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Summary: Best Thing Ever !!!
Review: baby Einstein DVDs are the best thing ever! Since my baby was 6 months we watch videos toguether. I can get him to eat when he's crancky only by putting on baby einstein videos. I can get him to sleep or to stop crying. I do not know what I would do without them. I have all the videos so my baby can never get tired of watching it over again. He is 12 months now and he still LOVES it. These videos should get awards for the wanderful job they have acomplished.The only video my baby do not enjoy is the language nursery.(neither do I)
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Summary: Fabulous, for any age
Review: The box says this is for 1+ or so, but our 4-month-old loves it. Sure, the names of the colors are beyond him, but the assembly of images emphasizing each color, rolling one color after the other, fascinates him. So, don't be deterred by the suggested age.
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Summary: The best Baby Einstein video I've found
Review: I just wanted to share that we own Baby Mozart, Baby Neptune, and Baby Van Gogh and love them all. Our daughter is 6 months old and enjoys them so much. Of the three, I would have to recommend Baby Van Gogh over the other two. There seems to be less "down time" for this one. In other words, our daughter is more mesmerized through and through with Baby Van Gogh. The other two are great as well, but Baby Mozart seems to have a few very slow spots that has my daughter losing attention and whimpering. And Baby Neptune has more live scenery shots which she doesn't care for yet. So, my vote has to go to Baby Van Gogh for best Einstein video. At least so far...
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: The Baby Einstein series is in a class by itself. I am not sure why, but the three Baby Einstein videos we own (so far) each get our one-year old's rapt attention from beginning to end. I think it's in part the superior production values (cinematography, sound, editing, color, pacing, etc.) that far, far exceed the horde of imitators (of which we have been disappointed by at least half-a-dozen that we thought were carefully selected). But there must be something in the content as well, because our very active, bright, and inquisitive son settles right in every night for his pre-bed time Baby Einstein video. I don't expect him to integrate much real knowledge about the Van Gogh paintings featured in this one, but I'd sure rather that he start with them than with the pabulum served up on PBS, etc. If you buy any video for your pre-toddler or toddler, make it one of the Baby Einstein series.
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Summary: My daughter's favorite
Review: My daughter has all of the Baby Einstein movies. This one is, by far, her favorite. She started watching it when she was 3 months old and she is 15 months now. It gives me enough time to take a shower or get dinner started. I love watching it with her, also.
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Summary: Probably the best of the series
Review: We bought a few of these titles as our daughter was born: Einstein, Mozart, van Gogh, Galileo, and Shakespeare. Now that she is 6 months old, I can tell that: (1) she completely ignored Einstein, (2) she liked Mozart a lot when she was two-four months old (she still likes it but doesn't get as excited), (3) she likes van Gogh the most -by far-, (4) she doesn't like Galileo or Shakespeare that much (but she may be a little too young). As for us, (1) Einstein is -very- annoying, (2) Mozart is beautiful, (3) we like van Gogh the most because of the puppets, the children, and the variety of composers--in my opinion very well selected, (4) can't tell about the rest since we haven't seen them enough times. So, if I had to rank them, I'd do van Gogh > Mozart > Galileo/Shakespeare > Einstein.
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Summary: Another good one
Review: This is another good Baby Einstein selection, and I think it's probably even more interesting now for my 20 month olds than it would have been before. We have several others, but the boys didn't like the "teaching" ones as well as the just music - Galileo or Neptune with the nature scenes didn't used to cut it for them. They much preferred the Beethoven that didn't have sections beyond the different symphonies.Now, though, that they can identify items and some of the colors, they really are into this one. The paintings are lovely, of course, but so are the images used to convey the colors in everyday life. I know some reviewers are turned off by all the shots of the kids, but my kids seem to like seeing those scenes. They also really are enjoying the animal/nature scenes now that they can point and say the words more often. The music is rousing and fun. All in all, another excellent addition to the set!
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Summary: They should call this Baby Clark instead
Review: Of the three Baby Einstein videos that I've seen (Mozart, Bach, and Van Gogh), this is the worst. The idea is to introduce young children to color and art, which is certainly laudable, but no one can be impressed by the poems (apparently by Julie Clark) that are read aloud as each new color is presented. "Green makes me want to stand up tall, run around and kick a ball"--something jejune like that for each color. In her recorded introduction to the Baby Einstein company and its mission, Julie Clark states that she wants to bring together "great parenting" and "timeless examples of human expression"--but her poetry can hardly be considered a timeless example of human expression. Couldn't she have found real poems by real poets about colors instead?
Finally, I was disappointed that the video makes no effort to talk about color theory, combinations of colors, and so on. This might have been an occasion to teach children that green is what you get when you mix blue and yellow, or that colors in a rainbow always appear in the same sequence. It would have been more rewarding than listening to "When my feelings turn to blue, I pour some happy in my stew."
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Summary: The Best Baby Einstein DVD
Review: Nothing teaches colors better than vivid visual presentation. This is why I think this is the best Baby Einstein product. My sincere recommendation is to own this one and maybe a couple more Baby Einstein DVD (like Baby Morzart, Baby Neptune). This should be enough to help parents if they want to have some time to take care things other than the baby. Do not rely on these videos to teach the baby something. For example, I first bought Baby Neptune, and my baby had little interest in it. But after we brought him to some aquarium and he actually saw lots of fish, then he started geting interested in Baby Neptune. So if you want your baby to know animals, go to a zoo or a pet shop; to know words or numbers, read to them. Use these videos just when you need a break, or to help you feed the baby. Besides, all these videos consists of music, puppets, toys, and are similar in ideas. So two or three is really good enough.
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Summary: Baby Van Gogh is GREAT!!!
Review: My 2 month old just loves this DVD and so do I. She giggles and smiles at it like crazy!!! Everytime we watch it I notice a new object. I don't know how much my daughter is learning yet, but she really enjoys the DVD and I plan on buying more of the Baby Einstein series.
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