Product Details

• Actors: None
• Directors: Peter Jackson
• Format: Color, DVD, 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: TGG Direct
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AYL3A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,804 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Four puppets, plus Shelly the Nanny make for a treehouse full of fun for pre-schoolers or older math students. Enjoy the antics of Dicky Duck as he learns the basics of subtraction. Learn along with Slopasaurus Rex, Henny Higginlooper, or Arnold Schwartzenbull as Shelly the Nanny teaches subtraction skills at the intermediate or advanced learning level. Your child will easily climb to the top of the class after watching The Learning Treehouse: Subtraction. It makes learning fun!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational and Entertaining, September 27, 2007

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John Heggie (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning Treehouse: Pre School - Subtraction (DVD)

Great value. Very entertaining. Both my 4-year old and 2-year old are enjoying this DVD. They both have watched it several times since I bought it last week.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for young quick learners and the gifted!, December 12, 2010

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Thai4U n BBQ2 "SmokeInTheKitchen" (AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Learning Treehouse: Pre School - Subtraction (DVD)

While the material is dated to the VHS days of production, it has a level of creativity and interaction of the characters and concepts that is targeted for young children. I find the entire series excellent for young children. I give this series 5 stars because it entertains young kids from (2 years of age to probably 7 years of age), and they learn. Young children will laugh while watching the series. I think it is a great value for early math education, and I am glad these videos exist!

It uses a variety of puppet characters like Sesame Street, but don't expect the same level of quality as Sesame Street characters. We do find that Chef and Ducky are very entertaining. Each video subject will use different characters. The puppets interact with Shelly, who is the human instructor. She helps teach them how to use math, and she answers their questions. They discover how easy math is using visual aids, and real life objects as manipulatives such as, pizzas, milk cartons, cereal boxes, cookies, etc.

My kids are pre-K quick learners. If I had older children, I might be less impressed by this series, but still it is a very cheap investment struggling 1st-3rd graders. I do suspect if the child is having problems at their own grade level, this series could still be of some help. I can't really gaurantee it since our young children were very quick learners and they got the concepts before school. Other than this kind of learning style, one might consider something opposite such as Kumon which presents worksheets and practice exercises is a very progressive manner. Also, there is many free Internet learning sites for all math subject which I would add here, but Amazon doesn't like web links in reviews. Sorry.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I gave this away for free after one viewing, November 30, 2009

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Darlene "Jordan's Mommy" (Jordan's nursery, CT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Learning Treehouse: Pre School - Subtraction (DVD)

We hated this. Not much more I can say. The animation wasn't kid friendly, the lessons were not fun, and we just wouldn't watch it again. Gave it away for free to the local library!