"My two year old is speech delayed and I purchased this video along with Brainy Baby ABC's. 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 doesn't 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!!!"
Excellent Video - Highly Recommend!!
Tara Laine Hoffman | Sunny Florida | 11/20/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have 18 month-old twin boys who are just beginning to talk and communicate with us. There are a few other videos (DVD's) out there for 'first words', but this has been the most complete. Not only does it cover a lot of common words, but it also teaches some concepts like (put on or pushing something).
The boys really do like watching the real people and objects in each scene, and they appear to be taking everything in.
I am not what you would consider a 'flash card mother', but I do appreciate constructive entertainment. This seems to really help both of them with their communication."
Must have!!
Q. Stephens | Columbus, OH | 02/12/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Ok I have to say this is one of the best. I have a couple of the Baby Einstein DVD's for this age group and my son who is 28 months loves this Brainy Baby DVD. He'll look through all of our DVD's for it and pop it into the DVD player on his own and start watching it. He'll repeat about everything that they try to teach like with the numbers, colors, and words. The only draw back is that it's kind of long for a two year old. It's 45 min. He'll watch it for about 15 min, then he may go off and do something else and while it's still playing, he'll come back to the tv to start watching it again. All in all, this is a great educational DVD. Must have! Hey for the younger babies too; I have a 5 month old that loves classical baby by HBO, my 2 year old, loves that DVD too."
A great addition to teaching your child first words!
Eve | 12/17/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have a few Baby Einstein DVDs, but I favor the idea of having a narrator explain the objects and actions on these Brainy Baby DVDs because it provides not only a visual representation, but a verbal one as well.
I currently own Brainy Baby Left Brain, Right Brain, Art, and English. I purchased these when my daughter was about 9 months old. She is now 14 months and has started clearly verbalizing since she turned 12 months. She is pointing to objects around her and saying many of the words in these shows, particularly from Brainy Baby English.
This DVD reinforced the learning of her body parts, shapes, colors, animals, and more. I couln't be more satisfied. I also purchased this for less at deepdiscountdvd with no tax and free shipping."
Great addition to BB sets
C. L. Messina | Columbus, GA | 03/16/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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, I'm 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 didn't take to it. In all fairness, every baby is going to appreciate educational materials differently. For that reason I can't 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 don't have a specific title you'll 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 you're lucky, as I was, your child will love this video and get hours of educating entertainment from it. If this isn't for your baby, don't 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)
ABC's (1yr-4yr)
123's (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 ABC's 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" wasn't too advanced and was lucky enough to preview a copy from the library. As I'd hoped, it fits in really well between ABC's/123's 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 ABC's and 123's provide a good foundation).