Customer Reviews

Brainy Baby: Right Brain

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Since she was 3 weeks old, my now 17-month old daughter has been watching the Baby Einstein series (we have Baby Mozart, Einstein, Doolittle, and Santa). These "video board books" have been the only ones that she will sit still and watch for more than a few minutes. Then, upon a recommendation contained in a negative review of the new Baby Newton (which I decided not to buy), I purchased Brainy Baby-Right Brain.

What a difference! This is a fantastic video and from the first moment, my daughter was glued to the TV. The concept of Brainy Baby is similar to Baby Einstein, and there are the familiar elements of puppets, toys, classical music, etc. However, unlike Baby Einstein, there are a lot of children with varying ethnicities, and not just the same images of Julie Clark's blond kids and their friends. There is a little narration every now and then to help teach vocabulary like "bear," clouds," red," "blue", etc. Finally, at about 45 minutes long, you get 20 more minutes of video for about the same price of Baby Einstein.

Although I am still a Baby Einstein fan (esp. Baby Santa), I gotta admit that the Brainy Baby series is terrific. If I had started out on Brainy Baby to begin with, I may not have bothered with Baby Einstein. I am looking forward to purchasing the rest of this series.

I come from a Montessori background and have very high standards regarding my child's education. I am discriminating about what I expose her to. The formative years are a crucial time in every child's development. As parents, we have choices about what we present to our children. Introduce your baby to shapes and geometric forms, and motion! Show them examples of colors and the mixture of blue and yellow turning green! Gaze into the clouds, and find forms with your infant! In this video you can do all this. See computer animations of a ball that changes color as it bounces. Watch your child squeal as a brightly colored windmill toy spins two wheels in two opposite directions at once. The video has a peek-a-boo bear, and has simple toys like a jack in the box, but also extraordinary spinning objects and shapes. As a toddler my daughter was enthralled with the brightly colored balls spinning around, apparently while on springs. Now that she is three years old, she enjoys the more cognitive lessons in the video (even though it is all review for her!). It is a good primer for colors. Also there is an introduction to shapes, rhyming, introduction to written words, and animals like fish, cat, and dog. We learn shapes like star, square, circle, and triangle. This tutoring comes in short segments and is presented within lots of captivating images. We learn animal shapes and common items like house, car, boat, teddy bear etc. A gentle voice introduces us to basic vocabulary, shapes, colors and asks fun questions about what we are seeing as well. We see paint colors mix to make secondary colors. The point is that there is so much education in this video, as well as interesting images. Some of the images are so interesting they seem to hypnotize. We see stacking cups that fit inside one another. We see a puzzle taken a part and put back together. We see the workings of gears, the way a ball spins, falls, rolls down ramps. There are lots of smiley faces! Be dazzled by droplets of water falling through a maze of pegs, and toys that perform a wide variety of all types of spinning and motion. These are all visual demonstrations of motion and physics. You will hear the names of colors as they are painted on paper and then see more paintings until one of them is transformed in to a real flower. See finger painting and many art projects in this video that you can do at home, when your little one is old enough. No longer do parents have to tolerate the use of mindless videos to "occupy" they young ones. This is not anything like what the competition has to offer! We now have the opportunity to actually EDUCATE our babies with a video. The child will LEARN something while watching this. I have seen no other product on the market that goes to such lengths to inform and educate babies as the Brainy Baby products do. If you care about CONTENT, then get this video! This is a revolutionary product that gives you the tools to begin educating your child at a young age.

Our family has both the Brainy Baby series and the baby einstein videos. Brainy Baby simply beats Baby Einstein hands down! Most reviews (and everyone that we talk to) give Brainy Baby a 5 star rating. There may be a few moms that disagree, but I seriously question their judgement! The Brainy Baby series is most certainly worth the investment. As a mom, here is what I would tell you: If you put a Baby Einstein video in the VCR, what does your child learn?... that's right... NOTHING! Just pretty pictures. If your child watches Brainy Baby, they actually LEARN their ABC's, 123's, Colors, etc. as well as being entertained with BEAUTIFUL images! (Not to mention that Brainy Baby is 50% longer than Einstein for the same price). Brainy Baby has not only taught our 17 month old daughter the ENTIRE alphabet, but it has been a lifesaver for my sanity too! I can't imagine any home without Brainy Baby.

