Baby Einstein - Language Nursery [DVD]

My Granddaughter loves this movie. I think it could use more kids and baby faces in it, but it is a great movie.

My 3 month old & I are big fans of BE DVDs BUT this one is just not one of them. I gatta say it is very boring & not suitable for a baby. Maybe a toddler. My son started watching BE Dvds from 2 months (Beethoven, Mozart) & he loves them, laughing and all. He usually gets into them from 45 min to an hour. The second I put this DVD in, he started crying. I tried to fast forward to find something that would be interesting, colorful, or some music. Didnt happen all you hear is numbers & numbers in different languages. Maybe when hes about 2 but not now or anytime soon.

As a mother of a 4 month old baby, I think I expected more. I am bilingual and have knowledge of two more language. I bought the Language Nursery with the expectation that my baby could learn one or two things in another language. But when I saw it; my surprise was that the spanish alphabet (which is my mother tounge) is incorrect. It has two letters that have disappear of the modern alphabet. I also think the figures do not relate to the poems, that might be kind of confusing, but it entertains my baby.

My four month old has been watching the Baby Einstein dvd Language Nursery for a month and never gets tired of it. She loves the starfish and smiles every time she sees it. She is mesmorized by the different pictures and different languages. I recommend this dvd 100%.

This product is so incredibly overrated. My child is more entertained watching commercials. After I saw this video I was convinced that parents buy Baby Einstein products for the name rather than the quality of the product. Baby Einstein.. so alluring..Good marketing on Baby Einsteins behalf. I tried it so many times all the way up to now that she is 9 1/2 months.. she doesnt watch it for more than a minute or 2. I really cant understand everyones fascination with it. Its so poorly and cheaply made. I can just show her toys and put on international radio stations from the inernet to expose her to other languages... for that matter.. I could do that in front of a video camera, call it Baby Genius and sell it.. it wouldnt be much different from this Video.

All those parents who buy this in the hope that Junior will learn another language watching it - WAKE UP TO YOURSELVES! This is NOT the point of the video. It is a proven fact that exposure to the different sounds in various languages (as well as exposure to variety in anything, such a visual images) creates new connections in a babys brain that allow the easier assimilation of new information later on - that is, it creates a context or box to put that information in. Babies brains are not yet hard-wired and can accommodate so much more than adult brains - that is why adults find it so hard to learn a new language in comparison with young children, and also find great difficulty getting their tongues around sounds that do not appear in their own language. The point is exposure, this video is not designed or sold as a language teaching tool. You just cannot expect ANY video to do that. I loved this video and appreciated it for what it was. My eldest daughter (now 4) and my youngest (now 9 months) started watching it and listening to the CD in the car from about 4 months of age. It captivated them and often was the only thing that would calm them down when upset. The CD in particular was priceless, in my opinion. My eldest soon progressed to copying the words and alphabets and numbers whilst in the car and she can make sounds that neither my husband nor I can make. She mimics accents and has an excellent ear for picking up new sounds and music - and who is to say that the exposure she got through this CD and video did not contribute? I am a trilingual elementary school teacher and so I feel that I can confidently say that this video and CD do exactly what they are supposed to, and are one of the best childrens products available.

my 11 month old LOVES this DVD and has since he was about 5 months old. it is his all time favorite- he cant turn his head from the TV when this is playing. some parts are annoying for the rest of us in the family, and my husband says this video is going to make him stupid(i disagree), the songs dont go with the pictures (i think, although i cant understand what is being said most of the time), but he seems to think he knows whats going on, and it keeps him happy.

Not my favorite, but good just the same. A bit too advanced for a child age 0 to 3 months.

Many of my friends raved about this series, but did not like the Baby Einstein video in particular. I am so glad I did not listen to them as this is now our familys favorite in the series... My husband and I are even learning from it! Definitely a must buy, especially if you love other languages and want to expose you children to this!!!

I still think this show is a bit weird. I understand that its concept is to expose your child to the sounds of different languages and not necessarily teach them the different languages, but my husband and I still dont know if we like it or not and weve watched it together several times. The language exposure is a good thing, but the images are completely unrelated to what is being said. I guess they have to do something to get the babys attention and the language exposure happens in the background sort of. I will say that the one part that has particularly entertained us all (mom, dad and baby) is the Japanese alphabet. Mommy likes to be silly and add goo-goo-gah-gah after ka-ki-ko-kay-ku. Anyway, rent it first if you can to try it out before you buy it. I am still a firm beleiver, however, in limiting the exposure my baby has to TV in general no matter how great the production is. Two or three shows a week is plenty in my humble opinion. Baby DVDs are a nice to have as entertainment suppliments... If you are going to buy these DVDs or videos, remember that your baby needs you more than any educational or entertaining TV and to use them sparingly.