Baby Einstein - Baby Neptune - Discovering Water [DVD]

the great thing about the einstein series of videos is that simple ideas like water can create a world of experience and wonder, when presented in a way that this video footage does. toddlers will enjoy this. my son is 4 yet he will still sometimes pick this to watch. beach scenes, kids playing with water, puppets, etc this is a fun way to watch one of our most basic resources, and helps kids learn the importance of it. all the videos in the einstein collection are fabulous

We own every Baby Einstein DVD and we were excited about this new one, having recently visited the New England Aquarium. Last night the family gathered to watch the new movie. (We severely restrict our sons access to TV; the Baby Einsteins are a much-anticipated treat for him.) My 19-month-old son sat on Moms lap. We expected to see what is on every previous show this company puts out. Folks who are fans of the Baby Einstein series may already know the ritual opening. First comes Julies voice over an all-white screen with words, and she welcomes us to the Baby Einstein series. The sounds of the Baby Einstein orchestra is warming up in the background, then a gentle skit or other intro preceding the title. We pressed the play button. First the screen fades black. Then a loud anthem sounds and a 3D digital castle appears, with firework sparks shooting from left to right and back again. Its a 3D Tinkerbell! More music, more sparks, more pyrotechnics, and BAM! BAM! BAM! its over. This is Disney announcing with Great Authority that they produced this show, with lasers and computers and God knows what else. My son literally shrank back in his seat during this and started to whimper. Then the show actually started, and guess what the first image is? A bright orange puppet of a fish, ZAPPING from one side to the other with a special digital sound effect. SWISH!!! Its gone. (This is a theme. Remember the gentle toys moving from left to right to connect scenes? Amp it up, baby!) ZAAAAP!!!! Mom later told me that my son had actually dug his nails into her forearm, almost to the point of bleeding. The opening montage and, indeed, the whole show, seems paced for children much older than the range on the box, and it seemed much louder than the others. There is a prolonged zooming helicopter shot of a coral beach, for example. (Ouch, said Mom. Her arm again.) After the opening, I stopped watching for enjoyment and started to watch for signs of other differences from the earlier installments. Plus I kept an eye on my boy, and he rarely seemed to lean forward with interest and excitement. He spent a lot more time shrinking from the screen, turning away slowly, and pinching Mom. There are quite a few differences from the previous DVDs; I really cant tell whether the current producers get it. One mainstay has been an adult hand playing with a common toy. For example, placing rings on a stacker, or dropping balls through a toy castle, or opening the doors on a busy box. It is slow-paced and there are amusing sound effects. One sequence from this DVD that stands out in my memory was a collection of magnetic sea animals. First theres one. Then POP theres two. POP. Three. POP. Four. And so on, till a heap of magnetized, connected toys have filled the screen. Why not show the hands putting this together? How does jazzing up this very simple staple make the show better? On only a single viewing, I was able to notice that several live shots were reused, especially the vertiginous helicopter flight. My final rating is what it is because there actually are worse ones in the series. But parents, be forewarned: with Baby Neptune, Baby Einstein has jumped the shark.

Professional Childhood educators know that children need comfortable repeated Real Experience for years to learn...otherwise you are wasting precious most important years of development. If your child shows learning disabilities or lack of interest showing around 10 years later you can blame this and Capitalism. Best to you! Love, Professional Educators prior to Common Core and No Child Left Behind.

The Baby Einstein series has a few engaging videos for infants that dont have education in mind, and, they have this video that has education in mind but is not very entertaining. I applaud the courage to try this concept in America, and I believe it started a whole new trend in baby videos. I thank Julie Clark for that, although I with my youngest, Ive foregone an introduction to the Baby Einstein videos after trying them with my 2 year old. I also dont believe in putting children in front of the television at the suggested age group. An infants eyesight doesnt develop until 4 months old, and this should have been taken into consideration in its making and marketing. With all the newer videos that just came out, like the Baby Know-It-All series (absolute favorites for both toddlers) and Bilingual Babys more targeted language associations, I find that Baby Einstein is not a great buy.

I purchased this video along with all the others for my daughters age (4½ months) and was not at all pleased with this one-Baby Einstein: Language Nursery. My daughter will not watch this for more than three minutes, then she loses interest very quickly. Its jyst not like the other tapes and all the language combonations are rater annoying to the adult ear. Perhaps a tape like this in one other language, or up the age recommendations on this one to ages 2-5.

Our daughter spoke her first 2 real words at the tender age of 5 months, and ever since then she has not looked back. As you can imagine I was thrilled when I saw this video, along with Baby Mozart. We had worked a lot with playing different kinds of classical music to her, while in the womb, so I bought them both without hessitating. However, the idea of the videos might be sound, but the content or rather the execution of those videos simply leave you with a lot to ask for. There are days when our daughter is scared when you put them on, but on most days she is simply not interested at all. And I can understand why. The quality of the video, is what you could have made yourself in an afternoon with your home video equipment and a few of your childs toys. For that I think they were quite pricey, not even considering the uninteresting contents. By now we, as parents, have a good idea of what toys not just interest our daughter, but also stimulate her learning and exploring. This simply just doesnt have what it takes. You suspect a cynical business man behind it all, that wants to milk a few bucks off the whole movement of progressive learning. So take our advice, and save yourself a disappointment. If you want me to elaborate on this, you are welcome to e-mail me ([email protected]).

My daughter loves these!

My 10 month old son has been watching the Baby Einstein series of videos since he was 3 months old. He loves them all. Ill put him in front of the TV in his exersaucer or playpen and I can get the things I need to get done while hes watching. Baby Einstein is especially good because it introduces him to sounds that he will need to learn different languages that he will not pick up in his everyday surroundings. Ive tried other brands of baby oriented videos and he doesnt like them at all, but I pop a Baby Einstein video in and hes entralled.

This edition of the Baby Einstein series is truly a must have!! My son has been watching these since he was a newborn, and at 21 months he knows all his colors, most shapes, and talks-ALOT. We saw this with another child who watched these videos. Baby Neptune is also enjoyable and relaxing for parents to watch as well.

This is a very nice video, babies seem to enjoy it...my 15 month loves to watch it, she laughs and giggles every time she sees the movie. The Disney controversy is up to you to decide, but I feel the video is as good as the old ones, just a slightly different style.