Customer Reviews

Early Start Mandarin Chinese with Bao Bei the Panda Volume 1: Colors and Animals

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My 3 year old loves both dvds! She keeps asking for Bao Bei! I've heard her say things in Chinese around the house. I know she's definitely learning, and she's having fun while she's doing it. I don't expect her to be fluent in Chinese by watching a couple of dvds, but I think her pronunciation is quite good and this is a great introduction. Hope they come out with more.



I thought my 5 year old would be too old for this dvd, but she loved it! The colorful dvd really captures her attention. She seems to really enjoy watching the panda. There's the right amount of repetition of the words. Seems like she's picking up some words!

I bought this DVD thinking that my daughter (22 months) would love it, since she loves "Baby Learns Chinese" DVD. But I was disappointed. She is not interested in this DVD at all. I am also not happy that it has both English and Chinese. It would be more effective if it is ALL in Chinese. Children learn best if they are totally immersed in the language. I speak both English and Chinese, and the "Baby Learns Chinese" DVD definitely has better pronounced Chinese. Baby Learns Chinese 1

I wish these videos were sold as a set. Our family loves watching all of the Bao Bei DVDs. We're all picking up a lot of Chinese. Our kids don't even realize that they're watching something educational. They just want to watch Bao Bei over and over again. They laugh a lot while watching and repeat the Chinese words and phrases. We really like the glossaries at the end of the 3rd and 4th videos. The moving mouth has helped my wife and me a lot with pronuncation.

This DVD was colorful and slow-moving. It was great for me, an adult who knows not-a-word in Chinese. My son, 3-years-old, could have used a faster pace. With English translation, it was a non-threatening way to learn four colors: red, green, blue and yellow; four animals: dog, cat, duck and rabbit; and a handful of useful phrases. New words were repeated often and clearly. And, for the adults, I loved the section at the end which gave the phonetic spelling for the Chinese words and phrases.

I am a Chinese American while my husband is Caucasian. Although we speak English at home, we really want our daughters to be able to speak Mandarin as well. The Bao Bei videos have been great and definitely a hit in our home. My almost 3 year old is always asking to watch Bao Bei and my 10 month old is fascinated by the colors and characters in the videos.

What's most fascinating is that my almost 3 year old now can name all the colors as well as count in Mandarin. If you are a parent and want your kids exposed to and learn Mandarin Chinese, definitely get all the Bao Bei video series!

My almost 3 year old son loves this dvd and requests to watch it quite a lot. we've only had it a month but he's already pick up quite a lot of the vocab. i think it would be more helpful if the pronunciation vocab at the end was put at the bottom of the screen or after each word rather than right at the end so that a connection can be made between the spoken and written aspect of the language - which is why I've only given 4/5.

I've seen a lot of language videos, of various languages, and this one spends a little too much time teaching the name of the puppet, etc., and similar administrative things that have no language value. All in all it's good, though. It kept my kids' attention, which is important. It's just not one of the best that I have seen.

Good introduction but my 8 year old was bored. The 9 month old was intrigued however. I enjoyed that the words were spelled out in close proximity to its use, and repeated. I know my colors in Mandarin Chinese now too!

This DVD is fun and not overwhelming for my two-year-old and my four-year-old. Bao Bei definitely captures their attention (and affection!!) and inspires my children to repeat words and phrases in Chinese. I think that this is a perfect introductory series for English-speaking children. I have tried other DVDs, which had WAY too much information for kids and were too much like drills. The kids in this video are multi-ethnic and of various ages, which I really appreciate. My kids adore Bao Bei and her cricket friend. The quality of this series is tops!

I am so excited to hear about the release of the next DVDs. So glad you are doing these... I bought some "other" DVDs but nothing compares to the quality of yours!