Baby Einstein - My First Signs [DVD]

Came fast and exactly as described I was thrilled with the price.

We got this for our 14-month-old son. He had already learned a few signs at day care and with us but only about 3 before he saw the DVD. We watched this with him on the day it arrived. He was absolutely riveted. He laughed at the puppets and paid close attention. He watched it all the way through - and 30 minutes is an amazing length of time to hold his attention at this age. Within a few days, he was signing more words. This DVD definitely enhanced our communication with our son by helping him and us know more signs. As an adult watching it, I found it very well done also. My husband and I both learned signs we didnt know and were using them routinely now. The teaching method involves a great pattern of doing the sign, saying the word and showing the word. For example, they say, baby and do the sign for baby, then they show a baby (no speaking or signing), then they do the sign for baby and show a baby, then they show a baby and say baby, etc. Marlee Matlin was excellent - great energy and very fun with the puppets. The parents with their children were also nice. And having the children do the signs was wonderful - my son found that totally enthralling.

My toddler and I had lots of fun learning signs. It was easy. It made communicating with my non verbal child so much easier.

My son liked it for a bit it got old w time lol

My daughter (17 months) LOVES this video. After watching 3 or 4 times in a month, she knows most of the signs taught in the video. Recommended for anyone with a small child or baby.

I purchased this DVD for my 2 year old nephew. He speaks, but I thought this would be a really cool way to bond with him and have something special we can share. His mom liked the DVD so much she is now interested in learning ASL (American Sign Language).

I like that this movie teaches my baby his first signs. He hasnt started using any yet but he is only 6 months old. He does like watching the video.

My 9-month old LOVES this- she gets so excited, especially when the puppets and babies are on the screen. I highly recommend this. Even though I dont really like the idea of babies watching TV, this is really good.

I am gathering educational toys and books for our daughter to use with her in working on developmental milestones. There is a lot of literature out that suggests signing is an excellent way to communicate with baby, and by using ASL you are giving your child a life skill that could be helpful when they get older as well. I was really trying to stay away from DVDs because I think that kids get too sucked into TV nowadays. However, books dont cut it with sign language. It is much more helpful to see the signs demonstrated repeatedly by people who know what they are doing. And Marlee Matlin is the best model for signing that they could have chosen for this DVD. This DVD is engaging. The filming is of good quality, it shows the signs in context with imagery between each of the lessons. And throughout the show, there are little puppet skits which kind of go with the show but also, in my opinion, provide a little break from the learning to keep the kids engaged. I have watched other Einstein videos where I stopped and asked myself What WAS that supposed to be, they wanted HOW MUCH money for THAT?. However, that was not the case with this video. My daughter and I enjoyed it and we are learning something useful together. The only improvement I could think of would be to make subsequent volumes of videos like this with expanded vocabulary. This particular video only covers very basic words such as mother, father, kiss, more, sleep, baby, blanket, and a few others. I think the content is just right for a First Signs video. And I dont think a small childs attention span could take much more than this at one time. But it would be nice if they offered a library of progressively advancing signs on other discs. I would highly recommend this DVD to parents interested in signing with their children.

This was a favourite of mine. My children all benefited from toddler signing. Try it!