Baby Genius: Favorite Nursery Rhymes

I bought this after I felt that my daughter needed some musical DVD's to keep herself amused and busy. However at the same time I also wanted it to be educational. I had read reviews about the DVD before buying and a parent had mentioned the disconnect between the graphics and the wording of the rhymes. Even though that parent was right, I don't think that it's such a big deal for a 17 month old. They are gripped by the music, kids, animals and animations in the DVD rather than the exact tying of pictures with the wording. We as adults might be more disturbed by it however since I don't intend to or recommend using it as a teaching tool for your child where you would sit, pause and tell the child what they are looking it, it really doesn't matter. There are other DVD's structured for that. My daughter loves it, she is engaged by it and is trying to say the words that she has been repetitively hearing. However I must caution all parents that these DVD's have an addictive potential. My daughter wants to watch it all the time. She even tries to put it in the DVD player by herself!!! My advice, stay in control and don't give more than a designated time per day. Also don't use these DVD's to replace your time and attention that your child is entitled to. I often watch it WITH her and dance and sing along. I recently went to my daughter's music class with her and felt like a proud mom when I knew most of the rhymes due to this DVD!! Great buy; enjoy it with your child.

I consider this and other Baby Genius videos to be a good value. They do have much poorer production qualities than the Einstein videos, but the educational value is essentially the same. Like Einstein, these use classical (or in this case, classic) music and "real-life" images to teach your child. My daughter and I have been watching these videos, in shortened form, for free on Comcast cable's On Demand service for months. I used to point out various objects to her, such as the dogs that are shown during B-I-N-G-O. Well, when I put the CD with the same song on in the car, she out of the blue one day said "doggy" and started clapping as I would do during the video! So the videos are definitely useful, even if they're not as pretty as the Einstein products. As a bonus, they are far cheaper. I also found it funny when one reviewer pointed out the advertising (presumably for other Baby Genius products) in the video. Though I did find it annoying that the "bonus" material was just that -- advertising -- you have to admit that Einstein does a lot of advertising on their videos too.Finally, I am not aware of an Einstein video that features these classic nursery rhymes/songs, and they really are a lot of fun.

Visiting my 22mo old grand-daughter in Rio, Brazil. Let me just say that THIS is the BEST toddler nursery rhymes collection. The DVD, in particular, is so well done! Has cute little children, ages 3 and up (would like to seen a few toddlers). Maybe Farmer in the Dell, I would have scripted characters to the song. And I couldn't make the connection with the trains on London Bridge. Maybe it's just me not knowing the true story. All in all, the DVD is so nearly perfect. Our little girl sings and dances to all the songs. She's tryng to say the words to "Ring"Around the Rosey" and has "picked up" many of the letter sounds on "A, B, C" song. And it is really good for GamGam's conditioning, as on several songs, my grand daughter commands me to hold her and dance around with her. "Ring Around Rosey"is a workout!!! Must have for all toddlers! Unless you don't wish for them to sing and dance.

We purchased the first DVD in this series when our daughter was just a couple of months old. She's now 2 years and 2 months old and she keeps watching it over and over again. It's probably her favorite DVD and we have bought 3 other DVDs in this series later on. There is so much she can relate to. When our daughter watches this DVD it is as though she becomes part of the action. This is how kids DVDs should be; fun, realistic and educative too. And we love the songs too, so it's not a punishment for us as parents to become part of our daughter's joy. We are not even native English speakers as we live in main land Europe. This DVD plays without any problems on our region 2 (Europe) DVD player. Highly recommended. You can watch pre-views on VidzForKids or YouTube.

This DVD has been such a blessing! My twins love all the Nursery Rhymes and Visuals. They have been watching this since they were months old and I always played this when they were being difficult to manage or on long trips. It distracts them and calms them instantly. Now that they are older and can talk a bit, they ask for Baby Genius by name. They know some of the words to the rhymes just by watching it many times and they enjoy dancing to the music. It is upbeat but not too loud or insane. The quality of music and sound is excellent. This DVD has not failed us, so I am giving it the five stars that it deserves and highly recommend it to anyone. I have given it to friends who had babies and they have told me that their babies love it too.

My kids (9 months and 26 months) watch this video ALL the time. It is one of their favorites. With the combination of puppets, music, and children they seem to really enjoy it. And I appreciate that for most of the songs they did not change the original words. I have had a hard time finding DVDs and CDs with the original words and not a "re-writing" to suit the theme of the video.One problem though, these are not what I would consider Nursery Ryhmes, but children's songs. I was hoping for something with "little jack horner," "Sing a song of Sixpence" "Old King Cole" etc. These are truly children's' songs.

My daughter loves this so much that she plays it atleast ones a day!!!

リージョンコードが少し心配だったけど、普通に見れました。変なCGだけの曲とかがなければもっと良い。その他いろいろもう少しうまく作れるのにもったいない感じ。ただ、1歳8か月の娘がCDだけでは童謡をほとんど聞いてられない（飽きてしまう）ので、DVDで英語の童謡をカバーしているという点で、なかなか良いです。ビンゴがかかると、Bingoだ～と叫んでます。

Although I have gotten sick of watching this DVD, it was the perfect buy for my 19-month old son. He absolutely loves it! He can't get enough of it. It's not as well-made as a Baby Einstein production, but it definitely accomplishes the distraction you're looking for. It doesn't "teach" as much as B.E., but my son still picked up words and actions.It's also nice to see him enjoying the nursery rhymes that I grew up with. It has all the classics and a bonus CD with even more songs. For the price, it is well worth it.

I bought the DVD/CD set. I play the CD in my car everyday when picking up my 12 months baby boy from daycare. Always makes him giggling when the music is on. Apples and Bananas is his favorite.He is OK with the DVD, I might try it sometime later and see if he changes his mind.

My little 4 month old has been watching this DVD for a few weeks now and seems to really enjoy it. I like that it has the alphabet song and also teaches numbers - a great learning tool to get her familiar with numbers and letters at such a young age!