Customer Reviews

Rock 'N Learn:Colors, Shapes & Counting [VHS]

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My son is 2 years old and has been watching the video for a few months. His favorite part is the mixing of colors. He understands the concept and when he plays with paint or play-dough, he sings the video tunes: "blue and red mixed together, make the color purple". (early talker) My husband even walks around the house singing the colors and counting songs. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS! Great video and the kids actually learn from it.

We bought this video along with 3 other VHS tapes of the same company (Nursery Rhymes, Letter Sounds, Alphabet) when my Daughter was 21 months old. Even before turning 2, she started identifying some of the shapes, though she can't pronounce them well (retatangle, tiangle, okkagon etc) and she can identify and say red, yellow, blue, green, orange, white, black, brown, purple and pink.

She watched it numerous times a day. With this tape on, feeding time is so easy and quick.

My 4 and 2 year old boys borrowed this video from the library and went crazy over it. Now I'm buying it. The music is upbeat and the lyrics are catchy. Rarely do my boys talk/sing to a video, but they do to this one. The counting goes from 1 to 20 (most others only do 1-10). It includes the shapes from triangles to decogons (10-sided). The graphics are good too. I highly recommend this video.

My 4 year old son just told me "I really like the primary colors part, Mom".

My children ages 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 have been asking for this video over and over since they received it, they both love it and sit and sing the songs right along with it. This video is excellent for those who want their kids to learn more than just the basic shapes. My DH and I have even learned shapes we didn't know right off the top of our heads. I'm excited to think that my children will be able to identify a heptagon from a hexagon, and know the difference between an ellipse and an oval etc. etc. all before they even reach elementary school. I like how the video starts out with a catchy tune for colors that is very simple and moves along in difficulty until it reaches the various shapes and counting section where it moves to the names of shapes from squares all the way to the 10 sided decagon then it works on counting to 20 using colors and shapes. I highly recommend this video, it is a much better option than letting a child sit and watch 46 minutes of TV that does all the thinking for them and in the process basically puts their brain to sleep. There's no sleeping with this video, it is very visually stimulating. It would be a great tool for preschool teachers and daycare, as well as a wonderful tape for Grandma and Grandpa to keep on hand for those "long" babysitting days. And of course it is a great video for moms and dads to have on hand as well.

but truly, my daughter loved this video. it will make you, as a parent, a little nuts because of the music and repetitiveness, but honestly, my daughter went wild for it. At 18 months, she recognized colors and shapes (and I am NOT talking just circles and squares - she knew hexagons and ocatagons; she knew red and blue mixed togther make purple)... to the point where when she started pre-school the teachers were amazed-- she was doing a puzzle and said 'I need the trapezoid, please' (at 2 yrs 7 months) ... she knows the difference between an oval and an ellipse ... this video truly stimulated her!

My 4 year old and 2 year old have watched this video over and over. We've had it for approximately 2 years. My 2 year old especially loves it and it's very educational. She learned her colors, shapes and numbers early because of this video. I definitely recommend it.

I bought this video for my 2 year, 3 month old grandson and he absolutely loves it. I was amazed that he responded to it the way he did. When I ask him what he wants to watch the answer 9 times out of 10 is "color & shapes". Not only has he mastered almost all of the material on the tape he just loves to watch it over and over. We were putting his puzzles away the other day and there was a shape puzzle we were cleaning up. I was trying to put a pentagon shape in the wrong space and my grandson said, "no mom-mom, red octagon". He was right, I was flabbergasted. He's not even 2 1/2 yet!! I'm on line tonight to buy another Rock 'N Learn tape.

I bought this video over eight years ago for my niece. Now my kids are enjoying it. It is basic but that is just the way it should be sometimes.

I have two young boys, ages 2 and 3 1/2. I picked this video up since they are very in to colors and shapes and I wanted my older son to slow down when counting. They LOVE this video and can't get enough of it! It's great for both kids because the beginning is more basic and the ending advanced shapes section is more appropriate for my gifted older son. He likes to walk around the house telling me things like, "Mommy, a trapezoid is a triangle with the top cut off" and "A nonagon is a shape with nine sides." Buy this one for your kids!

Okay, we got this video and I thought it was awful, but what do I, as an adult, know!?! The kids (girl 4 and boy 2) loved it. AND after awhile it started to grow on me too.

Most importantly it accomplished its mission. My youngest who had previously shown no interest in colors and shapes --other than to jump and slide on them-- now knows his stuff. Not just circles and squares but octagons and hexagons too. In addition, it teaches how colors can be mixed to produce new colors.

Not the slickest graphics, but I definitely recommend this for action oriented learners who will sit still long enough for a video.