Baby Einstein - Baby Van Gogh - World of Colors [DVD]

the video in the einstein series given here, is showing basic colors to babies and toddlers. i always recommend the videos in this series. this will give you colors like orange, green, blue, etc, and then show you objects that have these colors, and use other children and puppets to make the learning of the colors fun. i would say this is acceptable for ages 1-4. my son will be four in one month and he knows these colors very well so other than the makeup of the video he isnt learning anything anymore by watching this. however, i think the footage was well put together, if your children are young and still learning this is a great idea.

She likes this better then the music one. I guess shes visual. Baby girl a year old. But not as well as the neighborhood animals.

I never thought I would find a DVD my 10 month old sister would like as much as Baby Neptune, but I was wrong! She loves this DVD. Her favorite part is during the sequence for the color red. The racecars make her laugh out loud. Great addition to any Baby Einstein collection!

When I first watched this video with my son he was 4 months old. I honestly didnt get what was so great about them, but Im not the target audience. The older my son gets the more he loves this video. He will stop what hes doing if he hears the music. He has several Baby Einstein videos and this is by far his favorite. I also tried the Fisher-Price videos (theyre cheaper) but hes not interested in them at all. Ive started buying this as a gift for all my pregnant friends - I suggest you do the same!

My son is now 1 year and 11 month old, from his very early time, about 3~4 month old, we began to introduce Baby Einstein series to him. He could not without the shows later, averagely watch 3~4 hrs per day. Now he is nearly two years old, but could not even speak out 6~8 words, much late than my friends son (the same age), my brothers daughter and my sisters son (compare them at the same age). I become to suspect if the Baby Einstein shows do benifit younger babies. The shows seldom speak, mostly music or silence. I really regret that my son spend too much (one and half year) on Baby Einstein. listein to me, talk with you baby, NOT let the Baby Einstein do that.

Its great for my son but it is NOT 72 minutes long like it said when I bought it. I was looking for one that was the longest because for 15 bucks you dont want only 30 minutes. Well i got 24 minutes instead of 72 minutes for $15. I suggest buying used because $15 for 24 minutes is a HUGE ripoff.

There have been a lot of reviews written about all of the video products designed for infants to pre-school age children; some good and some bad. Since so many have been posted I was going to forgo writing a review of the product, even though I normally do write up something for all the products I purchases online, because I know that product reviews help me when deciding to purchase a product online. However, after reading a review that rated these products low based on statistical and case studies done by the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) or the APA (American Physiological Association) I changed my mind and decided to pen my two cents. Before I get into why I feel information like that should not be so carelessly thrown around, I would fist like to say that parents should use their own common sense and judgment when purchasing and using any products for their children. In most cases this will produce the best results for your child, and I would trust the judgment, and the experience, of parents that have successfully raised several children over that of person who holds a Doctorate or PhD; especially considering, from my own experience, that the time required to get those heavy weight educations is time not spent raising children. I could explain the common fallacies behind the validity of data collected from statistical surveys of relatively small numbers, or putting to much weight to premises based solely on authority, but most educated people today understand these basic critical thinking skills, even though they may not know the jargon. Instead I will take a couple of the statistical studies that were quoted, not cited though, and apply them to my own observation of my son while watching these videos. The first statistical example I saw posted, without proper citation and reference needed to check it, was this: that the brainwave activity of children was recorded to be lower while watching TV then it is when sleeping. I will skip over the fact that the age of the children were not noted, nor was the specific television content they were watching. I will also refrain from a monologue concerning higher than usual brainwave activity being normal during certain phases of the sleep cycle. What I do know is that when my son watches one of these videos his level of excitement is amazing. He tries to dance, play with his toys, yells, sings, and basically is having a great time. Unfortunately, I do not own my own EEG, nor would it be possible to attach all the electrodes to the skull without strapping him down, so I can not positively refute that claim; however, I think I made my point. The second AAP study I saw referred to, again not referenced, stated that a child has a 10% chance of developing ADD for every hour they watch television. This person also stated that five hours of television a day would result in a 50% chance of developing ADD. I will skip over the fact that ADD is one of the highest misdiagnosed psychological disorders in children, but I can imagine if I asked our pediatrician to start our son on Riddlin because we plan on allowing him to watch Baby E. for four hours a day what he would say. Besides thinking we were nuts he might suggest we seek psychological treatment. These studies show correlation in data and the cause and effect involved is the problems being researched, however; common sense tells us that allowing our child to watch television for 10 hours in a single day will not automatically give them ADD or any other psychosis. These studies are for research purposes to help physicians understand certain disorders; they are not intended to be used as strict parenting guidelines. If you are concerned about how much television is too much, then ask your childs healthcare provider. Although, I think most parents know what is too much, and allowing these videos to keep them entertained for a few hours a day is most likely more beneficial overall; parents have to be able to get a break now and then and if they dont then stress can become a problem for the whole family. I personally think these videos, all of the ones developed for this age group, are both educational and a great help to parents, but what I think does not matter. Parents and their children will decide if they are right for themselves, and setting a child down to watch these videos for a few hours a day does not make anyone a bad parent. They will be a great asset for some families, and for others they may not have a place. If unsure about them, buy one and try it; if it works out then great, and if it does not then dont purchase more. The main point I wanted to make, trust your own judgment and dont over analyze what is right for your child. Most importantly, do not feel guilty about using these videos when unknown strangers start waving psychological statistics at you and claiming bad parenting techniques; most likely that person does not have children. ;-)

So I hated the mozart, neighborhood animals, world animals and bach, my daughter likes them though. I found the production, music and puppets to be really cheap. I grew up with sesame street, those puppets arent cheap and its the best! But this is about my daughter who likes these things... The puppet in this is the best looking one Ive seen.It also paints throughout the dvd which I like better than the stupid skits that are in the others. This is a fantastic dvd to introduce your babe to fine art. The music is rather cheap sounding so I suggest you go and spend 5.00 on a classical greatest hits and play it sometime during the day. Also go to the online auction and get about 10-15 brand new baby einstein dvds for 35.00. You know the place e bay.

This dvd is entertaining enough that my 8 month old watches it. He loves the puppets and laughs at them. However, for the rest of the family, viewing this dvd can be painful. This is due to the so-called poems which introduce the colors. Green slithers in to make me cool? Purple makes me want to paint my face? Whatever happened to comparing colors to things children recognize like frogs and grapes? The dvd would be 5 star if not for the sad attempt at poetry. If you can bear to listen to annoyingly bad poetry every few minutes, I recommend this dvd. After all, it is for the kids not us.

My daughter LOVES Baby Einstein and shes learning while watching, which is definitely a plus!