Good intentions, but amateurish

We were looking to expand our DVD collection for our twin 13-month-olds and gave this a try based on other reviews. The main problem with this DVD is the uninspired approach and amateurish production quality.

After watching several of the Baby Einstein DVDs, this one feels like it was produced by an local volunteer-based cable TV station. Horatio's voice is flat and unremarkable, the three kids in the DVD aren't very attractive and are filmed clumsily in someone's house, and the background music doesn't match the pictures or what's happening on the screen very well. Pedagogically, the topics it covers are fine (counting simple numbers, etc.), but it does so in an uninspired way. Horatio has a little song for the topics he introduces and it gets a little boring after a while. There are long sections where there is just Horatio talking on screen, as well. Our toddlers quickly lost interest and stopped watching.

If you're looking for a good DVD for your toddler, try some of the Baby Einstein or Brainy Baby ones instead.

[Monday, January 28, 2008]

Good DVD

This DVD is good for Baby infantren.
It is a bit short.
For about $10 it would have been great. I don't think that it worths more than this.

[Saturday, July 21, 2007]

Hip Hip Horatio!!!

Move over Elmo....my daughter has a new love. Horatio is absolutely her favorite video! She gets excited when we put it in the player. She counts along with Horatio, knows EVERY color from the video, learned shapes and animals. I know for a fact she learned how to say "hi" from it.

I find the Einstein videos interesting, but my daughter hasn't learned anything from them... other than to sit and stare for a half hour almost in a trance. I guess that's O.K. for some parents, but for us, if she's going to watch T.V., it better be educational. I can absolutely say, that this is EDUCATIONAL. The people behind this video obviously know what infantren like!

[Thursday, October 12, 2006]

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