Brainy Baby - Spanish [VHS]

One great aspect - NO translations! Decent dvd overall!
This DVD was good. I like the slowness of the dvd, as it works well for *very* beginning learners. I REALLY LIKED that it didn't flip back and forth between English/Spanish; it's much more effective to help children understand the context and meaning of Spanish without always giving a translation. Constantly encouraging translation just adds an extra step in the acquisition. Example - after multiple sloooow slides of apples, I guess they should get "manazana" right!? ;) Yet - it works!! At any rate, my kids will choose this DVD over others on my shelf of Spanish DVDs. Bottom line, there probably are better out there, but this isn't a waste of money either; it's slow, easy and good for beginners. I like to start/stop and give my kids a chance to use the vocab, etc. It works. Thanks! Spanish Professor and MOM

by a native speaker grandmother
I am native speaker, and I has been looking for products like this, I has been not lucky, biut this is really good, I was thinking how a girl with hispanic last name, half spanish, her mother is naive englisgh speaker can't talk in spanish. I has been disagreed with my son due that he choose by the easy path, talk english in home, Nathalia has been enjoy this DVD for the last 4 months, she has 33 months at this time, and she still interisting in this DVD, she start to associate english words with spanish work by herself, it is a completed inmersion to a little child , include to adult that is willing to learn spanish naturally, the only thibk is just 25 minutes, THANKS YOU BRANY COMPANY, I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE US MORE SPANISH DVD LIKE IT.

Trying to learn!
The video is good. It held my two year olds attention, but I don't think a child much older would be watching it for long.

I can't believe I'm writing this...but it works.
First a little background. I'm a cuban-american. Born in the US...parents from Cuba. I learned Spanish as my primary language but, as I grew up, English took over. Now when I speak spanish, I sound gringo as hell...but I can hold my own. I may sound (and screw up) but I can carry conversation...even with the picky Spaniards. I married a Trini that speaks barebones school-taught spanish. Luckily she's very supportive of spanish as a 2nd language so I speak to my son in pure spanish all day...everyone else (her and 2 brothers) speaks to him in pure english all night. I never give in. I always keep up the spanish. The results...he's learning. He knows what I'm saying and, although he may talk back in english at times, he understands. So if you know a bit of spanish...don't stop...they're listening and picking it up. Now..onto the DVD. I'm reading these reviews about "proper spanish" and this crap makes me sick. Listen...just get the friggin' DVD. Who cares if he says "creyones" (I grew up on this word and it's perfectly fine). Who cares about the 2 or 3 odd words that don't get spoken in Spain. Let's get real...they're in the minority of latin america. I'm talking *minority*. Bottom line...I just want my kid to learn. If he says "bola" so what? Also, the speaker *is* spanish. Onto the story...My son is now 2.5 years old. He's been going to sleep with this video since he was 18 months. The soothing music and voice is perfect for nighttime. Plus, I want him to hear the spanish dialect as well. The results: My son knows every friggin' word in the video. He can count from 1-10. He knows how to say every, single word. Seriously. And for those of you thinking "it only works when he's watching the DVD"....guess what? I walk with him to the mailbox and he counts the numbers on the boxes...in Spanish! He even knows words I don't speak in the daytime. I didn't understand where he got them, until I saw them in the video near the end. Bottom line...this video is perfect for introducing and teaching Spanish. As adults we may find it boring...but for my Noggin spoiled kiddo...he digs it. A huge 5 stars from my end.

boring and slow
I bought this dvd for my 2 year old niece. Although she seemed to enjoy it, I don't believe she retained anything from this (and we speak Spanish). And it was annoying for everyone else. Its basically just seeing the shot of an image and hearing the word pronounced. Save your money and buy a book of basic vocabulary