Brainy Baby English DVD: Learning First Words Classic Edition

I have fraternal twin girls, age 18 months. They have been watching this show about once a week along with the other Brainy Baby shows and a few of the Baby Einstein DVDs (I put a dvd in to occupy the babies while I eat breakfast or take a shower in the morning...poo poo to you who argue about babies watching TV...you have to HAVE some time to do some things for YOURSELF so chill out already). One of my babies is on the normal spectrum of things with walking and talking. My other baby is on the slower end, she crawled late, isnt yet speaking. BOTH OF THEM ADORE THIS SHOW! Some of the other dvds I will put on and they will fuss a little bit but with this one, there is complete silence. This morning I was changing my babies diaper and she was holding one of her small baby plastic hangers. She was showing it to me and I said hanger. She looked at it and then looked up at me and pointed to it saying triangle. OMG! She has started pointing to parts of my face and saying eyes, nose, etc. With twins and a six year old I try my best to have play time and teaching time with them (I try to do them together). I know FOR SURE that my baby learned the words from this show! Amazing, really amazing. The music is beautiful and there is a mixture of baby toys and babies (which they adore watching). I am so impressed with the Brainy Baby shows. I like them better than Baby Einstien. All of them are excellent. But if you only get one, get this one.

Brainy Baby dvd are not as popular as Baby Einstein, of course Baby Einstein are from Disney, so more money is spent on advertisement; im my home, Brainy Baby dvds have been much more effective in teaching my children. The programming is of good quality and my children learned not only what the dvds taugh, but also how to read the words for every concept taught (my six year old was reading the brainy baby words by age 2yrs, 3mos, my four year old by age 1yr, 11mos, I now have a nine month old, lets see...

My daughter really enjoyed this DVD and it was very educational for her. It really helped her to start talking and understanding words. I am so glad we got this for her and I have already recommended it to several of my friends as well as acquaintances.

Defective disc and was returned.

My two year old is speech delayed and I purchased this video along with Brainy Baby ABCs. He loves it! I hear him imitating and saying the words and as a parent I am pleased to give him a break from the puppet based shows. I love puppet based shows just like he does but he doesnt miss them at all in this video. Looking forward to buying more....much better results and attention than Baby Einstein or Baby Bach. Two thumbs up!!!

I think these are probably a little better made then the baby einstein videos however my active 2 year old wouldnt watch more than 5 minutes of this at a time. It just couldnt hold his attention. We also just bought The Leap Frog Letters DVD and he is actually really enjoying that one.

List of words covered in this video: Face eyes ear nose mouth hand feet fingers toes boy girl mommy daddy baby dog hat apple ball glasses crayons doll book Numbers: 1-10 (1) book (2) kittens (3) trucks (4) hats (5) fingers (6) apples (7) baloons (8) dolls (9) cars (10) children red orange yellow green blue purple black white brown (orange) juice (yellow) banana (yellow) sun (yellow) bird (green) dinosaur (green) train (blue) bird (blue) shirt (purple) rabbit (purple) grapes (black) circle (black) shoes (white) snowman (white) clouds (brown) cat (brown) teddy bear (brown) horse please thank you Yes No Hello Goodbye eat play read sleep drink put on (shoes, necklace, hat) push (carts, swing, toy lawn mower) The AAP recommends 2 hours of quality programming, per day, maximum. Of course this is a recommendation based on who knows what studies on who knows what subjects over who knows what period of time with who knows what expected outcomes. Which is to say, Im not one of those parents who believe video education is an instant brain musher. People are exposed to plenty of brain mushing stuff throughout their lives (10 minutes of Superbowl commercials can attest to that) and they still manage to learn and function just fine. I think the AAP is just trying to steer parents away from TV babysitters which is an idea I can agree with. Besides, kids will get bored with any medium and will get more from a healthy variety of formats. Some complain this video is bad because their child didnt take to it. In all fairness, every baby is going to appreciate educational materials differently. For that reason I cant recommend this video to everyone. Rather, I suggest going to your local library and renting a copy if they have one on hand. Brainy Baby videos use many of the same actors/illustrations/sets/format so if they dont have a specific title youll still get a sense of pacing and format. For the first couple of viewings I suggest you provide supervision, siting nearby, injecting whatever you feel supplements what you see and hear (i.e. missing context, additional examples or even funny commentary). If youre lucky, as I was, your child will love this video and get hours of educating entertainment from it. If this isnt for your baby, dont let it frustrate you. There are a variety of brands (Baby Einstein, Leap Frog, etc.) your baby may respond to and, hopefully, learn from. And if no video works, then perhaps your baby will take to music, books, flashcards or verbalization. As for us (baby and I), my child transitioned to the Brainy Baby series after several viewings of the My Baby Can Talk sign language DVDs (an excellent video learning series for very young babies, by the way) and Baby Bumblebee brand Action Words (1 & 2) DVDs. We checked out different videos from the library and my baby took very quickly to the Brainy Baby line which prompted me to purchase the Brainy Baby Grow With Me 3 Disc set. The set includes: Right Brain (rec. for ages 9mo-2yr) Left Brain (rec. for ages 9mo-2yr) Peek-A-Boo (1yr-3yr) Laugh & Learn (1yr-3yr) Shapes & Colors (1yr-4yr) ABCs (1yr-4yr) 123s (2+ yr) Animals (2+ yr) Art (2+ yr) Music (2+ yr) My baby is definitely on pace with these at 22Mo. and has picked up a lot of letters and words from the ABCs disc. She could watch these endlessly if I let her and asks for them excitedly. The only limitation with the set is some titles (Art, Music, Animals) are too advanced for her so I wanted to add an age-appropriate, vocabulary based title. I hoped English wasnt too advanced and was lucky enough to preview a copy from the library. As Id hoped, it fits in really well between ABCs/123s and Animals/Art/Music. It borrows many actors/shots from the other series so it is new while being familiar for baby. The format is a little fast-paced so a little background on these words helps (i.e. Brainy Baby ABCs and 123s provide a good foundation).

I was hoping for a more extensive vocabulary. This video is good for a none English speaking household. The video itself is good quality (audio, etc). I am pleased with the video but it is not for my purpose.

Very good to teach the kids but they should use more children to make the baby interact more. My son like ( your baby cab read) more.