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Pocket Snails: Potty Adventure

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Pocket Snails Potty Adventure: Potty Training in Easy to Follow Steps for Boys & Girls is a digitally mastered, Hi-Fi stereo DVD for children ages 2 and up, created to help children make the transition from diapers to potty. The friendly, animated pocket snails guide young Jake and his little sister Wendy step by step through the potty process with the aid of the "Potty Steps Map", included inside the DVD case. Friendly encouragement, emphasis on proper hygiene, and a wealth of extras including sing-along songs, a music player, and a blooper reel make for an invaluable parental and teaching aid. 30 minutes, color.

I have 2 sons - 2 years 4 months, and 9 months old. I bought this, and "Go Potty Go" for my 2 year old. He (and us, his parents) much prefer "Go Potty Go." I reviewed that product and say more about it in that review, giving it 5 stars. I think this one is less successful for us for a few reasons - one, it focuses only on potty chairs, and we use the potty seat on the toilet. That's significant because they provide a "map" which gives instructions on what you need to do to use the potty. The map is wordless - pictures only of the steps you must take when you want to use the potty. At least one step on the map is not applicable, then, for my kid - which is to get the parent to dump out the waste from the chair into the toilet. And this is significant because I think the map was my kid's favorite thing. He followed the map along with the movie - without help - the very first time he saw the movie. I think he would use the map all on its own if it were more applicable to his situation. I don't think that my son was so great on the snails, nor on the British accents of the voices in the film, but of course, I cannot tell that for sure because my son didn't tell me this. (But he was singing the songs from "Go Potty Go" immediately after seeing that film once.) Some reviews here said that Potty Adventure worked well with older toddlers resistant to potty training - perhaps it's because my son is working on this at a younger age that he is not so into this film. I would more strongly recommend "Go Potty Go" if you're getting started with potty training with a two year old.

We were borrowing this movie from the library. My 2 year old daughter loved it so much I decided to buy a copy so she would have the map. The steps are simple, easy to follow. The music is catchy but not annoying. I think it is a great tool for getting kids interested in using the potty.

This video got the job done. My son was potty trained within a week from watching it.

I have checked out every potty video our library has (I think about 12 or 13) and this is the best one I have seen so far. It's British which threw me a little at first, but it was the most straightforward approach I have seen which was refreshing. It's a little cheesily animated, but its tone is friendly and repetitive without getting boring. So many of the movies we have seen are just loaded with endless songs about being a big kid; potty instruction is either secondary or practically subliminal. This one gives you the basics and then goes over them in different ways. And my daughter liked it; she kept asking to watch the snails.

Very well done video and helpful for those parents and grandparents who want to convey the specific issues in potty training. The snails are cute, the songs really cute and it clearly has been a hit with my grandchild. She loves to watch it and it truly was helpful in teaching her how to use the potty!

My son (2 1/2) has been watching this repeatedly and opens the "potty steps map" and follows along when they refer to it during the video. This video is a great step for beginners because it identifies everything during the potty-training process and offers encouragement and explains that it will take time to learn. They also go over the steps repeatedly, so at the end when they ask what you do at each step, my son can identify the correct picture at the bottom before they give the answer. It gives the usual names of "pee and poop" but offers other names and suggests that your family may use a different name for them.

The one thing I did not like about the video (the reason for 4 stars and not 5) is that they show diapers at the end! Even though they are saying "good-bye diapers" and "you're a big kid" my son pointed to the television and said he wanted a diaper on. I had to explain to him that we are saying goodbye to the diapers (which eventually disappear) but it was still a bit confusing. He's a pretty sharp kid, like most 2 1/2 year old kids are so it wasn't a matter of not understanding the concept of saying good-bye to diapers. Even though I didn't like this part at the end, I would recommend this video to parents who want to introduce potty training to their toddler.

This is a stupid video, very low budget. My daughter got nothing out of of and is just board watching it. Please do not waste your money