Baby Einstein - Neighborhood Animals

Our twins LOVE Baby Genius, but not Baby Einstein. Of course, I dont know why, but have tried a couple and they want to turn them off. Subjective, of course.

love all the baby einstein to help my autistic students after llunch to calm down. I love it they love it too

Our daughter Erin is only 7 months old and this has become her favorite Baby Einstein DVD. I thought it might be too old for her but gave it to our sitter to play for her 20 month old daughter. Her daughter Katie, Erin, and the other baby there (3 months old) all love it! Katie dances, sings, and repeats the words along with the DVD, Erin laughs and smiles, and Ellie (the youngest) just watches entranced. This DVD ALWAYS brings a smile to Erins face.

My daughter loved Baby Dolittle Neighborhood Animals and World Animals from the time she was 14 months to about 22 months. She loved the puppets and the real life pictures really held her attention. Learned a lot about animals and these videos really helped her to recognize a lot of different animals. She didnt seem as interested in this video as much as the Baby Bach and Baby Mozart videos before 14 months. She would get bored with the real life video parts until she was a little older. But as she got closer to 1 and 1/2 she started to lose interest in the Baby Bach and Baby Mozart videos and started to like the Baby Dolittle ones the most.

My son loves this.

I mistakenly gave this vendor a negative review and Id like to retract that. Unfortunately I was working too fast when ordering and neglected to read what was available when I ordered this DVD. It was my own fault that the DVD arrived without its jacket and in a paper sleeve; if Id read further I would have been informed of this. The DVD works fine and Im very sorry that my first report was printed. I would certainly order from this vendor again.

My son LOVES his Baby Einstein videos--Baby Bach, Beethoven, Mozart & Shakespeare. He begs to watch them and we have recently had to set limits on his viewing. Having grown weary of watching the same ones over and over, my husband decided to buy the Neighborhood Animals video. Im not sure at this point if my son (16 months)likes this video or not--hes only seen it 2 or 3 times, so it is a bit early to tell. He does seem to like the children singing Old McDonalds Farm. I, however, have a few issues with this video. I have to wonder if young children/toddlers find it confusing when Pavlov the Dog makes cow, cat, pig, etc. sounds. My son is learning which animals make which sounds, but heres this dog mooing and oinking and meowing. I also have to wonder if it is a good idea to show toddlers the clip of the mice having a food fight. I have a hard enough time getting my son to keep his food on his tray! My final gripe is: why include the otter? Why not a fish as an example of an animal on the river? Certainly more familiar to youngsters, I would think. Of course, if my son ends up loving this video as much as he does the music-oriented ones, Ill gladly sit through this one with him!

My son has been watching the Baby Einstein series since he was about 6 weeks old. We have been playing music for him and dancing with him since he has been born. He has been walking for 2 months and is quite the dancer! He adores this video. He is also very fond of the other videos in the series. I can put it on and he will be entertained for the full length of the film. He will ask for it to be played again (he says mo and points to the TV). The second time around he will start to loose his concentration, but when he hears something familiar he runs to the TV to catch the scene. We especially love the Old McDonald sequence. It has a great beat and he loves to dance and sing along! I dont (think) that this video drags along nor that the dog is boring (my son loves the dog and laughs at him). I also think the children in the film are very cute and add to the content.

Now that my little boy is learning about animals I thought this would be a good introduction for him. I was right he will watch it all the way through, he is not one for sitting for very long. The animals scenes are very well shot and it has taught him about bugs and otters as well as his favorites like the dog, ducks and cats. I recommend this video for one year and up. It is fun!

I purchased Vol. 1 which is a series of 6 Baby Einstein DVDs (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Neptune, World Animals, Neighborhood Animals)for my baby when she was a newborn. She is now 17 months old, and she has never cared for any of them EXCEPT for the Neighborhood Animals DVD which depicts scenes of familiar animals like cows, horses, cats, dogs, etc. She really loves the part when they sing Old MacDonald. This DVD also puts words on the screen when introducing dog & cat, etc., and when those scenes come on, my child will say the word with the DVD. The other titles in this volume are downright boring. I think overall the Baby Einstein series is over-rated. I could put on a better puppet show myself using the toys in my living room. I think a lot of folks, including myself, were intrigued by the catchy Baby Einstein name, because we all want to raise little Einsteins. Im sure the folks at Baby Einstein are laughing all the way to the bank! I havent seen some of the other titles like Van Gogh, Numbers Nursery, Shakespeare, etc., so I dont know if these are any better, but with all the money im out on Vol.1, I wont be giving Baby Einstein another chance. We much prefer the Brainy Baby and Babys First Impressions (predecessor of the Brainy Baby series) series of products. But, to each his own.