As we mentioned last week, this month marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of Dora the Explorer character—the energetic bilingual Latina girl loved by all children and their parents, but especially by those of us raising bilingual children. In honor of this milestone, Fisher Price just debuted a singing and dancing “We Did It” Dora doll that will put your niños a bailar—or at least that’s what happened at my house when she came out of the box!
The first thing my daughter loved was Dora’s long, silky black hair. She quickly figured out that to get Dora dancing, all she had to do was press the pink flower on one of her shoes. And so she did time and time again because each time the flower’s pressed, Dora does something different.
First she dishes out a few commands in both languages so kids can learn how to follow her in the “We Did It” dance using words like arriba and abajo often. I don’t know how she does it, but she had my daughter repeating the commands and following suit as soon as she turned her on.
Soon she had Vanessa playing the Freeze Dance game by giving her the following instructions:
“When I say baila, dance! When I say para, stop!”
This was, by far, my daughter’s favorite.
Although this is not the first time they come out with a dancing Dora doll, I think this is by far the most realistic. Her arms move up and down and she twists side to side with her long, beautiful hair swaying to the rhythm of the música. I have to say that I think it’s awesome that there’s a doll out there which allows my daughter to feel like she’s not the only one who speaks two languages out there!
In fact, Dora points it out in the Say it Two Ways bilingual dance game. So for example, she’ll start twisting and will say:
“Now twist! In English we say twist. In Spanish we say gira.”
I have to admit that both the music and the dance moves of the new doll are really contagious. So much so that each time my daughter turns her on, her baby brother, Santiago, can’t hold back and immediately starts to boogie!
Check him out here:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wdlgWuzKk
The Giveaway
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We’re giving away one “We Did It” Dora doll to one lucky winner just tell us why you want to win it and who’ll be playing with it.
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i would love to win Dora for my kids they love Dora and they would be soo happy if we win.
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I would love this doll for my daughter, Sofia Juliana. She just turned 2 years old on the 11th but due to 2 tragic family deaths, we had to suddenly cancel her birthday party, which was going to be a Dora theme.
All three of my girls would love it I know! anything to motivate them to speak more Spanish
I love this doll! I have been a strong supporter of bilingual education for as long as I can remember. I have been teaching Spanish and ESL for over 35 years. Now I work in a bilingual school. My good friend is a single mom. Her daughter will be entering first grade this fall. I would love to gift her this beautiful doll.
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I want to win because I try and introduce my girls to any bilingual product. Whether it be books, cd’s, dolls, it’s important to me. This would be for my 3 girls to share!
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I am completely commited to my daughter Sarah being completely bilingual and this doll can help her now and she loves to boogy!
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I support bilingual education and I really would love to have this “muñeca” for my “niña” Colette, who has hearing lost. I am a Spanish speaker and my husband only speak English. However, my child did not speak any Spanish until she started watching Dora. She loves her and dance with her.
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My kids LOVE Dora! That’s why I’d love to win her
By the way, Santiago is a very handsome little boy!!
I would love to win this for my daughter who adores dora.
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I would love to win this for my daughter. She is a big Dora fan and is getting quite good at her Spanish.
Aww, this is a cute giveaway! I want one for my Sarai. She loves Dora!
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My 4 yr old son, and later my 3 month old daughter would love this doll! Thanks for informing about it!
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I would love to win this for my one year old twin nieces. They have just in the past month started showing an interest in what’s on tv, and Dora is by far their favorite show!
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My DD saw the doll’s commercial on TV and is absolutely in love with it. Of course she loves Dora and Diego
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I want this because I know my daughter will love it. She loves things that react to her actions, (button pushing) and she loves to dance.
i would love this doll for my son… even though he’s a boy he loves Dora!
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My daughter and son loooove Dora. They would love playing with this!
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I want to win this for my niece because she really loves Dora and because she looks so much like her!My niece Delilah would really love this doll.
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I would love this because my niece is very into Dora!
