Blue's Clues - Telling Time With Blue

Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries Blue's Clues features Steve and his friend, the sweet, long-eared, curious dog Blue. Each segment explores problem-solving, something that the show's young audience will deal with, in various levels, on a daily basis. Blue's Clues slowly offers up three clues to uncover what's ...	Blue's Clues - Reading with Blue Multisyllabic words and reference volumes pique Blue's interest in this double episode focusing on vocabulary and books. But the inquisitive blue dog and her preschool audience have the effervescent Steve, a talking end table, and silent signing librarian Marlee Matlin to help th...	Blue's Clues - Story Time Finally, parents will have something to pop in the VCR when their hopelessly addicted tots ask for a hit of the blue dog during one of the many hours it's not actually playing on television. This 50-minute video contains two segments that touch on several traditional tales, but f...	Blue's Clues - Cafe Blue Steve attaches a bow tie to his famed Rugby shirt and--voilá!--his and Blue's house is a small restaurant serving cheese sandwiches and spaghetti. But the chef team of Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are missing the ingredients for spaghetti sauce and, of course, that is what all f...	Blue's Clues - Rhythm and Blue Two episodes from the popular Nickelodeon Jr. show explore musical themes. In "Blue Wants to Play a Song Game," our intrepid Steve uncovers Blue's clues for what song she wants to play. Several nursery rhyme songs are featured along with examples of music in nature. The latter...
Blue's Clues - All Kinds of Signs Hearing-impaired (and Academy Award-winning) actress Marlee Matlin bookends two "Blue's Clues" episodes and gives the tape its theme by teaching Steve some American Sign Language. In the first story--in which Steve and friends attempt to ascertain where a certain blue dog would l...	Blue's Clues - Arts & Crafts If the phrase "Blue scadoo, we can, too" means anything to you, and you know that salt and pepper are actually a married couple with French accents, you probably have a potential consumer of this 50-minute video residing in your household. During two 25-minute segments, our host ...	Blue's Clues - Blue's Big Pajama Party Grab your sleeping bag and your favorite bunny slippers: it's time for a night-time game of Blue's Clues. Our moon-eyed (human) host named Steve and his frisky, animated dog named Blue have invited a crowd of their usual pals for a pajama party. While the format of this episode m...	Blue's Clues - Magenta Comes Over Steve and Blue are excited because Magenta is coming over for a play date. But what does Blue want to do when Magenta arrives? You guessed it--Blue and Steve are going to play Blue's Clues to figure it out. As they search for clues, Steve and Blue help friends Shovel and Pail ...	Blue's Clues - ABC's and 1,2,3's The popular Nickelodeon Jr. show for the 2-4 age group does an excellent job of introducing simple vocabulary and numerical concepts in these two episodes. In the first, Steve and his dog Blue's house is labeled to discover what book Blue wants to have read to her. The labels (...

Buy this one for the correct audience/purpose
I thought that my five-year old son had outgrown the fine library of Blue's Clues videos when I saw this one. Mistakenly, I purchased it to help him learn to tell time as he was interested and ready to learn. This video is fine for helping children develop the concept of activity-related time throughout the day, but not what I was expecting or in the market for. Blue's Clues helps to develop so many skills that are often ignored in early educational efforts including excellent critical thinking and conceptual skills. However, it is important to purchase the video for the correct audience. This title was misleading to me, although the video would be valuable for a younger child who has yet to master the concept of time throughout the day. (I have rated this video according to it's intended audience - for the purpose of teaching 'telling time' it simply isn't helpful.)

Adorable
I was a bit skeptical about this one, as the subject matter didn't sound very appealing. But, my toddler is fascinated by clocks, gears, etc., so I checked it out from our local library. I was pleasantly surprised when I enjoyed this video as much, or more, than the others in the series. The first episode lays out concepts relating to clock recognition; understanding the difference between seconds and minutes, and so forth, in a very entertaining way. The second part of the video is an older episode - less technical about clocks/time, but introducing concepts of different times of the day (i.e. nap time, lunch time). It's absolutely adorable, featuring a "skidoo" jungle segment that my son loves.Truthfully, I don't allow my son to watch very much tv, but this is one of the few shows I do recommend. I admire the creativity and thoughtfulness that goes into every Blues Clues episode, and, as a former preschool educator, I recognize the solid educational value as well. I am currently a stay-at-home parent,and I purchase videos from this series just as much for my own resource library as for my son's enjoyment. I have gotten countless ideas from these videos for craft and cooking projects, as well as clever ideas about how to present/teach different topics to my child. And,last but not least, I have learned how to draw everyday objects with a crayon! Now that alone is worth something!