Customer Reviews

Dora the Explorer - Rhymes and Riddles

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1 star:		(1)

 

 

My 2 year old daughter is a huge Dora fan, and she loves this DVD. The 4 episodes are very good, and include Dora had a little lamb, which is very entertaining, and deals with many of the nursery rhymes our kids see at preschool and look at in books.

The menu selection on the DVD is easy, though I wish there was a way to have the episodes repeat or go back to back with one another- when my Mom babysits, she has trouble turning the DVD on, so easier is always better.

The DVD also contains some interesting features, like games which I think will be good for my daughter when she gets a little older.

When I was researching Dora, I found so few reviewers with little boys that I almost didn't buy this DVD. I'm glad I did! My 18 month old little boy is all boy, and he loves Dora. So does my nephew. Yes, Dora is a girl; but the videos are not "girly". They are fun and engaging. I love that Dora uses Spanish frequently througout each episode. The episodes are fun and entertaining, but educational at the same time.
Try out Dora and I'm sure you'll be happy that you did.

This is yet another entertaining Dora video as Dora and Boots try to solve the silliest riddle. If you have a child who wants to "Watch Dora" all the time, even when the tv show is not on, get the DVDs...there are 4 episodes on one DVD. The Rhymes episode is really cute, although the original versions of some Mother Goose rhymes are altered slightly.

I got this for my daughter when she turned two, in a few months she was reciting the rhymes in the car. Dora is pretty amazing for kids, and for some crazy reason they love her! This is a great video that she never gets bored of watching. You learn rhymes and a little spanish at the same time!!

My 22-month-old granddaughter loves Dora, and she loves most of this video. The Humpty Dumpty scene either scares her or makes her really sad. After the scene where he falls, they show him in pieces with his four parts scattered all over the screen. She didn't react the first time she watched it. The second and third times she saw it, she started sobbing as it built up to the scene where he falls from the wall. I won't let her watch it again until she's a little older. I can't give anything that makes her cry like that a good rating. This is a baby who doesn't cry very often, and it was heartbreaking to watch her reaction.

I have one child with low attention span, and she's able to sit and watch this whole DVD without telling me to switch it to another DVD. Amazing!!! Must be very entertaining!!!

This video is great at teaching kids old nursery rhymes. If your child loves Dora as my son does, then this is a must have. The DVD also has 2 additional episodes.

My daughter is much like the granddaughter of the other person who commented on here about her being afraid of Humpty Dumpty. My 20 month old daughter usually LOVES Dora and drives me crazy begging to watch it every morning. She only gets 20ish minutes of TV a day, and Dora is the only thing she ever wants to watch. She learns a lot from it, so I don't mind her watching it at all... until the Little Lamb/Nursery Rhyme episode. She watched the part where Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, and she FREAKED when she saw him in pieces. She ran to the closest person to her (her Meme) and was crying, shaking from head to toe, pointing toward the TV, and hiding her face. I've never seen this typically happy child so absolutely terrified! It's been 24 hours, and she hasn't said a word about wanting to watch Dora again (very ususual for her). I hope this episode hasn't ruined the whole show for her. Hopefully it'll be better once she's older.

Other than that, there's nothing wrong with Dora. I just want to make sure that if your child is sensitive to something getting hurt you might want to watch his/her reaction to the episode with Humpty Dumpty.

My son loves Dora and has probably watched every Dora episode several times. I like it too because I think my son has learned a lot from watching Dora. The reason I gave this just one star is because this particular DVD is a big let down compared to other Dora episodes. I was hoping my son would learn some rhymes from this one. I was shocked to see that there was not even one complete rhyme in this DVD. It keeps from jumping from one rhyme to another without ever finishing it. There are other better Dora DVDs and please get those - but save your money and dont buy this particular one.

My 9 mon old daughter loves this video, and that's really the only thing that counts!