Product Details

• Actors: Melissa Neumann, Lita Crichton, Jared Donnelly, Miles Donnelly
• Directors: Melissa Neumann
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: The First Wave, LLC
• DVD Release Date: November 15, 2004
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002T46FY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,785 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful way to learn through entertainment, September 17, 2004

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wendybean (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals (DVD)

I watched this DVD with my two sons, ages 4 years and 6 mos. My younger son was entertained by the Starlets and I even caught him laughing when something on the screen delighted him. (Incidentally, I've tried a Baby Einstein or two with both my babies and they never seemed to enjoy them. So I was so pleasantly surprised to see the positive reaction with Fundamentals.) My 4 year old son was equally entranced with the DVD and watched it 3x in one sitting. He is working at preschool on putting concepts together (two red cars, three blue carts, etc.) and having that reiterated was very interesting to him.

I think that this is a terrific DVD for kiddos to learn in so many ways. The sing-song repetition and the friendly narrator are inviting as well so the kids stick with it and inevitably learn through this unique method. I highly recommend this DVD to help children understand more about this wonderful world of ours.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive DVD for Toddlers/Preschoolers, March 18, 2006

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Just Angela (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals (DVD)

I bought this DVD for my 2 and 3 year old boys and was very impressed. It's not flashy and polished, but it effectively teaches the basics (shapes, colors, large and small, letters etc.) My boys were not only watching, but also interacting. We just received it today and I'm looking forward to playing it for them once a day.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There is So Much Better Out There, March 19, 2006

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D. Mahon "obsessivereader" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals (DVD)

Based on the reviews, I purchased this DVD and was really diappointed. Like a lot of the reviews I felt that my son was getting a little beyond the Baby Einstein DVDs. This DVD is really unpolished and the women in the upper left hand corner is really distracting for my son. Additionally, the pace is a bit fast. By this I mean that the woman in the upper left hand corner of the screen repeats what's going on in the screen but she does it really fast and the item in the main screen is flashed. I'm pretty quick, but watching the DVD with my child I though the items were flashing quickly so I can only imagine that my child wasn't getting it either. Five minutes into it, my son got up and left. Such a disappointment and a waste of money. The preschool prep DVDs are so much better, but unfortunately there are only 3 of them (shapes, numbers and letters).