| Baby Einstein - My First Signs | 
| Director: N/a
Actor: Marlee Matlin
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (66 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3157
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 27 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
MPN: 53345
UPC: 786936723571
EAN: 0786936723571
ASIN: B000LSAIZI
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 She loves it August 24, 2008
I don't know if this is teaching Jamison very much about sign language... but she LOVES this DVD. She gets so excited whenever I put it on and her reaction to it is so much stronger than anything else she sees on TV. She loves the little blue guy and she goes "woo woo" whenever she sees him and squeals and smiles. I think she thinks he's a dog but that's ok. This is the video that I take with me whenever I have to have her with a babysitter, because if she is upset and crying, I have them put it on and it calms her down and she's Happy Baby again.
perfect for us August 15, 2008
This is perfect for those who are trying to learn the basics to communicate with thier little ones who cannot talk yet. My 4 year old & I love watching it & he is picking up on the signs so fast. We are learning them to communicate with our two month old as she grows.
 My son doesn't like it August 7, 2008
I thought this would be a neat addition to my Baby Einstein Collection. But my son won't watch it. I've tried several times, and each time he doesn't even last 1 minute. He prefers the more musical dvd's.
Not up to the standards of other baby signs DVDs July 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son loved the My Baby Can Talk sign language DVDs and he loves Baby Einstein, so I thought this would be perfect for him. I was so, so wrong. The DVD is not done in a manner that promotes learning. The words are combined too much, instead of focusing on one word at a time. I would not bother with this DVD if you really want your baby to learn sign language. We love baby sign and can highly recommend the My Baby Can Talk series instead of this DVD.
Purchased and returned June 17, 2008
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
It is my own fault for not doing the research ahead of time on this. I bought the item in the rush of being a new parent and should have stopped and thought about what I was doing. My clarity came while watching the video. Almost immediately I realized my mistake and knew that this is not what I wanted my child exposed to. The video was returned and I have since purchased the Garcia Baby Signs book and corresponding DVD for the parents, and am pleased with it.
Children should not be plopped down in front of a TV as a learning tool. It's nothing more then memorization and skips the development that is critical to a full education. Sure they're quiet for a bit and you do see some small improvements, but the damage that you do to their overall learning abilities negates those small returns.
For those of you who will immediately claim that I am so lunatic who is citing garbage research, please see a small sample of what I read below:
"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended that children younger than 24 months of age not be exposed to television." From Anderson, Pempek. Television and Very Young Children. American Behavioral Scientist. 2005; 48: 505-522
Or you can check out one of the following:
Zimmerman, F. et al. Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years. The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 151 , Issue 4 , Pages 364 - 368.
Kaplan, M. Educational Videos Drain Baby Brains. ScienceNOW, 7 August 2007.
Park, A. How Not to Raise a Genius. Time; 8/27/2007, Vol. 170 Issue 9, p46-46, 1/8p.
Cressey, D. Is baby DVD research Mickey Mouse science?. Nature [serial online]. August 23, 2007; 448(7156):848-849.
The science is in and it says that videos for kids under the age of two, which is just about every child that this sign language video is geared towards, are bad. So you may be helping them communicate earlier, but at the cost of their overall development.
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