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| Baby Shakespeare | 
| Actor: Baby Einstein
Studio: Family Home Ent
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (112 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21254
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 101 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 632763020492
EAN: 0632763020492
ASIN: B000059Z8Q
Release Date: February 20, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Confusing content, uneven audio February 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The visuals are entertaining for very young children because there is a lot of movement and vibrant colors, but the arrangement of scenes is jumbled and unrelated. Much better editing is necessary. I don't know where Shakespeare comes into the mix for the very young children. The most irritating aspect of this DVD is the uneven audio. The volume often changes from scene to scene which requires constant adjustment. It seems as if whoever finished the entire piece simply cobbled together all the various parts without thought to continuity.
 Useful only as pretty images January 16, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this at a consignment store for 2 dollars, and that was more than it was worth. Usually I've purchased used BEs becasue they have nice shots of animals, though I am constantly amazed at how they claim to be educational when they are so poorly designed. The design of this DVD reflects exceptionally inadequate understanding of how infants acquire language. Words are introduced by showing parts of objects that would be difficult for a baby to identify (such as bits of an object shown through a camera lens, or showing toys that look minimally like the animal/object), they are presented in such a way that it is sometimes difficult to determine which object in the shot is the one that goes with the word, and most importantly they don't pair the spoken word with the images. How is this supposed to be 'from a baby's perspective' as they tout, when they have clearly little grasp of how to make something accessable to a developing mind? Not to mention that babies and young children don't understand figurative language (like metaphor) so exposing them to adult poetry seems more geared towards parental egos than anything else.
 Excellent Language Introduction for Youngsters December 22, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son just *loved* this video but then again, he's loved all the 'language' videos produced by this company. I actually really enjoyed the video also even though there were some odd parts where certain animals were introduced but no coinciding skit afterwards. I especially found the arranged Beethoven compositions to be really good in this video (considering the Beethoven vid didn't catch mine or my sons attention). We both enjoyed the poetry in this video, and I'm not a real big fan of poetry for various reasons, my only complaint about those sections is that they're really quiet even with the dialogue enhanced on our system. All these parents who seem to believe, however, that the classical poetry/artwork/compositions that go along with these videos are too advanced for their children forget that to maintain a child's interest in learning you have to expose them from an early age to classical medias that challenge them. My child responds greatly to composers like Mozart and Beethoven, artwork by Bottecelli and Van Gogh because he was exposed very early on to classical works and at this point he's only 6 mos 3 wks. Back to the video: Great, I highly recommend it!
18 month old daughter loves it November 10, 2006
It's a wonderful addition to the Baby Einstein line. The only problem I had for about a month. Was the part about the moon and going to sleep. My daughter thought that she had to go to sleep as well. And whenever that part of the movie came up it made her cry...but as she got older it got better
 Too easy for 2-year-olds August 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This video, like most Baby Einstein products, is excellent, but was too basic for my 2-year-old granddaughter; she totally ignored it.
I wish the videos were clearly labeled with the age of their intended audiences.
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