Learning Videos

we just started " baby can read" with my 15 mont grandson. got it last week and he was really interested for about 10 minutes then ran off to do whatever it is he does al day then wasnt interested at all the next two times. i got it on a 30 day trial so if it doesnt work ill send it back. i jsut have to do somethign to settle him down because he is EXTREMELY active, always doing something. ill let you know how i works. hsi daddy was reading an entire book by age three but he was a lot quieter and interested in bieng still and reading.

Signing Time video series are great! But really, dont use much baby videos for such young kids, maybe one half hour show/video per day. Not more than that. We did get some Baby Einstein videos that my son liked, but mostly, reading to him, playing with him, allowing him to play and explore (ie, have a wooden spoon and one of your pots) while you cook is the best thing you can do for him.

Leap frog products and vidios are awsome! my son loved them.not much kept his intrest but those!

We used Baby Bumble Bee videos. My mother in law bought the whole set for us when my daughter was probably only about 1. My daughter loved it and is 6 now and still watches it. I don't know if it was the only thing that influenced her but she is only at the beginnning of 1st grade now but reads at a high 2nd grade level and knows more words than any other kid in her class. I believe it can be ordered online.

We used to watch Baby Einstein videos. My daughter loved them, and her older brothers would watch too.

My favorite learning videos are the Leap Frog ones. Two of my three kids learned the alphabet and phonetic sounds before preschool. My youngest is 4 and still loves them.

leap frog videos have great songs that teach letters and sounds and my 4 year old learned the whole alphabet in a couple days!(found them at target)

Don't forget if you are a member of Blockbuster or netflix you can rent the videos first and if you really like them then buy them or just continue to rent different ones for a variety. THat is what we did with the spanish videos.
My mil bought us 4 baby Einstein and my oldest son loved them. There is a fight for the tv nowadays so my youngest doesn't get to watch to many of them.

Leapfrog Alphebet( yeah bad speller here) Factory!! My daughter has this dvd and watched it all day every day till it broke somehow, i think it got stepped on! They teach the alphebet, upper and lower case and the sounds and show things that start with the letter! My daughter was saying her letters by 2 1/2~ I loved this dvd!!!

Be sure to do as much research into whether or not videos are beneficial to little ones. Especially if you have any concerns over ADHD.
http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/eco/tvdanger.html

Do your research on all fronts and take a balanced approach!

The Baby Einstein series of DVDs have been amazing! They have one for every age group that promotes the skill that they should be developing at that time. I have started my 8 month old on the sign language DVD when she was 6 months & she is already beginning to sign basics (milk, tired, food). They are truely amazing!

If you little boy is very active, wearing him out is better than sitting and watching videos. You can march around with him and sing the ABC's and play active games with him. I'm sure the library has some good books on games and songs for little ones. Videos at this young age are not usually recommended.

My son has watched the Briany Baby DVDS since he was 3 months old. He owns all of them and loves to watch them. They are VERY educational as my son (21 months old) knows all the letters of the alphabet, all letter sounds and is starting to sound out three letter words. He also knows how to count to 20 and recognizes most #'s 1-20. He also knows all his shapes. We also have the Leap Frog DVDs and he loves those as well. If you are looking to purchase Brainy Baby DVD'S the cheapest place to buy them is on EBay. We just bought some for my sisters baby and we got them Brand New for $6.50 a piece on Ebay through buy it now with free shipping. Good Luck

Leap Frog! They have done wonders with my kids.

My kids love the Leap Frog videos. They both learned phonics from these videos at 2 years of age. My daughter is 4 and still loves to watch them.