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Summary: Interactive Vocabulary Stimulation
Review: While my husband and I do not believe that television in general is a good stimulatory tool for our child, we believe that the judicious use of DVDs and limited television shows can be educational and fun. We decided to buy the Baby Einstein series as a set of tools to help teach our children. The Baby Shakespeare video is our second favorite of the series. It mixes several different formats seamlessly (live action, artwork, live poetry reading and the infamous toy "music videos"), and all of them are fun. Even my husband and I are able to watch this over and over again. I am an admirer of poetry myself, and write a bit of it here and there, and most of the poems on this tape are favorites of mine. A wide range of poets are represented, from Shakespeare to Housman to Frost. Frosts' segment is particularly lovely. I only rate this lower than the Baby Dolittle Neighborhood Animals (our first choice from the series, see my review on it) because our son still likes that one the best. It seems the animal world is his forte. :)
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Summary: Bravo!!!
Review: The whole concept of mixing classical literature with fun music is great. I liked the way the video would key in on a word and then expound upon it by presenting a piece of literature that contains it. The best part about the whole video is that it is FUN to watch...and FUNNY, too! My son loves Bard and laughs at his every move.
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Summary: You could do better
Review: Disney Hype at its finest. The video and music quality were poor and unimaginative. One could easily make something more creative by - (1) Collecting some poems about trees, rivers, water, flowers, birds ect... (2) Having people you know, brothers, sisters, uncles, husband, you, neighbors ect... recite these poems in front of trees, animals, flowers (3) Video tape it, move the camera around a bit. (4) Play the video and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" or Mozart at the same time and you would have something better and more meaningful than this. If you must buy a video in this genra I recommend the Brainy Baby video series. It is creative and uses activities an infant can make sense of and the video and music quality are much better.
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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: I have 3 children - 6 months, 21 months, 5 years - and they all enjoy watching this video. I am looking to buy the whole set b/c they are fascinated with the music, sound effects and visuals. A very worthwhile purchase!!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Grandaughter still watches this after a year. Especially good before bedtime - has a relaxing effect.
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Summary: Not worthwhile entertainment
Review: I just don't think that entertainment should be so abstract.
There is only one poem from Shakespeare, all of the poems are way over the head of the age group targeted, and it's really not teaching anything. If you are to choose one video from Baby Einstein, it should be Baby Mozart, and only if you want it for very young infants. Otherwise, it is only good for slowing down a baby's heart rate and putting them to sleep. Exactly what mothers don't need in the 21st century. Better to search for edu-tainment series that engage our babies and encourage them to participate with the video and learn something for the time they spend watching TV. I believe that this video is a waist of money and a loss of energy. Ms. Clarks voice is a bit submissive, not empowering. I also find the puppets to be scary, and the casting is not only not diverse, but doesn't includ any boys. It's clear that Ms. Clark has put money making and marketing before the best interest of our children and lacks creative and new ideas. Children may watch these videos, and they may enjoy them, but that doesn't make them worthwhile entertainment.
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Summary: Waste of money
Review: There are better things you could spend your money on. Like a real classical music cd which you put into your own stereo and act out with your child. I was so sorry we invested our money into something I could have created myself. Maybe if I had paid... like most videos of this quality cost, I wouldn't be so negative but the cost of this set was way overpriced on the good. Pick up some puppets and interact with your child yourself. Buy some flashcards if you wish as well. Your child will enjoy that time more than having some faceless voice speaking to them on TV. They stare enough at the boob tube as it is. This won't make your child smarter. Only the parent themselves can do that by encouraging their kids to actively learn, by reading to them and being very involved in their children's schooling years.
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Summary: daughter love this tape
Review: my 19 month daughter loves to see the little kids sing and laughs at the puppet. she dances around in front of the tv everytime i put it in. she is starting to pick up on all the words on the tape she can say leaf and cat, and make the sound of a train just from the tape and can sing the abc song just from hear the kids singing it. she watches is 4 x's a week. this is great for toddler.
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Summary: Not the Best of the Einstein TItles, but still Very Good
Review: While still absolutely captivating to my 18 month and 3 yr old This one is my least favorite of the otherwise amazing line of Videos. One questionable scene has a purple cow "Farting" !!While I guess this is the funny thing to kids now a days (ie. the stuff you see on Nickelodeon in the evenings) I still think this was a surprisingly poor judgement in taste when you consider the proposed audience. I'm trying to teach them manners for crying out loud! I suggest an edited version on the next run.
Other than that It's still incredible the appeal of these videos.I've even examined it frame by frame just to see if there some subliminal messaging going on to put my kids into such a state of joy whenever I put it on! Anthony, my 18 month yearold
shouts Baby Ba! Baby Ba! ( Baby Bach ) in a near crazed state at the same time before bed and tries to climb the shelf to get the DVDs! Vincent, the 3 yr old still loves them even though he's watched the same ones literally hundreds of times over the past couple of years. Needless to say we have the whole set. A safe bet for your little ones too!
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Summary: Helpless giggles and more!
Review: My 2 year old absolutely loves this video! She asks for it by calling it the "Dragon" video and she loves the main character, Bard. It is full of goofy toddler fun and jokes and she laughs through it every time, and anticipates the parts she thinks are funniest. She says, "Look, look mommy!" and then eagerly watches for my reaction as she is cracking up at the snow falling on Bard's head, or some other silliness. We have a video player and screen in our car, and the player has a headset so we don't have to hear the videos. This video makes her laugh in her car seat, just like in the minivan ads and her sweet laughter makes us so happy, especially on long trips! She would watch this video over and over if we'd let her. Also, my version came with the music CD and not the book. I always play her music when she plays inside and I was surprised that she knew the music apart from the video when she heard it; she told me it was the Dragon music and was very happy to hear it. I have an 8 month old who likes watching this video with his sister, but I think he gets more of a kick out of watching and hearing his sister's enjoyment than the tv. I highly recommend this video! I have the Baby Einstein too, but the reaction from this one was by far better than most of her other videos.
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