...is paved with low production values and elevator music.
I've purchased many baby einstein items, including books and toys--LOVE them. My baby LOVES them. Based on these we went ahead and got these DVDs: HATE them. My baby HATES them!
What happened?
I don't like this set because: I bought it hoping for English education for my child. There is hardly a spoken word of English in three of the four DVDs. The English that is spoken/sung is fast and sing-song-sleepy. We tried using the DVDs for bedtime--and it worked because our child cried himself to sleep.
My baby hated this set because: Most of the footage is of moving vintage toys set to music (I like vintage toys as much as the next guy, but COME ON!). The only time my son was engaged at all was in the shapes DVD because it's the only one of the four to actually mix things up with a view of children.
What did this series need? Hmm, how about mascots with voices? How about some sembilance of story? How about, I don't know--BABIES? I'm hugely disappointed in these DVDs and have no plans to get any of the later sets because if these are any indication then I'm better off with the toys, books, and whatever we happen to record on TV for our child.
What a disgusting waste of money.