Customer Reviews

Dr. Seuss's ABC [VHS]

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This video is wonderful for teaching beginning phonics, and lots of fun as well! Also great are: So Smart: All About Letters (great for teaching letter sounds, names of the letters can come after sounds are learned), So Smart: All About Shapes (great for concepts and sight words). Once letter sounds are learned and your child is recognizing words, Hop on Pop (Dr. Suess) is also wonderful! (Yes, I'm a teacher!) The "Your Baby Can Read" video is also good for toddlers/preschoolers when part of a broader program teaching phonics. Enjoy!

This video is the worst I have ever purchased. My 2-yr old sondoes not even enjoy it. It is basically just pictures from classicDr. Suess books with an occasional unrealistic animation. The reader's voice is dull. You can read these books to your child and it will be much better! We love Dr. Suess, so we were very disappointed with the low quality of this video.

My son loved his Dr. Seuss books so much we decided to try a video. We chose this one because he was working on his ABCs at the time. He LOVES it! I see other reviewers haven't cared for the nonsensical ABCs, but our son's highest rave is "silly", and he loves to play with letters and words (think of Raffi's "Apples and Bananas" song). His favorite part is the Mr. Brown segment, which he watches while reading along in his own Mr. Brown book. Yes, it is more of a video of still pictures, but so are many of our older Richard Scarry videos, and he loves those as well - I think of it as strengthening his attention span. I would recommend this video for those children who already love their Dr. Seuss books, and for parents who prefer non-battery operated toys - it is classic, it is simple, and it is effective.

This video was not animated like the classic Chuck Jones features such as "The Cat In The Hat" and "The Grinch". My daughter was rather disappointed to see the camera scanning over pages of the books she already owns along with paper cutouts of the characters floating around as a cheap replacement for animation. We give this video a thumbs down.

My toddler asks to watch this video almost every day! He loves it and always brings me his "Mr. Brown can MOO" book to read after watching it! (He's also learning lots of great phonics!)

My daughter loves the book, so I decided to try the video and am very pleased that I did. She always points to the television asking for the "ABC" show. I think what makes this video so enjoyable is its simplicity. The animation is very minimal and the same illustrations from the original book are used in it. I have noticed that many of those who have reviewed Dr. Seuss videos feel that the lack of "cartoon" quality and simple style are detrimental to their children's viewing pleasure. This video is a far cry from a "Blues Clues" or "Elmo's World" but that, I believe, is its main strength. If your children enjoy the book, I believe they will enjoy the video.

My toddler can't get enough of Dr. Seuss's ABC book. The video does a great job of reinforcing what the book is teaching. Not only does my baby hear the book being read in a whole new voice, but the words & letters appear on the screen in sync w/the narration.
The other 2 stories on the video aren't done as well in that the text never appears on screen.
But it was worth purchasing for the ABC story alone. Just consider the other stories as bonus "cartoons." The verses are still Dr. Seuss after all!

this is a wonderful introduction to the alphabet and different sounds of words. dr. seuss's rhymes are so enjoyable and entertaining--as well as witty and smart. my son always giggles at the word combinations and the funny rhymes. highly recommended!

Very fun to read and listen to (cassette tape.) END

This video just had too much nonsensical rhyming stuff over and over and over. My twins tuned it right out. I myself couldn't take it after just 5 minutes so how can I expect my babies to? After a while all the made-up words and names start to reallly bug you. Maybe in book format it's not so bad but this was just overkill . . .