Movie Reviews for Baby Einstein - My First Signs

Baby Einstein - My First Signs

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Movie Reviews of Baby Einstein - My First Signs

Movie Review: Purchased and returned
Summary: 2 Stars

It is my own fault for not doing the research ahead of time on this. I bought the item in the rush of being a new parent and should have stopped and thought about what I was doing. My clarity came while watching the video. Almost immediately I realized my mistake and knew that this is not what I wanted my child exposed to. The video was returned and I have since purchased the Garcia Baby Signs book and corresponding DVD for the parents, and am pleased with it.

For those of you who will immediately claim that I am so lunatic who is citing garbage research, please see a small sample of what I read below:

"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended that children younger than 24 months of age not be exposed to television." From Anderson, Pempek. Television and Very Young Children. American Behavioral Scientist. 2005; 48: 505-522

Or you can check out one of the following:

Zimmerman, F. et al. Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years. The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 151 , Issue 4 , Pages 364 - 368.

Kaplan, M. Educational Videos Drain Baby Brains. ScienceNOW, 7 August 2007.

Park, A. How Not to Raise a Genius. Time; 8/27/2007, Vol. 170 Issue 9, p46-46, 1/8p.

Cressey, D. Is baby DVD research Mickey Mouse science?. Nature [serial online]. August 23, 2007; 448(7156):848-849.

The science is in and it says that videos for kids under the age of two, which is just about every child that this sign language video is geared towards, are bad. So you may be helping them communicate earlier, but at the cost of their overall development.

Movie Review: Nice Video
Summary: 5 Stars

My 6 month old will watch all 27 minutes of this video without moving! She loves the puppets, and toys. Side note, its much more cost effective to buy the baby einstein collection, then one video at a time!

Movie Review: 13 month old twins
Summary: 4 Stars

My twin boys love this video. James is learning fast and does the signs with the video. Jakub just loves to watch.

Movie Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars

My 2 and-a-half year old grandson hasn't watched Elmo ever since I got this DVD, along with several other Baby Einstien DVDs. He is energized, mesmerized and is talking, signing and singing now like never before. I thought that "First Signs" might be too young for him, but it's perfect. He also has "Baby Wordsworth" which teaches several signs, and together these DVDs have opened up a new way for him to communicate.