My 9-month old watched Baby Mozart every morning for the past 5 months, and refused to watch any of the other videos in that series. I thought he might finally be getting bored with it, so I decided to give Brainy Baby a try based on the reviews here. I couldn't believe how much he enjoys it!

He doesn't kick his feet and smile like he does with Baby Mozart. Instead, he watches the screen very intently. It's as if he really understands it and is getting smarter as he watches. I can see the wheels turning in that right brain of his! He seems to concentrate very hard while watching this video and does not want to be distracted. For that and the extra 15 minutes it gives me over Baby Mozart, I am very very thankful.

While many people are bashing this video, I seem to have no problem with it. Teaching your baby is the best thing that a parent can do. I only look to the TV as entertainment for my children, not as a babysitter or a teacher. I believe that is the problem with most people complaining that the video doesn't keep their children entertained while they do housework etc. Others complain that the voice is annoying it all depends on who is listening to it, it is not for adults it is for children. I own a large daycare, and I have had parents lend me their videos for my "movie time Fridays", and I have found that different children respond to different things. Children who are less hyper tend to keep their attention focused than their hyperactive counterparts. I believe that this video is a great buy for certain types of children, if you think that your child is a child who would like what is shown on this video then purchase it. A good way to find out about the video before you buy it is to rent it from you local library if there is a program like that in your city. Otherwise read the ratings, because unlike bad carseats, video responses vary from child to child. As far as it not being Baby Einstein, uh, duh, I think anyone who looks at the cover could see that. READ THE COVER.

Wow, what an excellent DVD! Since the first time we put it on for our 20 months old daughter, she has been hooked to it. This is an excellent DVD for kids starting from 6 months. Lots and lots of color and classical music keep the kid busy constantly. The combination of colors, objects and music greatly enhances their ability to think and relate to everyday things. I highly recommend this to all parents. My wife found out about this while searching for Baby Einstein DVD.

I just can't say enough good things about the Brainy Baby series of videos and toys. I have allowed my baby to watch one Brainy Baby video per day since he was about 6 months old. He loves them. And I love being able to have a few minutes to clean my kitchen. :) As soon as the Brainy Baby theme music comes on he starts to smile. He is captivated. I like them much more than the Baby Einstein videos.

And the toys.......he LOVES them. "Hello, Brainy Baby!" They are the most loved and most used toys in his toy box. I have to keep an extra stash of batteries just to make sure that they are all working all the time.

We love Brainy Baby at our house.

The parent reviewers who think this series is "just copying Baby einstein" have got it all wrong - I've had this Left Brain/Right Brain set (on VHS) since BEFORE the BE videos came out, and they have always been my children's favorites. What we like about them is that they are intelligent and are always teaching something, as opposed to the einstein which is just mindless (if colorful) entertainment. My pre-schooler has grown from these infant-videos on up the series to the Shapes & Colors, Art & Music, Animals, and other Brainy Baby videos for older kids, and now my 1-year old is growing into a Brainy Baby, herself! How many 18-month olds can tell you what an orangutan is, or the difference between a circle and an oval, or that the color of our van is "silver?" My son could - from watching these videos! We love 'em - you will too!

My son has grown up on Baby Einstein and was captivated by them but now that he is 22 months old and talking he prefers the the Brainy Baby Right Brain over any of his Baby Einstein. He will sit and watch most of this video which is a feat for him because he is very active. I have just ordered 2 more of the Brainy Baby videos from Amazon and hope they are as enjoyable as Right Brain.

My daughter loves this tape! From the very first time we viewed it, she was enthralled! The colors are very vivid, the images are imaginative and educational.