Baby Genius: Favorite Children's Songs

I got this for my 18-month-old granddaughter for Christmas. Right from her first viewing, she was hooked! She has sat and watched it quietly for 20 minutes at a pop, which any parent/grandparent can tell you is unusual. Toddlers of that age are busy, busy, busy, flitting from one activity to the next. But she will sit mesmerized while watching the video, which shows young children engaged in various activities, such as singing, dancing, doing cartwheels,marching, and playing on playgrounds. The songs are instantly recognizable, such as Pop Goes The Weasel, Do You Know The Muffin Man?, Yankee Doodle, and The Wheels On The Bus. These are classics for a reason; they're catchy and singable.But I believe the most compelling reason that it has made such a hit with her is that the filming is done in relatively short clips, for the most part. The camera moves from subject to subject, staying around 3 seconds or so. This creates less potential for boredom for toddlers. Plus, there is a variety of bright colors that also keep attention. There are some cartoon characters, adorable animals that drop in throughout, including one sketch of DJ the dinosaur conducting some of the others, while singing clever words to Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," so that your toddler even gets a smattering of things classical.It's clear that the producer of this video knew what toddlers like, and what will stimulate toddler thought processes. I'm sure my granddaughter will be watching this over and over for a very long time.

I'm the mommy of twin 19 month old boys and they love the Baby Genius "song" DVDs. They don't really like tv which isn't the result of anything I've done or not done, they're just always moving and won't stay still long enough to notice most things on tv. However, they love to dance along with the songs on the Baby Genius DVDs.I spent a small fortune on 8 Baby Einstein DVDs and have been trying repeatedly for the past 14 months to get the boys interested in them. They could care less about those but they fell instantly in love with the Baby Genius Nursery Rhymes DVD the first time I put it in (they were 13 months old at the time) Baby Genius Favorite Nursery Rhymes w/bonus Music CD The animation is simple on this DVD and I get sick of the songs on this one, but my boys love this DVD and that's what counts.**I highly reccommend the Baby Genius DVDs with songs for any little ones that love to dance around. Not only are they cheaper than the Baby Einstein DVDs but they come with a bonus CD!**

My kid was minorly distracted by this. The muffin man was awesome. I felt kinda bad for him because it looked so awkward for him to do the scenes, but he powered through it and I get a kick out of his performance. This wasn't for me though, it was for my kid and she was pretty indifferent to the muffin man. I'll show it to her again when she's old enough to appreciate it.As a baby distraction, the Baby Einstein series worked quite a bit better. If you can get this on the cheap it wouldn't be horrible to add it to the distraction rotation.Would have only given it 3 stars, but it has a 'Repeat Play' function that some baby video's lack that's worth a star.

We just got this dvd and my 7 month old seems to enjoy it. My 3 year old daughter and some of her friends (ages 2-3) watched the whole thing. My 7 month old will watch only about 1/4 of the dvd before she loses interest. This seems to be a bigger hit with the slightly older crowd. My baby will watch the entire baby einstein baby bach dvd, so that series seems to be better for the babys if you have chores you have to do. I like that this comes with a cd, we listen to it in the play room, or in the car, overall a good dvd.

This is a cute DVD but not as good as the Baby Genuius Nursery Rhymes DVD. First of all I don't think these songs are FAVORITE CHILDREN'S SONGS. The list includes "take me out to the ballgame" and "yankee doodle dandy". I think some of the songs are good, but they should have had Children's songs for young children, since this DVD is definite geared towards younger children. "Sing, Dance and Play" - sort of the BG theme song is done nicely. My granddaughter is a year old - loves the Nursery Rhymes DVD and watches this one - it's just not as good. But it's still entertaining for your child.

We've been checking this out from our library over and over and decided to finally purchase it since our 1 year old daughter can't keep her eyes off it! Which is saying something since she is usually not that attracted to tv programs or movies. She loves the music and video of REAL kids playing. She also enjoys the digital animation in this feature. She doesn't usually like any animated programs. Every time we put this in, we have a 30 min. "break" to get some dishes done, etc. I call it my "life line" and only use it sparingly - like once a day so it doesn't get too old!We tried others in the Baby Genius series and none were as mesmerizing as this one. So this is our all time favorite!

We LOVE Baby Genius! This is our toddlers favorite DVD, they watch it every day and are always 100% engaged. They dance, jump around, imitate what they are seeing. It's incredible.I was first introduced to Baby Genius when our kids were very small, they are toddlers now and still enjoy "Favorite Children's Song".This DVD utilized animation with actual situation that are recognizable to children. They are not only enjoying a DVD but learning at the same time. It's fantastic.I recommend this DVD to all of my friends and family with small children!

We have an 8 month old who watches videos occasionally while she's in her bouncer. She absolutely LOVES the Baby Genius Nursery Rhymes dvd. I would say that she likes this one, but not as much. I think it skews slightly older than the nursery rhymes so she might grow into this one down the line. But nicely made with classic songs (with the exception of the first song, "Wheels on the Bus." This one is sung by someone who is completely tone deaf and I can't take it! But all of the others are really well made. No idea what happened with that song.)

Our little girl doesn't like watching this for too long, she just turned 1 is that why?

my grandson who is 18 mths just loves this video i bought for him...his fav is pop goes the weezle.......i really didnt know if it would hold his attention but it does and he is learning new words from the video...i was so impressed with it that i bought him two more baby genuis videos......

I wasn't sure if I was getting a good pack. However, it was just the way I expected it. My son loves it and is already singing some of the songs. Will definetely buy others from baby genius.

Son loved these! Started watching around 1 yr. It's a shorter video but nice that you can put it on continuous.

The grandkids absolutely loved this CD. Many of the songs they would never have learned without it. They watch it over and over again!