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Summary: disappointed in this video
Review: As a parent of an 18 month daughter, we own all of the videos in the Baby Einstein series. We are always excited when a new video comes out. We purchased this video thinking that she would love it, as she loves animals. She is extremely bored with this video, and as a parent, it is not up to the same standard as the other videos. It does have some beautiful scenes of wild animals, but overall it seems to be put together quickly. If you want to buy an animal video, I would recommend the Neighborhood Animals video. That is a hit with my daughter and myself.
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Summary: Loved this and Neighborhood Animals!
Review: Both my son (10 months) and my niece (14 months) both love this DVD. My son loves the monkeys and lions, and my niece always laughs at the giraffes. The puppet shows are great, and my husband even has his favorite one! Overall, these two DVDs are my (and the kids') favorites of the Baby Einstein series.
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Summary: Not up to usual standard
Review: By daughter (now 14 months) enjoys many of the Baby Einstein videos. She likes the companion to this one, "Neighborhood Animals" as well as others in the series (Mozart, Bach, Shakespeare and Van Gogh). By "likes" I mean that she will sit through the entire video and respond to the images by laughing, clapping etc. Not in this case. The video is divided into 3 sections; Animals in the Jungle (tiger, tropical bird, monkey); Animals in the Ocean (sea turtle, dolphin, fish); and Animals on the Savannah (elephant, giraffe, lion). The actual video clips of these animals are good to fair in quality. However, there are LONG intervals between these sections in which the puppetry seems amateurish (in comparison to the others in the series), the live action segments of children dressed up as animals are ridiculous, and the segments featuring toys simply dull and unimaginative. The music selections also seem haphazard, and the silly song that accompanies the "Ocean" segment is especially cloying. But the real judge is my daughter and instead of interacting with this video she rapidly loses interest. I understand that Baby Einstein is using a tried and true formula but that formula falls apart if the accompaning material is weak. It seems to me that this video was rushed in production and therefore suffers greatly in quality in contrast to the others in the series. I am very disappointed. I gave it 2 stars only because of the live animal footage. I would recommend the video by embryonics Video Soup "Mozart Nature Symphonies" if you have a child interested in animals, there are no puppets, toys or children, but it presents its video segments in an lively and intelligent manner.
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Summary: Not up to usual standard
Review: By daughter (now 14 months) enjoys many of the Baby Einstein videos. She likes the companion to this one, "Neighborhood Animals" as well as others in the series (Mozart, Bach, Shakespeare and Van Gogh). By "likes" I mean that she will sit through the entire video and respond to the images by laughing, clapping etc. Not in this case. The video is divided into 3 sections; Animals in the Jungle (tiger, tropical bird, monkey); Animals in the Ocean (sea turtle, dolphin, fish); and Animals on the Savannah (elephant, giraffe, lion). The actual video clips of these animals are good to fair in quality. However, there are LONG intervals between these sections in which the puppetry seems amateurish (in comparison to the others in the series), the live action segments of children dressed up as animals are ridiculous, and the segments featuring toys simply dull and unimaginative. The music selections also seem haphazard, and the silly song that accompanies the "Ocean" segment is especially cloying. But the real judge is my daughter and instead of interacting with this video she rapidly loses interest. I understand that Baby Einstein is using a tried and true formula but that formula falls apart if the accompaning material is weak. It seems to me that this video was rushed in production and therefore suffers greatly in quality in contrast to the others in the series. I am very disappointed. I gave it 2 stars only because of the live animal footage. I would recommend the video by embryonics Video Soup "Mozart Nature Symphonies" if you have a child interested in animals, there are no puppets, toys or children, but it presents its video segments in an lively and intelligent manner.
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Summary: Another hit!
Review: I absolutely LOVE all of these video's! They are the ONLY ones that work with my daughter. She is now 14 months old, and has watched them since she was 2 months old. I couldn't live without them! In fact...as I type this she is glued to the TV now!
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Summary: Babies Love It!
Review: I have both this video and Baby Einstein. At first I was skeptical of the thought of trying to entertain my baby with a video. But both of these are wonderful for engaging an infant with colorful and action-oriented video & music. Baby Dolittle is particularly fun for my 11 month old. She will sit enraptured through the entire video while I finish household chores, etc.! I highly recommend it for children approx 6-8 months and older. I can't speak for the others in her series.
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Summary: Baby Einstein is the Best
Review: I recently purchased this video along with Baby Dolittle Neighborhood Animals. My son loves this video. It seems to be his favorite right now. We own all the Baby Einstein videos and I highly recommend all of them. I give all their videos 5 stars. Baby Einstein products have been a life saver for me. My son will sit and watch any one of their videos while I quickly get something done like cook dinner or clean up.
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Summary: our seven month old loves it
Review: I think it's hard to review Baby Einstein videos, because as an adult there are so many things that seem annoying or bothersome that are not so for my child. Yes, I find the kids dressed up in animal costumes annoying, but my son loves them. The puppetry (in this one especially) doesn't make any sense to me either, but my son loves it.We own 8 various Baby Einstein videos, some DVD and some VHS and my son likes this one as well as all the others. We also own the Neighborhood Animals video and I don't really understand why some reviewers prefer it over this one. They are slightly different, but my son doesn't prefer one of them over the other (at this age anyway). The only thing I've noticed is that he likes to have a variety rather than watch the same one every day (that's how our collection got so big). As a parent, I actually enjoy watching World Animals with him more than Neighborhood Animals, because I find the videos of the animals more interesting. While I would prefer to watch a nature special on PBS, my son enjoys the way Baby Einstein breaks up the footage with animation and puppetry (however corny it seems to me), it helps his short attention span out. I do recommend the DVD over the VHS if you are choosing between the two. The DVDs are a much better value in my opinion. We've already begun to wear out our VHS tapes (the sound is garbled in spots now) and I love the interactive flash cards and other extras that come with the DVDs. All in all, my son watches this video over and over again even back to back sometimes and loves every minute. To me that says it all.
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Summary: Thought baby would love it--did not.
Review: I thought my baby girl, Tyler, would just love this. I was wrong.
She did love Baby Mozart, but she was a baby and basically it helped me get her to sleep. This one is just too slow, and doesn't teach much. Maybe its good for the infant stage, but doesn't work with toddlers. I was disappointed with it, and wish that they would change their format even more. It's too similar to all the others, and who needs 10 of the same thing.
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Summary: Another Baby Einstein Great video!
Review: I took my 20-month old son to play at his cousin's home, and they watched this video. He was enchanted! He kept pointing at all the animals, and making their sounds. I'm ordering this video today! If you lave and love the others in the series, this one is a must have!
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