Customer Reviews

Brainy Baby - Animals [VHS]

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My daughter loved this video because it was more visual than a book and more close-up & varied than a zoo could be. She watches it over and over again as she keeps seeing things she didn't notice the last time. What more could a parent ask for than a video that lights a fire in your child?! This video has spurred her on to finding out more about these and other creatures in the Wild Kingdom!

As all the Brainy Baby products, the Animals video actually TEACHES your child while entertaining them. I especially like the fact that all the Brainy Baby videos are 45 minutes long (about 20 minutes longer than most popular videos). We have all the others..... but Brainy Baby is simply the best. It's longer (for the same price), it has solid educational content (so baby really learns something) and it uses real life images (no puppets or animation). They really do have the winning combination. I only wish I had not spent all the money on the other brand of videos. If I had to do it all over again, I would just buy the Brainy Baby series. They have all the bases covered.

Pleeeeeease get this one instead! I have seen all of the Einstein videos--just no comparison! This company doesn't seem to have as much publicity but the content in this video is superior.

My friends were surprised when we were watching a movie and my daughter correctly identified an orangutan! She wasn't even two yet, but she had been watching this video! This is a fun video and very captivating! Children just love animals, and this video has a calming affect on my daughter, this is the first thing we get out if she needs soothing. It obviously does stimulate the brain as she gets a thrill out of naming the animals as they appear on screen. She knows more animals than her friends in the same age group. There are great shots taken at the zoo, as well as more common household pets too.

This video begins with kids at a petting zoo and the song Old MacDonald. My 16 month old daughter loved the puppies.

After this song they say the Animal Alphabet with each letter on a block with a drawing of an animal on the block. Then they show animals in different groups such as: Horns & Hooves, Furry Faces (our favorite), Fins & Flippers, Beautiful bugs and Wonderful Wings.

They will say the name of each animal and the word is on the screen. Often an interesting animal fact is given such as a cow having 4 stomachs for digestion, when pigs get hot they roll in the mud, a horses feet are called hooves, etc. They also have a section with unusual animals. Then they tell what babies animals are called, such as baby pigs are piglets, baby dogs are puppies, etc. They tell what some groups of animals are called, such as a group of giraffes is called a herd, a group of monkeys is called a troop, etc. Sometimes kids make animal noises which is a bit annoying to me (too loud!). Sometimes kids are crawling around in animal costumes. All together, they show about 60 animals (including the bugs).

The one thing I really didn't like about the video (besides the loud animal noises from the kids) is the song at the very end. It's called "Animal Talk". It's very, very hard to understand what the guy is singing. I even rewound the video several times and really had to listen hard to understand maybe half of it. Instead of singing, "A cat says meow" he sings, "Chelsea says meow". All the animals in the song have names and a lot of them I can't understand what he's saying and he sings it quite fast. I think this could be very confusing to a small child. Why would they sing, "Chelsea says meow" while seeing a cat? The child is supposed to just know that this particular cats name is Chelsea?? It just doesn't make sense to me. From now on, when my child watches this video, I'll stop it before it starts this annoying ending song.

FYI, Baby's First Impressions Animals (BFI) is almost the exact same thing as this Brainy Baby Animals (BB). BFI is now BB so there are many of the exact same scenes in both (same kids in costumes, same kids making the annoying animal sounds, etc). I guess I'd say that BB is a little better because the animals are shown in groups and they have the interesting facts. In BFI the animals are kind of all just mixed up (no catagories). I decided to keep BB Animals and sell my BFI Animals since there is no reason to keep both. BB Animals started out doing a better job at improving the BFI Animals but then they blew it with the stupid song at the end. Could have done without that. Please read more of my reviews.

Our boys love to imitate the animals in this video and our daughter just wants to 'pet them'. They pull out books looking for more about their favorite animals and they also like to practice drawing them in their habitat. There are alot of animals shown in the 45 minutes and the camera shots are beautiful and make you feel like you are there. A wonderful education about animals which leaves my children wanting to learn more!

My kids love this video. They stay glued to it for the entire 45 minutes. What a nice break for me! It shows a great variety of animals, great songs, and is very entertaining. The kids ask for it all the time (even my 6 year old!) I highly recommend it, along with the other Brainy Baby videos.

My baby wouldn't watch this for more than one minute! I hated the use of animals in cages, and thought the quality of the footage was just terrible. Very amature.