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Summary: Too Much Filler on this DVD
Review: I'm a big fan of the Brainy Baby DVD series after purchasing both Left and Right Brain for my 21 month old son. He loved both of those and thought we should move to the ABC DVD. He already knew the entire alphabet at 18 months. This video has a lengthy song in the middle that seems to be just filler to hit the 45 minute mark. For the most part, my son loves the letter parts, but loses interest in the songs. Certainly not a regretable purchase but this DVD does lack some creative elements that were in Left and Right Brain.
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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: 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: 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: Brainy Baby-ABC's
Review: This video is bright, engaging and upbeat. It drew my daughter in because the children are happily doing things that all children love to do, play in water, play on the playground, etc. The review of numbers 1-10 is quick and then we pause for a jumping around, danceable song and then its on to numbers 11-20. Never boring and I have found it is interesting to even older children!
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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: 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: 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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Summary: I like the other ones in the series more
Review: If you don't already own left brain and right brain, I would recommend getting those first. Though, this one is meant for older children, but it is not quite as entertaining it seems. My child doesn't seem to respond to this one as much as the left and right brain DVDs. If you already own left and right brain, it is still a worthwhile purchase.
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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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