Baby Einstein DVD Reviews

While we're believers in keeping TV time to a minimum, the Baby Einstein DVD series is currently the only program that we allow our 15-month-old triplets to watch. The tone of the videos is far from the in-your-face, hyper-edited cartoons that litter most television channels. Each Baby Einstein video presents new concepts in a leisurely paced montage of comforting images. They present a mix of still photography, puppet interactions, and video of children playing. Our triplets are in agreement on one aspect of the series: their favorite parts are the puppet segments. They will often laugh or clap when the different animal puppets appear on screen to sing or interact. Narration is typically in a calm, female voice and stresses single words or phrases at a time so the baby is not bombarded with too much information at a time. We have at least a dozen of the Baby Einstein DVDs so far, and it's hard to single out certain titles as being better than others. The quality is consistent, and have a similar running time of approximately 30 to 35 minutes for the main program on each disc, though most have extended bonus features that add value. Baby Einstein DVD titles include: Baby Bach - Engages your newborn/infant through sights and sounds - uses colorful real-world objects for visual scenes Baby Mozart Music Festival - Introduces your baby to the classical music of Mozart with visually stimulating real-world objects on screen - From birth and up Baby Beethoven Symphony of Fun - Featuring the compositions of Beethoven - Appropriate for ages 1 month and up Language Nursery - Exposes your baby to sounds of seven different languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, German, and Japanese - Appropriate for ages 1 month and up Baby Santa's Music Box - Joyeux Noel! Feliz Navidad! Buon Natale! Merry Christmas! - Celebrate with holiday musical sounds from around the world - Appropriate for ages 1 month and up Baby Monet - A musical introduction to the four seasons - Features the music of Vivaldi - Appropriate from 6 months and up Baby da Vinci From Head to Toe - Baby's first introduction to their eyes, ears, hands, feet, and more. - Features Spanish, English and French language tracks for added learning. - Set to the music of Vivaldi, Bach and Handel - Appropriate for ages 9 months and up. Baby MacDonald A Day on the Farm - A fun-filled introduction to the sights and sounds of a farm - Features live-action images and engaging visuals of puppets, children, toys, and real-world objects - Combines traditional nursery rhymes with the classical music of Schubert, Schumann and Strauss - Appropriate for ages 9 months and up Baby Galileo Discovering the Sky - Baby's first introduction to the sky and solar system - Features captivating footage of the sky, planets, and galaxies - Features musical scores by Mozart, Chopin, Strauss and Tchaikovsky - Appropriate for ages 9 months and up Baby Neptune Discovering Water - Baby's first introduction to water - Features the melodic scores of Handel's Water Music - Appropriate for ages 9 months and up Baby's Favorite Places - A playful introduction to words and sign language - my street to main street - 12 Months + Baby Einstein Meet the Orchestra - First Instruments - First Instruments introduces your toddler to musical instruments that make up an orchestra and the different sounds that they make. - Features multi-language viewing options in English, French, and Spanish for added learning - Uses real-life images with classical music by Beethoven, Brahms, Joplin, Haydn, Mozart, and Strauss. - Appropriate from 1 year Baby Einstein On The Go -- Riding, Sailing, and Soaring - A musical introduction to transportation and "things that go." - Features multi-language viewing options in English, French, and Spanish for added learning. - Uses real-life images with classical music by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and Rossini. - Appropriate from 1 year Baby Wordsworth First Words - Around the House - A musical introduction to baby's first words and communication - Features bonus language learning with Spanish, French and English tracks - Includes the music of Bach, Bizet, and Schubert. - Appropriate from 1 year Baby Noah Animal Expedition - A musical introduction to animals around the globe - Features bonus language learning with Spanish, French and English tracks - Includes the music of Beethoven, Mozart, and Strauss - Appropriate from 1 year Baby Newton Discovering Shapes - Introduces your toddler to five shapes - Features many of Vivaldi's favorite compositions - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up Baby Shakespeare World of Poetry - Poetry in Motion with real world images - Features award winning Baby Beethoven soundtrack - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up Baby Van Gogh World of Colors - Exposes your baby to the wonder of color through Van Gogh's artwork - Introduces your baby to classical music selections from Van Gogh's era - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up Neighborhood Animals - Meet animals that live in and around the home - This DVD compliments the Baby Einstein Animal Discovery Cards - Engaging music from the 19th and early 20th centuries - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up Numbers Nursery - A playful and interactive introduction to the numbers 1 through 5 - Uses familiar, real-world objects to show what numbers mean - Features the melodic scores of Haydn, Chopin, Strauss, and Schubert - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up World Animals - Discover animals from the jungle, savanna and ocean - This DVD compliments the Baby Einstein World Animal Discovery Cards - Features music from the 19th and early 20th centuries - Appropriate for ages 1 year and up