swipe Dora and Boots’ ball and notices them with a lost baby fox.  Swiper takes heart and asks Dora if he can help her bring the baby fox back to his Mami.  To find the fox hole, they must scoot past the volcano and, with cousin Diego’s help, make it through the Prickers and Thorns forest.  The adventure is a big success as baby fox is returned to his Mami, and Swiper learns to say “thank you!”

Nickelodeon’s new ultimate Dora the Explorer online destination www.DoratheExplorer.com will feature a “Swiper the Explorer” theme month to teach preschoolers about helping, sharing and caring for babies.  Kids can use their color and number recognition skills to play “Swiper’s Big Adventure,” the first game in “Dora’s Great Big World,” an interactive online play environment for kids.  The site will also feature a personalized Dora Explorer Kit, family expedition ideas, recipes, crafts, printables, additional games and more.

Nickelodeon will roll out content from “Swiper the Explorer” across the following platforms:

• Beginning Monday, March 15, Nick Jr. Video, Nick Jr.’s broadband video service available on Nickjr.com, will begin streaming a sneak peek from “Swiper the Explorer.”
  A sneak peek from “Swiper the Explorer” will be available on wireless carriers beginning Monday, March 15.
  “Swiper the Explorer” will be simulcast in full on Nick Mobile.

Dora the Explorer, created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner, is a play-along, animated adventure series starring Dora.  Dora is a seven-year-old Latina heroine whose adventures take place in an imaginative, tropical world filled with jungles, beaches and rainforests.  She explores her world just as preschoolers do everyday, and the show is designed to actively engage its audience in an interactive quest using a variety of learning techniques.

In every episode, Dora and Boots invite the audience to participate in an exciting adventure, where each step of their journey consists of a problem or puzzle that Dora and the audience must think their way through in order to solve the next problem.  Dora is proudly bilingual and uses her knowledge of English and Spanish to communicate with her friends, overcome obstacles and reach her goals.  In each episode, Dora teaches Spanish words or phrases to the viewers and then asks them to use it to solve a problem and forge ahead.  Ultimately, Dora and her best friend, Boots, triumph, and the story always ends with a “We Did It!” anthem.

Our take:  Swiper is our favorite villian so it was nice to see him help be the hero for once!  A big thumbs up from all 3 of us!

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