Brainy Baby - French

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Studies show that children exposed to a second language during the first few years of life can more easily master the sounds of that language. Based on the concept of total language immersion, Brainy Baby: French is a commendable tool for those seeking bilingual enrichment for their youngsters. French is the sole language spoken through 45 minutes of instruction and live-action footage covering familiar objects, colors, numbers, and phrases. Words are repeated for reinforcement (and written on the screen for early readers), while classical music by Mozart and Vivaldi plays in the background. "chapters" selected from the DVD main menu allow wee ones to watch in small, digestible segments. Extra features include a French music video sing-along, interactive storybook, and hilarious baby bloopers. Such excellent, original offerings set this program apart from other bilingual language videos. The instruction is solid, the picture quality superb, and the interspersed frivolity reminds us that captivating kids is the ultimate goal of education. (Ages 2 to 5) --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews:

A Very Helpful Tool.......2007-04-27

My one year old daughter is currently learning French with a french teacher who comes to play for an hour a week. This DVD is proving to be very helpful in reinforcing the language during the rest of the week. Yes, it is true that the articles are not given with many of the words, but this should not be the only tool used for teaching your child another language. The images are beautiful and completely capture my daughter's attention. I am very happy with it!

Just a suggestion.......2006-11-16

I saw this product and was instantly interested and excited. That is, till I read the reviews, which lead me to investigate Netflix to see if they carried it since I know none of the local rental stores have this series. Netflix does carry this line of dvds enabling one to rent it and test it first before buying. I, like many other parents, want the best educational products for my children to learn and grow and be exposed to culture and other languages; therefore, I believe being able to read reviews, getting other parents' and educators' opinions, and test products before buying is essential! I plan on testing this product and then most likely purchasing a few from this series of Brainy Baby dvds, as I already have all the Baby Einstein dvds that my children still love (1 & 2 1/2). I hope this was at least a little help to someone out there and I will leave another review after I've actually seen the dvd.
Merci- Susan

Try it - it's okay.......2006-02-24

This item is definitely more useful than it is not. After only 3 viewings, my almost 3-year could count to 20 in French and his 20-month-old brother started labelling objects in French. I was amazed as French will be their third language.

My only reservation now is that I do hear the non-French accent coming out when they speak. My French is very good, but of course they think the DVD's perfect and don't think Mom knows what she's talking about! So, I'm looking for a slightly more advanced product geared towards young pre-schoolers...

Baby W loves this DVD.......2006-01-05

I started playing this DVD for my son when he was six months old, I thought he would be too young for it but he just loved it. When he was learning to crawl and walk between 7-11 months he lost interest in all his Einstein DVD's but this one would rivet him and still does - he is now 15 mths and watches it at least 4-5 times a week and definately understands quite a bit of French (he has said Un and held up one finger many times without being taught by me, he has yet to say one) and it has given me the confidence to use words from the Dvd when pointing to objects in his books such as un homme de neige and lunnettes de soleil. I agree the speaker's accent is not French and it would be better to introduce the words with their articles but the DVD is still a success particularly for families that do not speak French fluently. I would definately like to see more DVD's that teach languages to pre-schoolers with an emphasis on more traditional French childrens songs. I highly, highly recommend the CD "Baby's first steps in French" if only this was available as a DVD.

pretty good.......2006-01-02

My son is 14 months, and is learning english, french and chinese at the same time. He already sits through the entire video as he is engrossed by it. It really helps that the images are REAL and not animation or puppets that babies don't relate to! For a beginner french for babies, it is fine, although, yes, there are a few mistakes, (i am from Quebec), but not enough to make any real difference for babies to learn french. I like that the ENTIRE video is to TEACH french, and Baby Einstein is mainly images and music, NOT enough spoken french at ALL. I am finding trouble finding ANTOHER dvd like Brainy Baby. I would like more of these.

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