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Curious George 65th Anniversary DVD

“He was a good little monkey and always very curious.” We know these words to be those that describe the eternally-popular and timeless Curious George. In a special edition DVD, the clay-mation edition of the first story about Curious George, along with “Curious George Goes to the Hospital,” comes to life. It celebrates the 65th anniversary of the first “Curious George” book and the 40th anniversary of “Curious George Goes to the Hospital.” I believe this video was first released in the 80’s because I remember having it and watching it as a child. When I saw this DVD in … Continue reading →

Baby’s Favorite Places: First Words — Around Town

The Baby Einstein Company has a new DVD in town called “Baby’s Favorite Places: First Words — Around Town.” This new video features baby’s first words around the neighborhood and around the town. This is the second Baby Einstein video to feature the words in sign language; the first was “Baby Wordsworth: First Words — Around the House.” As in “Baby Wordsworth,” Academy Award Winning actress Marlee Matlin introduces the sign language for the word as a picture of the object is shown next to her. Each word is spoken as well. At the end of each segment, a child … Continue reading →

Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo!

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“All around the kitchen, cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo,” starts the song for which this Dan Zanes DVD is named. The first ever DVD from Dan Zanes and Friends, “All Around the Kitchen” features a live concert as well as some of Dan’s music videos. The concert footage was taken at New York’s Knitting Factory and most of the videos can be seen on Playhouse Disney, Sesame Street, or NOGGIN. “All Around the Kitchen” is fun to watch as you can participate along with the concert audience. Your child will also love seeing his/her favorite Dan Zanes videos anytime. The Show At the start … Continue reading →

World Animals

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Another great DVD from The Baby Einstein Company is “World Animals.” This DVD is another introduction to animals. Unlike the “Neighborhood Animals” DVD, this video teaches your child about some of the animals that live in the jungle, in the ocean, and on the savannah. Hosted by Jane the monkey, “World Animals” is a vivid introduction to animals around the world. Animals in the Jungle The jungle animals feature in this video are monkeys, tropical birds, and tigers. Tigers are shown running through the jungle and playing with each other. Beautiful blue macaws fly through the air as long-beaked toucans … Continue reading →

Baby Neptune: Discovering Water

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The Baby Einstein Company has created many fun ways for our children to learn about the world around them. With their selection of videos, CD’s, books, and toys, this company is an educational wonder! One of the videos that they have created is called “Baby Neptune: Discovering Water.” This video teaches your child all about the wonders of water and even some of the animals they might find in water. The host of “Baby Neptune” is a turtle with a mask and snorkel. He appears all throughout the video, helping to introduce each segment. He plays with the duck and … Continue reading →

Language Nursery

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The Baby Einstein Company is famous for its award-winning children’s media. Another video which fits into this category is their “Language Nursery” video. “Language Nursery” introduces your child to the sounds of six languages in addition to English. With an array of colorful images and soft music in the background, this video will be captivating for your child. Seven different languages are used in this video, including English. Japanese, Hebrew, French, Spanish, German, and Russian are the other six languages included. “Language Nursery” introduces counting, the alphabet, and some other words that to me were unrecognizable. In fact, sometimes I … Continue reading →

Away We Go!

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Jonathan Larson I am a RENThead, which in turn means that I have great respect for Jonathan Larson. So I was watching the documentary that was included on the second disc of the “RENT” DVD when there was a segment about a children’s show which Jonathan Larson had created along with Bob Golden (“Sesame Street”). Who knew? The show was called “Away We Go!” and was originally meant to introduce children to New York City. Unfortunately, they never made it past the pilot episode, but they decided to release this one episode as a video in 1996. “Away We Go!” … Continue reading →