Customer Reviews

Baby Einstein:Meet the Orchestra

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My wife and I received this CD as part of a set, a gift for our baby-on-the-way. I just started to listen to the music. All of the music is synthesized, and at mediocre quality. How's that enriching for the baby?

This is particularly bad for the "Meet the Orchestra" disc. This seems to have the purpose of teaching baby what various instruments sound like, but you never hear the actual instrument, only a synthesizer's imitation.

Better to get a standard collection of classical music, they're not expensive. They don't have a cute cartoon animals on the front, but are higher quality, and as soothing.

I love all the Baby Einstein videos and so does my niece who I got it for :-)

I borrowed this from the library for my 4 year old to teach her about the sounds of the orchestra, but it's a cheesy synthesizer! Ripoff.

After checking this CD out from the library twice, my 4 year old granddaughter continued to ask me to play "the orchestra CD". It provides a great introduction to the individual instruments in an orchestra.

SHE REALLY LOVES IT IT'S LIKE SHE KEEPS QUIET AND LISTENS WITH A SMILE. IT'S WONDERFUL.

As usual Baby Einstein is a great learning tool; this time for music; my granddaughter loved it!

Parents please be aware that many studies show that the more television children under five watch the less likely they are to engage in creative play. (DVDS being basically the same thing as TV ).

Dimitri Christakis the director of the Child Health Institute at the University of Washington quoted in the book Parenting Inc, states: "Based on the research I have done there is reason to believe these products (DVDs for babies and toddlers) have a deleterious (negative) effect on the developing mind"

Another quote, again from Parenting Inc." "There is no research to show that watching a screen is beneficial to a baby in any way, educational or otherwise. If anything it may be putting babies at risk" "A two dimensional screen can never replace a real environment, rich in all five senses. Holistic play is what develops the all the pathways to the brain." Alvin Poussaint, child psychiatrist and director of the Media Center of Judge Baker's Children Center in Boston.

"A 2005 study of 1200 children published in Archives of Pediatrics found that children who watch TV before the age of three have lower cognitive scores at age seven." Again from Parenting Inc by Pamela Paul.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under two be kept away from screen media.

Please think twice about buying DVDS for a baby or toddler. Do the research, it's not a good idea. Stick to the old fashioned toys that engage kids in creative play - blocks, balls etc.