Baby Galileo

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Summary: Very disappointing!
Review: My daughter loves the Baby Einstein videos and we have most of them. I've always enjoyed watching them with her and feel that she's being exposed to music, animals, language, other children, etc in a creative manner suitable to her age group. However, this video doesn't hold my child's attention at all. I've tried to get her to give the video a chance because she's always pointing at the sun or the moon in the sky, but it doesn't interest her at all. The video seems extremely unimaginative, especially in comparison to the others we've seen. I watched the credits and it doesn't appear as if found Julie Aigner-Clark was involved in the making of this video and it certainly shows. Tossing in a few spinning stars and a puppet doesn't make this a video worthy of the Baby Einstein name. Might I suggest Neighborhood Animals or Baby Van Gogh instead?

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Summary: Spectacular Video About Sky and Space
Review: I don't quite understand what is so horrible about Baby Galileo. Reviewers are saying how aweful it was, but are giving no explanation as to why, so I'm going to explain why it worked for me and my child.

I was extremely pleased with the Baby Galileo video. My daughter is three and a half years old and soaks in anything she sees. Although she is on the older end of the suggested ages for these videos, she still is learning from them and enjoying them. This video was a great way for her to learn the general ideas about the sky. The video opens with puppets, which are a trademark in Julie Clark's videos. There are narrations by children, and 15 different pieces of classical music ranging from Claire De Lune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. There are several chapters in the video introducing a new concept- those being the sky, the sun, the clouds, the stars, the moon, the planets, the galaxy and space. There are real pictures and video of the sun, moon and others while they are supplemented with toys, graphics and music that go along with the sky/space theme.

I am an early childhood educator, and I see these videos as being some of the most developmentally appropriate videos out there for children to watch. The video expresses many subjects, textures, colors and most of all, beautiful classical music to soothe your child and spark their interest and attention. I'm not quite sure why these videos haven't worked for other parents, but they've been successful in my family and many others that I know. I highly recommend the Baby Einstein collection- at least try them, especially Baby Galileo.

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Summary: Only three stars for this Baby Einstein about the stars
Review: Unlike the other Baby Einstein videos in the series, this one lacks the "pizzaz" that the previous ones did. The images weren't as captivating and my 1 1/2 year old actually made me turn it off the first time we watched it. We've tried to watch it a few more times but she just does not like it as much as the others from the series. Choose others from the Baby Einstein series if you're looking for something your kid will love immediately and rent this one.

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Summary: Not as good as the rest
Review: My daughter only pays attention for the first half of the video. With all the other Baby Einstien videos she watches the entire thing - over and over (if I let her.) I'm not sure what is different, but the same appeal isn't there. Although, I got a refresher course in the order of the planets :)

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Summary: Educational but scary
Review: I think this video has a great message, but could be delivered in a more captivating manner. Unfortunately, my 11 month old is terrified of it. I have tried to watch it with him on several occasions, but once he sees the baby kangeroo he cries hysterically. I think it is the way he pops out from his mother's stomach? Buyer Beware

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Summary: baby galileo
Review: Lovely! My 11 mont old just loves this new video. We always watch it at night before going to bed and he has a marvelous time.

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Summary: Flat
Review: I was disappointed with this Disney-ised edition of Julie Clark's videos. The puppets looked flat and didn't relate with my baby at all. The entire video looked too orchestrated and doesn't have the personal feel of the old 'from my household to yours...' My baby didn't seem to mind; she just turned away to do more interesting things. I was disappointed.

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Summary: Awful with a capital "A"
Review: What happened to the beauty of the original Baby Einstein series?? What happened to Julie Clark?? This video is boring, slow paced and completely unimpressive. My baby wouldn't watch it for more than a minute. Buy the original Einstein videos, but stay away from this one.

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Summary: Terribly disappointed
Review: It seems that now that Disney has a key role in it that everything in there videos becomes more of a marketing hype and less focus on education. I too have all the classics beginning with Baby Shakespeare (with the wonderful Blah sound from Bard the dragon ...)to Mozart, Van Gogh..... and was very disappointed when Disney took over because now I'm noticing even my son doesn't want to look at the newest and latest videos---he always goes back to the classics. ... I'm highly disappointed that Disney messed up a really good educational product. ...

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Summary: Mom of an almost 2-year-old
Review: My son is 21-months-old and absolutely loves this DVD. We have almost all of the videos in this series. I agree that it is quite different from the older Baby Einstein videos.

I didn't really like the puppets in Baby Galileo as much as I did in the older videos and much of the music is the same which was disappointing. The puppets aren't as friendly looking or interactive as in previous videos.

The pictures are incredible though. I have been using the DVD to help teach my son new words and colors which is working nicely since he loves watching it.