Product Details

• Actors: Steve Burns, Traci Paige Johnson, Donovan Patton, Courtney Taylor Burness, Nick Balaban
• Directors: Angela Santomero, Bruce Caines, Daniel Silverman, Dave Palmer, John Rowe
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nickelodeon Network
• VHS Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792153677
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,076 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The popular Nickelodeon Jr. show for the 2-4 age group does an excellent job of introducing simple vocabulary and numerical concepts in these two episodes. In the first, Steve and his dog Blue's house is labeled to discover what book Blue wants to have read to her. The labels (everything from "refrigerator" to "wall") are treated lightly, Steve mostly asking the audience to name the first letter of each word. Steve and Blue also work on constructing a simple sentence.

In the second episode, Blue wants to buy something. Simple counting games and a shopping trip to The Present Store make for a solid exploration of numbers. Addition, subtraction, and even fractions are on the menu. --Doug Thomas

From Parents' Choice®

Formula fare, but the well-paced combination of music and visuals will entertain and teach the little ones. A 1999 Parents' Choice® Approval. (Yvonne Coleman, Parents' Choice®)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely a must, September 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue's Clues - ABC's and 1,2,3's [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video has brought my son and I a lot of quality time together. We have the entire series. My son who is only 21 months old watches Blue and Steve all day long. With the counting and reading of this video, my child has delevoped much faster as far as language skills, especially since I speak to him in Portuguese and his dad in English. I believe this video along with the others in the series are a must for small children and I can testify that they don't have to be 2 to get started for my son has been watching it and loving it since he was 13 months old.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue's Clues ABC's and 123's - wonderful educational fun, February 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue's Clues - ABC's and 1,2,3's [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The entire Blue's Clues video series is a must have for any preschool age child. By focussing on specific concepts, in this case number and letter recognition, children learn fundamentals through repetition and creative, interactive game playing. The characters are adorable and innocent, and the children feel as though they have really accomplished something when told over and over that "they are really smart." I highly recommend this video (which I believe won the Parent's Choice Award) as well as all others in the series (Story Time, Arts and Crafts, Blue's Birthday and Rhythm and Blue).

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining & Educational!, March 21, 2000

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BLT (WILMINGTON, DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue's Clues - ABC's and 1,2,3's [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is one of my son's favorites! It really teaches them the alphabet, as well as how to count and even some simple math. It really keeps my 2 year olds attention, so much so that he really doesn't know that he is actually learning something while he is watching - thats the magic of this video. I thought it was much better than some of his Sesame Street videos that try to teach the same concepts. A must-have for your video library!