Brainy Baby - Spanish
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Movie Reviews of Brainy Baby - Spanish
Movie Review: I was dissapointed.
Summary: 2 Stars
First, I should say that I am originally from Spain, and my wife is from Central America. Our native language is Spanish, which we are proud to cultivate. Now, let's get on with the review.
We bought this DVD for my 20 month year old hoping to expose him to some Spanish via the TV. Both my wife and I speak to him in Spanish.
First, I would like to address the content of the DVD.
As a previous reviewer said, the DVD uses a NON-native speaker. The first lesson starts by showing a plastic soccer ball. The proper word in Spanish word for a ball is "pelota". "Bola" is generally used for hard balls, like a bowling or a billiard's ball. Next, the video shows a box of crayolas. The announcer goes on to say "Crayones". What!!?? Sorry, but that is not a real word. I guess "pinturas", "lapices de colores", "colores", "ceras" was too hard to come up with? Next, orange is translated as "anaranjado". The proper translation is "naranja". "Anaranjado" means "like orange". I could go on an on...
Let's now atalk about the format of the DVD.
Sorry, but it is not entertaining enough for a kid. It basically bombards him/her with words & images. There are no sketches or stories of any kind. It is very likely that your kid will soon turn away from the set and go on to more interesting things. I suggest you play one chapter at a time to avoid overloading the kid. My oldest son is now 22 moths old and this DVD is too basic for him. I hope that gives you an indication of the level of the content.
To conclude, I would like to point out that this DVD was probably done with very little money and it shows. For the money, this DVD should have better content, better presentation, and include a color picture book.
Unfortunately for those of you that are looking for a decent Spanish DVD to teach your kids, there isn't much out there. This is the winner by default, and hence my 2 star rating.
Movie Review: An OK DVD. There are much better options now...
Summary: 2 Stars
Generally speaking, This DVD is OK. I used it with my oldest child... but not too much because it did not really manage to keep her engaged; and to be honest, I don't think that repetition of vocabulary words is the best way to learn a language. After all, that is not the way we learn to speak. Also, the music is not great... and the speaker, even if she has a good accent, still is not native...
The truth is that at the moment, there were not many other options out there, specially full-immersion DVDs or CDs.
Luckily for my second child, there are much better options available now, specially foreign productions. I am specially excited about a collection of DVDs by A LA VIBORA DE LA MAR that I discovered on a trip to México. I have been using them with my 2-year old for almost a year, and she absolutely loves them (these are full immersion DVDs, in fact, they were designed for Spanish-speaking babies... but they have worked wonders for my children who have developed an acute ear for the language)... I strongly suggest you check them out. They are now available through Amazon (at half the price I paid for them in Mexico!!) I have 4 titles and we love them all.
Movie Review: This video was boring
Summary: 2 Stars
My two year old did not find this video entertaining at all. With other videos such as baby einstein or blues clues he pays attention to what is going on, talks to the television, and so on. This video wasn't able to hold his attention for 2 minutes. The video has a lot of potential. I liked the way they did the counting and how they have only speak in spanish but the english words are in the corner for the parents. The best part of the DVD was the music video for Mary Had a Little Lamb; but they only had that one song. Maybe if they had incorporated more of this technique the video would have been more interesting.Movie Review: Brainy Baby - Spanish - Not For Musicians
Summary: 2 Stars
Unless you're tone deaf, you'll want to avoid this one. The string quartet that plays on the soundtrack is so out of tune that I could not even tolerate one complete playing of the video. Aside from that I guess it's fine, thus the 2 stars. We also bought Brainy Baby - Right Brain, which is much better. I'd give it 3 or 4 stars. Our favorite learning video thus far is Baby Van Gogh by baby einstein. Baby Shakespeare is 2nd.Movie Review: Just OK
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this video for my soon to be three year old. She speaks and understands Spanish already I just purchased this more as a reinforcement. This would be perfect to introduce a child to Spanish but was a little too basic for her. The pictures were somewhat boring and dated. I was grossed out by the dirty feet and long toe nails. I'm weird about feet so that was not one of my favorite parts.