Product Details
- Starring: Big Renovation
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9780964458161
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- Format: Color, Live, NTSC
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- ISBN: 0964458160
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- Label: Little Mammoth Media
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- Manufacturer: Little Mammoth Media
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Little Mammoth Media
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- Release Date: 1998-11-10
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- Studio: Little Mammoth Media
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- Title: The Big Renovation
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- UPC: 738825171338
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: The simple joys of hammering, sawing, and making productive messes will take on new importance for so-inclined youngsters who view Little Mammoth's The Big Renovation. In under an hour they will witness each step of turning a modest, one-level cottage into an updated, two-level family home. Child narrators explain the process in simple terms, enhancing a wealth of informative sound bites from the architect, contractor, plumber, electrician, and other construction team members needed to complete the job. Along the way, viewers learn fascinating tidbits about where lumber comes from, how tiles are made, and how bees and termites can invade the woodwork. But unlike most of the other Little Mammoth productions, including The Big Zoo and The Big Aquarium, The Big Renovation may appeal more to grownups than to kids. --Liane Thomas
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Customer Reviews
Good visuals and narration... interesting
My 3 1/2 year old really loves this video. I have several littlemammoth videos (the publisher). They are well written, use children as narrators, and are very educational. The tape discusses the entire process of rebuilding a smaller home and modernizing it. It's begun with an architect drawing the plans, the demolition of the portions of the home that will no longer remain. Later aspects of framing, sheetrocking, following up by the architect and finish work. Damaged wood due to termites is discussed as well as an interesting visit to a university for a look at how termites follow smells. I have a deep respect for littlemammoth videos as they don't get "silly" and maintain children's attention throughout the movie. I refrained from a top rating primarily because of the ~5 minutes of advertisements in the beginning of the tape.
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