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

Ok

It looks like Im in the minority for my review on this one, but here it goes anyway. My daughter has been captivated by Baby Mozart, Beethoven, and then Old MacDonald and Neighborhood Animals. But she does not seem at all interested in this video. I thought it was interesting the way it presents art and colors. As she gets older and we talk about colors and she learns to identify the colors, this video may complement the educational experience. But until she can do this, it is back on the shelf.

Wow! I was thoroughly impressed. My 15-month-old son has never been able to sit still for a meal, for a diaper change or a change of his clothes, but the minute I put in this DVD, he was transfixed and did not budge for the whole duration of the show. The music was a wonderful match with the visuals. I really like the way they introduce each color sequentially and gather all the elements that feature that particular color. The result is a beautiful tapestry of sight, sound and colors. Even my 5-year-old daughter was mesmerized. I have watched it 5 times now and I still find it very entertaining. This fall, when I travel to Asia with my kids, I will invest in a portable DVD player and bring along this DVD to keep the kids entertained on a very long flight. My son has also wathced other Baby Einstein DVDs and this one is his absolute favorite, followed by Baby Newton. He has no interest in the Baby Nursery Language DVD, nor the Neighborhood Animal one. I share his view preference as well. I thought Baby Newton is well done, but I was not impressed with Neighborhood Animal and found Baby Nursery Language sub-par.

As with all these videos, they are meant for the parents to interact with the children as they watch it. My 2 year olds ask for it by name and have known their colors quite some time now (they started watching this at 6 months). They still get a kick out of the video and enjoy different aspects of it at different ages. The best for me is the music. I can have it on and never tire of it.

We had the baby sign language version and had much higher expectations, as it pertains to content. Its good for a few views but Im not certain that my little ones got much out of it. Great music and visuals just not sure it is effective.

Once again, this is a fantastic Baby Einstein video. I am so impressed by the many educational features of this video. My baby loves it!!!!

The music in this dvd is nice. Thats about the only good thing. The toys they show between color segments really have no real purpose but to fill up time (like most Baby Einstein videos, in my opinion). The colors they show are yellow, green, orange, purple, red and blue. Each color has puppets and a poem is recited (again, I find Julies voice annoying). Heres an example of the poem for the color purple: Purple feels wacky, wild, crazy, tricky, mellow, mild. It makes me want to paint my face, kick a ball and run a race. For the color red the poem is, When I wake up feeling red, I swoop down from my little bed, throw on a cape and rush out the door and leap across the scarlet floor. OK....to me these poems are just dumb. Other people proably think they are great, but I cant see having my child sit and watch this and listen to these ridiculous poems. I have written reviews for all other Baby Einstein videos, so please read them too.

My Son loves Baby Einstein. He is now 16 months old and loves this DVD. We play it around bedtime to settle him down and it works great. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars is because the voiceover on some of the intro sections is so low that you cant really hear it. If you increase the volume, the music overlay is super loud. So we have to watch the video and not hear the intros...The rest is great.

My 11-year-old autistic grandson loves this one. He loves the Van Gough art work, and now recognizes it when he see it in other places. He loves the sound effects to the fast paint brush and the puppet turning the lights on and off.

one of the best baby videos.