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Summary: BLING BLING
Review: After experiencing guilt for letting my daughter watch to many wiggles tapes I purchased this video. She loves the video and i feel as though it has helped her communicate. as nelson would say - smell you later
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Summary: school teacher and mom of three
Review: Brain Baby ABC's has done more to encourage our children on the road to reading than any other video out there and being a school teacher, as well as a mom, I've seen them all! Our kids try to see who can come up with a word for each letter first, as it is displayed. Then, being siblings, they try to out do each other by seeing how many more words with the same letter they can reel off. Oh, the joys of learning-no matter what motivates them!
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Summary: Truly educational!
Review: I bought this DVD when my son was about 4 months old, along with the Brainy Baby 123 but didn't show him the videos until he was about 6 months old - which was after I had already made my own home-made alphabet and numbers 1-20 flashcards (the idea was to get him familiarized before showing the ABC and 123 videos). Indeed, both videos complemented my son's learning of the alphabet and numbers 1-20 because at 11 months he started to identify the entire alphabet and the numbers 1-20 in his books. I pasted my home-made flashcards on a board and at 13 months old as he watches this ABC video, he cross references the letters that he sees on the video against my home-made alphabet board. At 14 months old, he points and recognizes the letters in his books, letter and number prints on my shirt, public signs, billboards, and just about everywhere he can see letters and numbers - when we go shopping, at the register, and even at the Doctor's clinic. He even says the sound of the letter when he recognizes it. It's just amazing how these brainy baby ABC and 123 videos complement my son's learning. I strongly recommend these videos that are truly educational. These are great tools to prepare a child and be ready to learn reading. By the way, I have all the baby einstein, leapfrog, bumblebee, your baby can read, Richard Scarry's, and the Do the Alphabet Sesame street videos, and I must say each of these have their own style of teaching babies. And my son loves each and everyone of these videos so much. One tip: be interactive and have fun with your child as you introduce each video. The key is you yourself must enjoy the video first and pass the enthusiasm to your child. (note: REMEMBER TO REFRAIN FROM ANY HINT OF PRESSURING YOUR CHILD) You'll be amazed at how rapidly your child can learn!
I was! My child recognized letters, numbers, and some words before he could talk and walk.
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Summary: My 2 1/2 year old loves it and is learning ...
Review: I brought this video at the point when my son knew what a letter was, but could not distinguish one letter from another. He loves the video and he will repeat the information as he goes through the video. We have owned it for about a month and he knows about half of his letters. The video starts off by singing the alphabet and the letters are shown through a puzzle. Then the alphabet is said and show just as letters on the screen. Next they go through the alphabet. "Big A. Little A. A has two sounds. A a a Apple, a a a ape, a a a acorn.", etc. They go through about 5 letters, and then they repeat the letters through a test. "Do you know what sound the letter A makes?" "I know a a a ape and a a a acorn." Finally, they sing a song about the alphabet and different objects to help remember the letter sounds. This is not a flashy scene video like baby einstein. For the most part it uses real objects, but does put in some computer graphics that look like real objects. It is not fast paced and it is repetative. It is designed to learn the ABCs and does it very well. If your child is ready to learn the ABC's it is very beneficial. If your child is younger and enjoys looking at children and babies at play or real objects they may enjoy the video. Older children who already know their ABCs and the sounds will probably be bored with the video.
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Summary: BAD -- Don't waste your time!!
Review: I can't believe this product would even get a 1 star rating. There are much better learning videos out there that are better than this one. I wouldn't waste my money or my daughter's time watching it. My 20 month old was completely bored! Please parents, don't just buy the status quo, dig deeper. There are better (check out Baby Einstein!) available products out there. Your child is worth it! --
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Summary: Great for special needs children
Review: I have one child with autism and the other with a language delay. My 2-year old autistic child now knows all of the alphabet letters thanks to this video. She also is sounding out the phonics sounds of each letter. My other child has greatly improved his speech after reciting along with this video. I highly recommend this video in addition to the entire series.
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Summary: THE Best!
Review: I love the way this video balances structured lessons like I would do myself with my child, and more abstract scenes of children playing with large letters and having great fun. It covers large and small letters. It also reviews words starting with certain letters, demonstrates sounding out words, and shows the word onscreen to help a child develop reading skills. And unlike many others out there, they take the time to go over the different sounds that one letter can make. This helps a child be more clear about how to learn to read. There are lots of outdoor scenes and lots of children from different ethnic groups, and great animations too. I love these 45-minute videos!
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Summary: My 19th month old knows his letters!
Review: I love this Brainy Baby video! (After owning both, I think BB is much better than Baby Einstein.)
My 19th month old son knows a lot of his letters thanks to this video! He LOVES it and begs to watch it all day. He doesn't like watching TV in general, so he's allowed to see ABC's at least once a day.
Just this week he held up a block with the letter M on it and said "M", and then did the same to two more blocks! It's amazing! Now he's pointing out letters in the words in his books and telling me what they are.
I know this is from watching the video, as well as reading with our family.
I HIGHLY recommend this video, as well as 123, Animals, and Shapes and Colors. All are excellent.
The Brainy Baby people know what they're doing.
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Summary: Greatest Video Ever!!!
Review: I love this video. My newly 2 year old little boy loves to watch this video. It does a great job keeping him entertained while also teaching him. He now knows the entire alphabet, upper and lower case, and also knows many of the sounds that the letters make. We also have flash cards and ever since this video he loves to get out the flash cards and go over each letter. I am truly amazed how much he has learned. I cannot wait to get the number video and see if we have the same results. I would recommend this to everyone.
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Summary: The best
Review: I think the reviewer who gave this video only one star must work in marketing for the baby einstien (now disney i think) people...the baby einstein videos are pretty but content-free. They have a catchy brand name, but not much substance. On the other hand, the brainy baby series is truly educational. And they captured the attention of even my very young baby (lots of little kids and babies pictured in the videos) (If you like the brainy baby series, you'll like the first impressions videos as well.)
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