Question by Insert Original Nickname Here™: Baby Einstein, baby signs?
Has anyone shown their little one this DVD? If so, do you think your child picked up on it at all? My son is 14 months old (12 corrected) and was more into the Baby Mozart and Bach then any of the more age appropriate DVDs.
Please try and keep the “TV is the devil” speeches to yourselves if you’re a mother against TV. Thanks~
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Answer by Steve T
Why show them those things when they’ve been shown to have the opposite effect of what they claim? They make the little ones less likely to learn. It sounds like you already know that.
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LOL tv isn’t the devil. But at that age their attention span might not be what it needs to be to really get anything from it. However I don’t think it would hurt.
Well I am not a mother but my aunt has a daughter that watched Baby Einstein and later proceeded to cut her own hair (she’s six now) break a priceless china doll given to her by her biological mother. =)
My kids have a bunch of those Baby Einstein DVDs and love them. My youngest was 2 when he first saw it and yes he definitely picked up on it. We had already been using some basic signs like “hungry” & “drink” so he was really tickled to see other kids using it and to learn more. Baby Mozart saved my sanity when my firstborn was inconsolable. Nothing I did quieted him so in desperation I plopped him down in his bouncy seat and turned it on; instant quiet! They were wonderful for letting me get some housework done and I enjoyed the music as well.
I haven’t. I thought about it, but I figured I could teach my daughter her own signs. She is 7 months old and just by watching her and paying close attention, I know what she needs or wants. It seems like by the time we’re supposed to start showing those DVDs, they can start communicating on their own.
Try Galloping Minds DVDs – They have Alphabet, Phonics, Numbers, Animals, Spanish and a few more. They also have age appropriate Flash Cards. I used these for my kids – they quite enjoyed them!
Here’s the website: http://www.gallopingminds.com
Heres a discounted website:
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I was playing some of those baby einstein shows to my 6-month old until I read an article saying that they’re detrimental to the development of a child under the age 2. So I’m shelving the videos for now and focusing on teaching him myself.
The only sign we do is the one for ‘bottle.’ We make the sign like we’re milking a cow, and do it every single time we give him a bottle. He’ll probably be talking before he picks that up.
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