Customer Reviews

Baby's First Words in Chinese

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My two-year-old daughter is in Mandarin class and so I was hoping for some music for her to listen to at home. I was uncertain of buying this without hearing it first, but was very pleasantly surprised that the music was so beautiful. It is really pleasant to listen to. I can't say that this will help your child speak Chinese, but it does help reinforce the sounds of the language and the tones, which being so different from English, will help your child later on if they decide to learn a foreign language. I find myself singing along to this CD even though I don't know what most all of it means. The songs begin with easy Chinese and then increase in complexity, so as your child learns the language they will understand more and more of it, which is nice. I was pleased that my daughter was being exposed to the sounds and tonal patters of Chinese (I hear Chinese sounding words and intonations out of her regularly now), but, for me personally, I found myself extremely relieved that not only was this not another really annoying children's music CD, but something I myself really enjoy listening to because the music is so pretty. I definitely think this is worth the money I paid for it!

I love this method. Not long ago, I purchased the French one and when I realized my kids (3 & 18 months) were singing and counting in french by the fisrt month, I decided to buy the chinese one. It has been three days since we listen to it and already they try to repeat the songs. The songs and rhymes are so catchy and fun, I myself want to learn chinese.

This CD is outstanding for many reasons. The audio is clean & clear. The vocals and instrumentation are very good. The children's rhymes/songs actually heard in China today. The pronunciation/diction is clear AND the enclosed booklet includes lyrics in PINYIN and English translation.
This is one CD that is helping my 3 year old and me learn more & more Mandarin.

I bought this CD/Book looking for a way to introduce my 3 year old son to Chinese sounds. Both my husband and I are non-native Chinese speakers and hope our son has a better accent than we do. We love this book and CD. The songs and sayings are great and our son loves listening to the CD. And my husband and I enjoy the pamphlet that accompanies the CD that has each track in pinyin and with the English translation. This is perfect for parents who don't read Chinese, but still want to introduce their children to the language.

A lot of research about the linguistic development of babies goes into Living Language's Baby First Words products. In this CD, the sounds of the Chinese language are presented through poems and traditional Chinese songs. It is easy on the ears and well produced. While this is geared at 0-2 year olds,I would also recommend it for older kids. My son is 3 and he has definitely picked up on the songs and words.

This CD has great audio quality and great content. My girls like it just fine. I didn't give it 5 stars because I feel, as a native Chinese Madarin speaker, some of the musical arrangements are kind of weird. Also, some of the nursery rhymes that I grew up with are butchered (either incomplete or completely changed). But overall, it's a great first CD for the little ones to be exposed to the language.

This is a GREAT product. I am really impressed. Even though the product is intended for 0-2 year olds, I bought it for my 26 month old son who has a mandarin-speaking babysitter. I am so happy I did. The CD is basically what I hoped for. Lots of great songs and rhymes, but what I didn't expect was how great the booklet that accompanies it would be. It shows how well researched and organized they were when they put this product together. I have been teaching Chinese graduate students English as a Second Language for 10 years and I'm convinced if they had had this product as babies and toddlers their perception and production of English would be better today. You will not be disappointed!

This CD is peaceful and lovely to listen to. We do not speak Chinese but after reading that babies lose the ability to hear certain sounds in languages by 10 months, I decided to try playing this CD for my daughter. She is only 2.5 months old now, so no word on her ability to speak Chinese yet, but after playing this CD about 3 times a week since she's been born I noticed that I have picked out Chinese language when I've heard it in pubic and have really been able to focus deeply on the language. I think it's great!

This is an excellent CD. It's easy to listen to. The kids love it and have learned from it. Two thumbs up!

This is a nice little CD to play while your child is in the room. My five-month old seems to enjoy listening to it, and my wife, who is from China, enjoys singing along with the CD to our child. I am looking forward to seeing how she responds as she gets older.