DVD Movie Review: Baby Einstein, Baby Newton

Synopsis:
Baby Newton is an enriching new approach to learning shapes as they are found in our world through the context of toys, nature, kinetic art and beautiful geodesic forms.

Hosted by our colorful puppets and animated clown, Baby Newton will take your toddler on a field trip through a shape-filled world of sound and motion.

Featuring delightful, silly puppet shows and baby-friendly animation accompanied by beautiful live-action video and classical music by Vivaldi, Baby Newton is the perfect way to engage and stimulate your young child.

Baby Newton is part of the Baby Einstein Learning Laboratory, an integrated family of products that includes award-winning Video Board Books, DVDs, audio recordings, books, Discovery Cards, toys and puppets.

Cast: the Baby Einstein puppets

Prices and where to buy it:
You can buy the DVD Baby Einstein, Baby Newton at Amazon.com

Critic Quotes and Reviews:
Created by mother and teacher Julie Aigner-Clark, the BABY EINSTEIN series of videos has won acclaim from doctors and parents all over the world. Like the other videos in the series, video and music is used to teach concepts, and here the focus is on shapes, the recognition of which are essential to your child's ability to develop the ability to see patterns and develop critical cognitive functions. This edition of the series, BABY NEWTON, is geared for children aged one year and up. Buy.com

DVD Information:
Format: DVD, Standard TV Format
Genre: Kids, Family, Educative
Runtime: 49 minutes
Screen Aspect Ratio: Standard 1.33:1 [4:3]
Sound Quality: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Subtitles: -
Media Quantity: 1 DVD Disc

Other Information and Links:
Studio: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Video
Original Release Date: 2002
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002

DVD Features:

• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• "Concert Hall" Plays Music Only Feature
• Still Frames
• Repeat Play and Auto-Play Options
• Video Tutorial: Baby Einstein Overview
• Printed Parent Guide

Official Information:
Shapes can be found all around us - in the beauty of nature, in children's toys, and in everyday objects like cars and buildings and at playgrounds. In the Baby Newton video, we give children the opportunity to explore shapes in the world through terrific footage that shows five shapes (circle, triangle, square, oval and rectangle) in these various contexts. We also use puppet shows, unique animation and dynamic sound effects to create an engaging and fun learning environment for children, and our signature classical music enhances the beauty of the natural scenes on screen. Your child will love to dance and clap to our original, animated children's music video "I Know My Shapes."

In the Baby Newton video, you'll find a program divided into five vignettes. Each is dedicated to a shape and is crafted to provide countless "teachable moments." Point to a shape in the video and identify it in context with the images (i.e. "See the basket ball? Its shape is a circle"). Have your child name other objects that are the same shape. Draw pictures of the shapes from the videos and let your child participate in these art sessions. Dance to or clap your baby's hands to the music that you hear, and allow your child to name the shape as our animated clown takes each shape and turns it into a "real" toy or object. You can make the world your classroom by pointing to objects in the world around you and asking your child to identify its shape. Purchase the Baby Einstein See and Spy Shapes book to reinforce the shapes learned. The book presents a game of "find the shape" through silly poetry and the much loved Baby Einstein characters.

Baby Newton, like all other award-winning videos from Baby Einstein, will delight and captivate while creating exceptional opportunities for babies and toddlers to explore the world around them