Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers

Although this video seems rustic compared to other videos on the market, my son probably learned more to help his speech delay from this video than any other. He absolutely loved it when we first got it many years ago and we recently purchased a replacement since the first was worn out!

My autistic son just loves his Baby Babble DVD and is the only one that appealed to him compared to the other speech DVDs.

This video is the best Ive seen for enhancing speech. I bought it when my son was 19mos old and only had two words in his vocabulary Go and Ball. When I first played it for him he watched it intently but didnt seem to respond to it verbally. At 24 mos old he has been in speech therapy for three months and his vocabulary now consist of about thirty words/signs. Some he will speak,some he will sign or both. Some he understands but doesnt yet speak or sign (receptive language is just as important as spoken language). I pulled the video back out and started playing it for him at bedtime while in his crib(this way he isnt distracted). I hear him talking with the video. Not only does he repeat the sounds he hears but he says the words. He also laughs,sings and dances to it. Alot of it mirrors what he learns in his speech therapy. But that is the beauty of the video-to have a speech therapist in your home. I have only been playing it for him for a week and he is beginning to memorize the video. I noticed he is telling me what comes next on the video. I couldnt believe it when he looked at me and signed please and said peeezzz.I looked up at the video and the next thing I knew the speech pathologist in the video came on and signed and said please. He will go through the vowel sounds with the stuffed animal but he will say what is coming next. Before the bear came on and ate a few carrots my son rubbed his tummy then said yummmm. Then he pretended to eat a carrot too. The video may not appeal to an adult audience but that isnt what it is designed for. It is an educational tool for children. I really like how the women in the video are dressed to blend into the background so the focus is on their mouths. The sounds may appear silly to an adult but are important to speech development. The video gives ideas for how to play with the toys he already has while encouraging speech through play. Just this week he has learned the meaning of up and down. I saw the use of balloons for up and down. I did the same with a balloon left over from his birthday party. I said down-down-down-down as I pulled the string down and UUUUUUUUPPPP as I released it and WOW after 3 times he had it. Believe me the small amount you pay for the video is worth it when one 30 minute session of speech therapy costs me $75. I just wish I hadnt been so quick to put the DVD away for those few months when he didnt respond as I had wished when he was first introduced to it. It truly is worth the small price tag. If you are a parent whose child has the slightest speech delay buy it. Used in conjunction with speech therapy Im sure you will soon see a different child emerge.

This series is amazing! At 18 months, my sons pediatrician referred us to have him evaluated for possible speech delays, as he had yet to say more than two words. He was diagnosed with a speech delay, and has been in weekly therapy for a year. Now, at 31 months, he has been diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, which is a oral/motor planning problem. As he was beginning speech therapy a year ago, I stumbled across the Baby Babble series, and I cannot tell you how much they helped to improve his speech and language development! In addition to the therapy techniques, he would watch these videos almost daily - and in fact, he still asks to watch them repeatedly, even though he has them totally memorized! He absolutely LOVES watching these, and has since the first time we tried. The two SLPs who developed this video series are very clear in their explanations, and include a lot of useful tools for parents/caregivers in helping your child learn to speak. I credit this series with playing a MAJOR role in helping my son work through his challenges with speech. And bonus for parents, they are highly tolerable for adults, unlike so many other baby/toddler videos! They even include a section on basic sign language, which we found incredibly helpful in communicating with our son before he was able to use words. I highly recommend this series. Each of the three DVDs focus on the most prominent letters for that stage of development, and give exercises/games and words for the child to repeat which reinforce the use of those letters. It is truly amazing how much these helped him, and us, through a difficult stage of development. And just because my son has difficulty with speech and language, does not mean that a child without those challenges would not find this fun or helpful. I truly think these would be beneficial to all children who are learning to talk.

I have twin boys and I started watching the DVD when they were 13 months. They love it and are learning a lot from it.

outdated and not what I thought. ugh. SO dissapointed I spent money on this. Especially after all the good reviews!? Strange.

Recently, someone sent us a package in the mail that included this Baby Babble DVD. I had never heard of Baby Babble before, and was curious about it so I put it on and watched to see what my son would do. My son is 26 months old, is diagnosed with Autism, and Sensory Processing Disorder and severe speech delays. The first few times he watched it, he was very intent on it. It is very similar to the Baby Einstein DVDs in that it is colorful, has music and is fast-paced. After seeing how much he liked it, I decided to start putting it on once a day as a Speech Therapy at home kind of thing. The more he has watched it, the more he has learned to do the things on it. He has learned a few sounds, facial expressions, and he even signs with it! I am amazed at how every day he seems to learn more from it. I know there are a wide variety of reviews on this DVD - most of them great five star reviews, but some of them not so great. The DVD is very low budget and that gets a lot of people upset. Most of the scenes are toys that spin or make music, the speech pathologists using toys, and the speech pathologists signing, or making noises and sounds. You can tell its done in their home, and at times you can see the string or the hands behind the camera. I say all that to say this: my son doesnt care about any of that hes just a kid and Im sure he doesnt notice. Its not supposed to be anything crazy, its supposed to be simple and very much like you would get at a speech therapy lesson. My son has been attending speech therapy since he was 18 months old and I have seen the different methods they have used. This DVD is right on and I like that he can have speech therapy right in our living room. He has interacted more with this video at home then he has ever done in an actual speech therapy session and that means more to me than anything! A lot of speech delays are caused by something called low tone, which relates to the muscle tone in the mouth and cheeks. My son has this problem and because of that he needs exercises that help to strengthen those muscles. Blowing, sticking out your tongue, and funny funny facial expressions are all things done on this DVD and are great for developing muscle tone in the face. My son copies those as well and I know in the past he was physically unable to do things like that because his muscle tone was so low. Through therapy its gotten better, and I am thrilled that this DVD works on those things as well. At the end of the DVD, the therapists give you tips and tricks to help your child learn how to talk. There is also a section for signs so that you can learn along with your child. These tips and suggestions have been very helpful to me, especially as a mother of a child with speech delays. Up has been one of my sons only words for several months now and its so encouraging to see him interacting and doing sounds and signs with this video. I think this is going to be a big help for him and have already told his speech therapist about it. I also plan to buy the next two volumes. You can find out more about the DVDs from their website: [...].

My son has watched this a couple of times. He is 2 years iñf and 8 months almost 3 and he falls asleep while watching it... i will keep teying and update my review in a couple of weeks

This video is pointless. Dont waste your money. Just sing and talk to your baby. I highly recommend signing up for an infant music class if your baby has speech issues or if you want to give them a leg up on language skills instead of this video.

My child has been watching the set of 3 since she was 6 months old. She is now 21 monthes old. People compliment her on her pronunciation and verbal skills frequently. THANK YOU!