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What's with the poems??
The music in this dvd is nice. That's about the only good thing. The toys they show between color segments really have no real purpose but to fill up time (like most Baby Einstein videos, in my opinion). The colors they show are yellow, green, orange, purple, red and blue.

Each color has puppets and a poem is recited (again, I find Julie's voice annoying). Here's an example of the poem for the color purple: "Purple feels wacky, wild, crazy, tricky, mellow, mild. It makes me want to paint my face, kick a ball and run a race." For the color red the poem is, "When I wake up feeling red, I swoop down from my little bed, throw on a cape and rush out the door and leap across the scarlet floor."

OK....to me these poems are just dumb. Other people proably think they are great, but I can't see having my child sit and watch this and listen to these ridiculous poems. I have written reviews for all other Baby Einstein videos, so please read them too.

A review by someone who doesn't love Baby Einstein
Confession: I do not care much for Baby Einstein DVDs. For that reason some might consider me a bad mommy. Yet in my defense, I didn't sit my daughter purposefully infront of the TV until she was over a year old, which to others, is no great accomplishment either, but sometimes I want to sleep in and get a shower for the day :)

Anyway, For those that love Baby Einstein (BE), you don't need to read these reviews, especially mine. But for those who are wondering, let me offer a non-passionate point of view. I think B.E. DVDs are a good introduction to basic concepts for pre-toddlers. But I don't find these interactive enough to teach my toddler colors, shapes, etc, which I thought was their purpose. Of course this seems to be the basis for many B.E. devotees--not overly-stimulating and in your face, etc, which they aren't, but I think mesmerizing, and passive are more accurate descriptions. The pictures and music are delightful. The poems (and Julie's voice,) however, I find to be dreadful. Also, I hardly think naming the colors only twice during each 5 min segment is enough to keep toddlers clear on what they are seeing. I believe repetition and communication are the best teaching tools. Which is probably why nearly every video contains the "These are designed to be educational helps" disclaimer, which is fine if that's your style--I much more prefer a more hands on approach, touching things in HER real world, rather looking at things in the somebody else's real world.

Conclusion: These are fine for pre-toddlers, as an educational HELP, or sheer entertainment, but not solely for teaching concepts.

Great introduction to colors
As with all these videos, they are meant for the parents to interact with the children as they watch it. My 2 year olds ask for it by name and have known their colors quite some time now (they started watching this at 6 months). They still get a kick out of the video and enjoy different aspects of it at different ages. The best for me is the music. I can have it on and never tire of it.

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