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My daughter still loves Dora. She’d be happy to dance along and when our baby boy comes along this December, I’m sure he too will enjoy hearing the music and dancing along, much like little Santiago! By the way…he’s absolutely precious!
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I would love to win this because for my 4 year old granddaughter loves Dora and loves to learn new Spanish words!
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We just started a Spanish program with elementary students in our schools. I would love to be able to share this doll with several classes on a loan basis so that students can get even more excited about learning Spanish.
My 3 year old daughter and 1/2 year old son would LOVE this Dora! They both love music and love to dance. She loved the video and wants to watch repeatedly.
I would love for my daughter to increase her knowledge of Spanish, thanks for the chance!
Pues, para mi hija! I would love any chance to reinforce my daughter’s spanish, y le encanta Dora. Plus her birthday will be coming around soon….
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Well besides me…. My 3 year old granddaughter will get this. I speak Spanish and I try hard to impart this to my grandkids and have found DVD’s. books and toys are a great way to be a constant influence. My sweet little one would love it because she loves Dora and I would love it as she learns Spanish while playing!
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My 18 month old and my 4yr old girls absolutely love Dora. My 4 yr old has learned counting from watching the dora show and the baby loves the music. They will both enjoy it!
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My niece, who is learning Spanish, would love this!
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My adopted sister will be playing with this doll! I would like to win it because she is latin in heritage and we would like to encourage her latin identity as much as possible.
DD loves Dora and we are trying to improve our Spanish as we recently moved to a US Mexican border town.
I want to win this for my 3 year old niece who is watching me right now saying “Look, It’s Dora!!” and she is the one who will be playing with it
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I would love to win, and if I won my awesome niece would be playing with it. Of course it would make a great xmas present to her.
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I’d love to win this for my 3yo who ADORES Dora!
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I want to win this for my preschool classroom. All of my students can take turns with her.
This would be for Kate, my two year old niece.
My niece would love this since she loves watching Dora and practicing the spanish she learns.
This would be for my nieces daughter Shyanne.
I would be giving it to my son and daughter for chirstmas
My oldest loves Dora and the younger likes singing toys
I teach kindergarten and it would be a great addition to my classroom to help my students with their language skills.
for my grandson Carlito. His parents are teaching him both english and spanish.
I think Dora is great. All of my kids know a little spanish just from the show.
I would like this for my 3 year old niece, she Loooooooooooooves Dora!
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I would love to win this doll for the simple reason that I think it is fabulous to teach your children in a bilingual manner! Where I live there are many people who are bilingual but my children are not. This can frustrate them sometimes when they don’t understand the conversations being had around them. This doll could be a stepping stone to start helping with that!
Thanks for the opportunity!
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My 5 year old granddaughter is bi-lingual – lucky girl! Her mom is from Ecuador and I know my little sweetie loves Dora so this goes to her, if I win
I want to win this for my niece who is a HUGE Dora fan. She has been begging for this doll since she saw it on TV.
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I love a doll that speaks another language, this is for Isabela
I think this doll would be a great acquisition for the school library where lots of little kids will enjoy learning Spanish with Dora who they adore! We hope we get lucky. Keeping our fingers crossed right!!!
My village has a good size Hispanic population. I would like to win and donate this doll to our local “Toy Shelf” for some lucky little girl.
I would love to win this doll because my 5 year old daughter absulutely loves Dora the explorer…she seen this on a commercial and said she wanted it..Thanks for such a nice giveaway.
I love that this doll is bilingual! I would love to win this for my daughter. Suelee1998 @gmail.com
This would be for my six year old niece who is living in Japan but has Spanish speaking family members back here in the States.
I love that she is so cute and fun. My nephew would love to play with her!
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I would love to give this to my neice Briana. She’s almost 3, loves Dora and dolls! This would be a perfect present.
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i would love to win this for my niece she would love it
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I want to win to give it to my best friend’s little girl who loves Dora.
I would love this for my daughter she loves dora and is interested in Spanish