Classical Baby: Im Grown Up Now: The Poetry Show

Increased my childrens appreciation for wordplay. Great selection of classic and lesser known poems. Some of the poems were not read clearly enough, but the graphics compensate for that. The short interviews with children interspersed between the poems were quite interesting.

As a fan of Classical Baby products, I worried that Poetry might be too advanced for my toddler. Nope. She adores it. Additionally, she re-enacts the scene on the dvd cover -- she lays on her stomach and reads thick books while quoting the poetry to herself. Poetry takes a difficult subject and brings it to toddler level, without watering it down. The segments are interspersed with small children who explain the poems and explain how poetry works. The animation exceeds industry standards. As an adult, Ive never liked poetry, but now Im fascinated by it. This dvd is phenomenal for both toddlers and adults. I highly recommend Classical Baby: Poetry.

I bought this for my daughters second birthday. She already has Dance, Art, and Music, which she adores. She wanted to watch the Poetry DVD immediately again after her first viewing. This DVD is often the first thing on her mind when she wakes up in the morning. It is a bit shorter than the rest of the series and includes real children talking about poetry (the others in the series are completey animated). Classical Baby is the best childrens series I have found that appeals to both children and adults.

This is the only video that she will watch (besides Caesar the dog whisper, because of all the cute dogs, lol!) I think its because: • music and animation are calm and well made (not frenetic like most cartoons) • there are short segments with young children (4-9 yrs old) where they speak about poems. ITS GREAT! • each poem is animated differently and its short (2-3 minutes each) KEEPS HER INTEREST • theres an animated child MC who introduces the poems • its less than 30 minutes in total length • Celebrity voices and authors, singers, readers is a plus for parents. We dont watch much TV. We are making it a point to avoid TV for our child (16 months old), but this is a wonderful family program, that we all watch together and we talk about it as its running, so shes not being baby sat by the program.

Wonderful DVD. Beautiful poetry, absolutely charming children talking about poetry, and superior art and animation.

A wonderful follow-up to Baby Music and Baby Dance. It is an impressive collection of children describing poetry. I hope there are more of this series.

The music is great and my son absolutely loves the animation. He is glued to the TV screen when I put the classical baby DVDs on. He smiles & happily claps along with the characters. each video is 30 mn and at his age that enough. I

I am not a poetry person but I do love this poetry DVD.]I appreciate watching the pictures / art. They are so beautiful and creative. My baby loves watching other children talk. She loves the songs. I wish the DVD can be longer. it feels like 15 minutes long to me.

Okay, but nothing compared to the Music, Art, and Dance trilogy that preceded it.

Excellent