Road Construction Ahead

The first job is for the surveyors to check the site and help draw up the road plans. Then in come the excavators to dig dig dig.....when there's solid rock where the road needs to be built they can't use the heavy excavators they have to blow it up, using a special drill to drill into the rock they then put dynamite and liquid explosives into the holes then they all stand back Boom! Bang!. Then in come the excavators and big bucket loaders to clear away the rock they load the giant dump trucks which can carry 35 tons of stone Wow!. It shows them putting in large pipes under the roads. They then build up a layer of gravel and roll it to compact it. The tarmac is then mixed and placed on top of the gravel and then rolled. The lines are then painted on the road and the new road is finished. A warning is then given to children that they must never go near a bulding site or heavy equipment without an adult.

The middle part of the DVD starts by showing a little girl with a toy sander sanding some wood. It then shows us how houses are built from th excavators digging to the dozers levelling the ground. You even get to watch them pouring the cement foundations and can watch them dry, Yippeee what fun!. The houses are made from timber and it shows the timber being cut from large trees. It shows how the houses are built and painted and It even shows the floorboards being laid and electricity being put in and the rooofer putting felt on the roof altogether a lot of excitment for one little boy.

Starts by showing a little girl making a peanut butter sandwich and wondering where food comes from. It shows a harvester, tractors, plough and all sorts of farm machinery which is used to make our food. It also shows how they plant and grow corn some of which is used for cow feed, cows need a lot of good food to make milk. Cows make 8 gallons of milk a day and eat 75lbs of feed a day. It also shows how they make the feed, the chopped corn is mixed with hay, vitamins and minerals and then fed to the cows. It then shows the cows being milked with electronic equipment and then the milk going into plastic bottles before being sent to shops and supermarkets. It also shows the calves being fed milk and feed and one calf being fed like a baby with a large bottle Ahhhh.

Throughout the DVD music is played (this can get a little annoying but Joe doesn't seem to mind). The drivers in the machines all wave (Joe waves back) and there are short talks from farmers and drivers about what they are doing and some interesting fun facts. Would I watch it again and again. Erm "oh Joe do I have to?"

Age this DVD is suitable for: Suitable for children from 18 months to 6 years, it says pre-schoolers but I have found older children enjoy this as well.