Baby Einstein - Baby Van Gogh - World of Colors [DVD]

I wish I would have kept the Einstein DVD collection. They were so well worth it. My son loved them each and every day I played the DVDs for him. They taught him a lot in preparation for learning in baby school.

This is an very good DVD, and you can read the other reviews to find out why. But I give it 4 stars because I find it objectionable that they subject the viewer--in this case, a baby!--to so much advertising and branding. Their corporate logo stays on the screen repeatedly, for a very long time...quite a bit longer than any of the van Gogh paintings!!! Another weak point of this DVD is that the lovely classical music is reproduced on a synthesizer. If they really cared about introducing children to classical music in the best way, they would have licensed recordings of the worlds great orchestras and soloists to use as their soundtrack. Not that all the music would have to be orchestral, but synthesizer has its limitations, esp. with a piece like Bolero that sounds terrific played by an orchestra. Also, every couple of minutes they present a couple of hyperactive oddly-colored snowmen accompanied by frenetic music. I make a point of fast-forwarding through this...I find these intruders rather annoying and dont understand why the producers included them, except to bend to some kind of marketing research that they had to include some hyper music. A final quibble: as they introduce each color, they include a little poem about the color. However the sound volume of the poem is considerably lower than the music that preceded it. In short, we cant hear it unless we turn up the volume for every poem, and then turn it down when the program continues.

This is a great product; introduces the child to colors with use of different objects (which you can name while youre watching with the baby-helps language) has very nice music and also introduces some of Van Gogh works, BUT, the sound quality is REALY REALY BAD. There are some poems read during the program but it is not audible at all.

We have quite the collection of Baby Einstein DVDs and this one does not disappoint. It has lots of puppets, which my 16 month LOVES. The only downfall is it is very short. . . .only about 25 minutes of actual video time. The newer Baby Einsteins are very disappointing. . . mostly animation which does not hold my little boys attention. Van Gogh though has the original charm of the first Baby Einsteins. A great addition to your DVD collection.

I am amazed at how much my Son loves this video. It captures his attention and can be very soothing at the same time. I highly recommend this product.

Ok

Had to throw away, too badly scratched

I believe this video is really geared for kids 2-3 years old. I originally purchased it for my daughter when she was a one-year old for the ride to and from day-care. It did not hold her interest like a couple of the other Baby Einstein titles (specifically the ones about animals). After a few months, though, she became more and more interested in Mr. Goat and his paintings, and we used the video to reinforce color-learning and promote discussions about the different ways art is made. Now that she is a three-year old, she still watches it on occasion but nothing like she used to. However, the characters are fun, the artwork is beautiful, and the music still gets her dancing.

After reading the reviews on Amazon I decided to purchase this video for my 15 month old son. We recently purchased a vehicle with a DVD player and let me say this video is a life saver. Imagine driving in the car every day with a child that screams his head off. Not for any reason, but he hates to be strapped down. This video actually holds his attention, which is minimal to say the least, and a happy baby equals a happy mother.

My 11-year-old autistic grandson loves this one. He loves the Van Gough art work, and now recognizes it when he see it in other places. He loves the sound effects to the fast paint brush and the puppet turning the lights on and off.