Baby Einstein - Neighborhood Animals [VHS]

This is the first Baby Einstein video I bought. It is so colorful and eye catchy to young children. My child is 28-month's old with Autism. She normally does not like to watch videos for more then 10 minutes, but this one captivates her for the entire 30 minutes. Do not let the 101 minutes on the label fool you, that is 30 minutes of video and 61 minutes of music you can listen to like a CD. The animals are: Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Cows, Turtles, Fish among many others all beautifully filmed in action. It is much like a really good PBS Nature show, but with each animal on the screen for no more then 5 minutes. In-between the animals segments there are puppets playing and some toys to watch- all animals of course. We love this video and it looks incredible on DVD! A must have as well as World Animals. I just bought some more Baby Einstein DVD's and will review those as well, but the animal ones are by far the best.

I tried getting my very "busy" 6 month-old daughter to rest a little to Baby Einstein while drinking a bottle or trying to eat. Her attention span is so short and she is a very active baby so determined to go to the next task. At 6 months she was crawling and moving about and I desperately needed something to keep her attention while eating, changing a diaper, or a bottle. I peronally was tired of the Baby Beethoven and Mozart, so I tried this one at 6 months. Too young....However, I tried again at 9 months and it works like a charm. She lays down on her boppy with a bottle and blanket for about 15 minutes while watching Neighborhood Animals and falls asleep. If it wasn't for this DVD, I would be rocking, walking, and driving her to sleep each time. This is a lifesaver.***Baby MacDonald is wonderful too***

I purchased this video when my daughter was one and right before we were leaving on a driving vacation that would require 14 hours in the car each way. I thought it would give her a little entertainment for the long ride while hopefully being educational. Fast forward two years, and she still enjoys it. The footage of animals playing, running, hiding, eating, etc. is still enthralling to her, and we talk about how they live and what they do. The puppet characters are cute, and she enjoys watching their antics too. I highly recommend Baby Einstein products to anyone with small children. With the success of this purchase, I subsequently bought five or six more of the Baby Einstein videos and couldn't be happier.

I have bought almost all of Baby Einstein vedios, and this one is by far the best. My two year old was facinated with it from beginning to end, probably the most entertaining 30 minutes for both of us. What's really special about this vedio, is the quality of the animal photography, comparable to National Geographic style. And the abundance of different species protrayed with each animal; for cats alone, there were probably 10 different cats/kittens doing different cat things. There is even cute little dog trick to spice up the presentation. The puppet shows were short and smart and sweet, and toys in these animal forms were used between takes to strengthen the association and keeps it interesting for little minds. I can't say enough about it, this is a definate must-have for children of all ages (including those with the child at heart) can enjoy on a magnitude level.

As with all the Baby Einstein videos, I believe they are top-notch. This one shows the actual animals a child may see where he lives...rabbit, dog, cat, mouse, etc. For that reason, I especially like it as the child sees these critters in everyday life. Excellent quality, very simple and as always, beautiful, soothing music.

I purchased this DVD for my niece who was nine months at the time and is now (1) one and she loves it. I will be purchasing other products like this. The characters and music seemed to memorize my niece. When she started watching the video for the first time the first word she repeated was Cat and the DVD was on replay and rewind after that.

Gorgeous kittens and puppies, etc. in this video...I wish there were signs and/or children seen saying the words though...all you get is a narrator and in one part for less than a minute children sing Old MacDonald. My son likes to see faces and watch the mouths move. Overall a cute and somewhat educational film.

We ended up wearing out several Baby Einstein DVD's from watching them over and over again. Each of my children have especially latched on to the Neighborhood Animal DVD. It is precious....the music, the images, the puppets....all so perfect for even the tiniest of children!

My special needs child, 10, lovesthis DVD. Keeps her interest and learns new words.

現在1歳4ヶ月の娘は生後6ヶ月くらいからこのビデオを週のうち３日ぐらい見せていました。最初は子供が出てくるところで喜んでいる程度でしたが、最近ではDogやCatなどの英語の発音の部分で自分も同じように発音しています。