Customer Reviews

Baby Animals Video: On the Farm [VHS]

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I bought this tape because my now 17 month old daughter loves animals, she enjoys the Baby Dolittle-Neighborhood Animals and Mozart Nature Symphonies tapes and loves the DK "Touch and Feel" books. So, an animal video by DK Productions seemed perfect. Boy was I wrong. She has no patience for this video. Let me describe exactly what is on it. It is divided into 5 segments. A puppy (Doodle) and a kitten (Bungie) search through a pile of foam rubber shapes for animals, which show up in video tape clips. A child, a boy for the puppy and a girl for the kitten narrate the segments, providing facts about the animals and making jokes. Then there is a short cartoon. Here are the segments:
1) Puppy looks for ducks. Finds--cows, goats, ostriches, sheep dogs and finally ducks. Short cartoon.
2) Kitten looks for pigs. Finds--rabbits, chickens, Highland cattle, then the pigs. Short cartoon.
3) Puppy looks for cows. Finds-- llamas, horses, goats and finally the cows. Short cartoon.
4) Kitten looks for goats. Finds-- donkeys, chickens, Belted Cows, sheep and then goats. Short cartoon.
5) Puppy looks for horses. Finds geese, llamas, American buffalo, pigs and finally horses. Short cartoon.
As you can see, there is a lot of overlap, many of the animals are shown twice, and actually various cows show up 3 times. It really seems hap-hazard to me. Also the giggling by the child narrators is annoying to me personally, but not a reason not to buy this video. Had I know the overall format and design of this tape, I would not have bought it. I especially don't like the cartoons. They are the older ones, low resolution images with frenetic motion. My daughter is too over-stimulated by cartoons in general and these are no exception. Oh well, I'm hoping she'll enjoy it more when she is much older.

If you have a child in your home that loves animals you have to add this to your collection. It is narrated by children (but they aren't obnoxious and you never see them) while an adorable puppy and kitten take your child through the video. It has a wide variety of animals and educates the child about the animal. To break the monotony (and keep young minds entertained) it also has animal cartoon clips; the good old-fashioned type we never see anymore. The added bonus: my husband and I aren't miserable when she choses to watch this video.

My daughter Emimie and I love this video. It's attractive for many reasons, but especially because it is narrated by a young boy. It has beautiful visuals, and a fact based narration, and is humorous. DK has done a great job with this one. It's intelligent, and nice for parents to watch too.

My toddlers love this video. It is produced beautifully, and quite captivating. For any 2 year old, this video inspires laughter. Our older toddler began watching these videos just after his first birthday. Quickly becoming his favorite, he enjoyed most of the video. Doodle became a favorite character.
He didn't really like the felix the cat section when he was younger, and it was the only place in which he lost interest.
As for the videography, it is great. It is not very interactive, but quite educational for the 2 year old age group. We also enjoy Baby Animals in the Wild from DK,the partner to this, and Lil' Bloomer animals section for its interactivity, from the Baby Know-It-All series. All in all I give the producers much credit for coming up with edu-tainment that is humorous. The visuals are fabulous, and the young boys narration engaging to little ones.

My two year old niece saw this movie and was completely mesmerized. She was completely captivated by the animals for the entire 25 minutes of the video and can now rattle off the names of all the different farm creatures.