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Brilliant Baby
Age range: Birth - 4 years
Brilliant Baby - Learn about Food
Fun DVD is aimed at young children and uses fun and games to teach youngsters about healthy food. My three year old enjoyed it in small doses and seemed to enjoy seeing foods he already knew on the TV.
I felt that there was maybe too much to take in for my son as they listed rather a lot of fruits and vegetable - some very obscure ones too! This may be down to the fact that it is obviously American with British voice overs. He seemed impressed with the children on screen eating all of these foods and making simple dishes with them. I just wish he'd follow their lead and try new things but maybe after a few viewings he might decide to give them a try!
I think this DVD is one to introduce slowly and watch a little bit at a time with your kids.
Karen McIntosh
Brilliant Baby - Head to Toe
This DVD kept my 2 and a half year old sons attention throughout. Learning about parts of the body he knows and learning what you can do with them all. it was good to hear the English voices and not American accents,(although they were American voices on the Activities section, which was abit disappointing also because it does not contain much). He also enjoyed seeing the preview clips of the other titles in the series, although i wouldn't buy the entire series as there are just too many.
Julia Redmond
Brilliant Baby - Seasons
I thought that this was a fabulous idea with lots of brightly coloured things for Jack to look at. My only complaint was that when they were talking about "Autumn" it had "Fall" written instead. It's such a shame that everything is Americanised nowadays. However, Jack really enjoyed it and throughout were talking about it, and conversation leading onto other things. When it had finished he wanted to watch it again!
Jodie Baker
Brilliant Baby - Learn about Animals
Pictures good & clear. My son 3.5 was very excited and animated by it. I don’t like mixture English/American accents. My son very animated by the DVD and it zips along at quite a fast pace. My son answers all the questions asked by the narrator. Musical background banal after a while for me (doesn’t annoy kids) Too much in 1 go, need to break it into the chapters with clear start and finish points. Need instructions how to watch one section. American captions and English spoken words not good Ladybug and rooster. Best to watch 1 to 2 chapters at a time otherwise too much for small child. The fundamentals of the product are good
Jackie Wilson
Brilliant Baby - Shapes
My son fascinated by music and bright attractive images. Very passive activity. Emphasis on play extremely limited. I would really call this a DVD with an interactive quiz at the end. As a product is instructional and needs adult input for children to put learning into practice.
Sarah Edwards
Brilliant Baby
Fun food - Shows a very good selection of fruit, great to run alongside the theme i.e. healthy eating. Food easily identifiable, some the children would possible not on – some good learning experience. Good clear pictures, I don’t see that the American accent would bother the children.
Learn about Animals - Great graphics, animals in their own habitats. Very good for the preschool aged children as it keeps moving.
Head to Toe - Good for group activity work – music to children taste I feel.
Shapes - Excellent clear shapes, bright and colourful ( eye catching), good one to one activity.
Seasons - Good for interactive skills – good use of seasonal goodies i.e. pumpkin pie idea when talking about foods from outside the normal food boundaries of most children.
Overall I feel that these are a good positive set of DVD’s allowing the children an insight to foods/animals etc, the graphics are great and when running the DVD’s would keep the children focused and animated. They are a good aid to enhance the learning within a preschool.
Sharon Webb - Pre-School Playleaderr
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