Baby's First Impressions, Vol. 7 - Sounds VHS

This is one of my kids favorite DVD’s. I repurchased this one so I have a spare. We love the whole line of First Impressions dvds. I love videos with real images of things from real life.

Ok I know that first of all it's a VHS, and kinda cheesy, but my daughter watched this ALL the time from about 16 months to 20 months. This was the only video she would watch! She loved the sounds, the kids, everything. I'm not sure why it has such a low rating but we loved it and I still have it and will show it to my son once he's old enough. I was very impressed with it and pretty sure I paid pennies for it so you can't beat that!!

Your child will be exposed to all these sounds and many more in everyday life.The only sounds useful may be the few animal sounds ( 5 minutes or so) but a trip to a farm yard will accomplish this with a lot more fun.The sounds of various musical instruments could be heard at home, at a nursery or a live concert all of which would be a lot more fun.There must be more interesting real activities to teach your baby soft verses loud.In my opinion no parent needs this DVD it is a waste of money.

Very educational, fun and exciting. Gives children a good start to exploring sounds. I just wish they included instruments from the string family. Other then that, the dvd is very well made.

We had started out parenting with every intention of limiting our child's TV time. Then my brother introduced us to Head to Toe, another excellent DVD from this educational series by Small Fry Productions, and we are now firm believers in selective viewing. I disagree with the previous reviewer who said that this DVD is a waste of time because children can learn about sounds from daily life without having to view a DVD. Yes, it is true that children hear all sorts of sounds every day but the challenge is that you cannot always be present with your child to explain what each sound is related to. And often even when you are present, it might not be convenient or practical. Example: You and yor child are in your living room when you hear a car horn. You can tell your child that was a car horn but this is meaningless to a very young child. You need to tell your child it's a car horn as well as show the car making the sound, or even a picture of a car. Otherwise, a car horn remains an abstract concept. After only a few viewings, my child is now more aware of the sounds in her surroundings. We also own other DVDs in the series: Head to Toe, Numbers, and Colors. I highly recommend all for their ability to impart knowledge to young children. Keep in mind that these DVDs are not high art by any means and they don't have to be. Simple production values are enough to deliver simple concepts. My child is entertained enough to ask for the DVDs to be played and although I find them mind-numbingly boring, I am not the target audience.

I tried to make my son watch several among of Brainies Baby, Baby Einstien, Barney etc.He was least interested and hardly even look at those animated or cartoony characters.Once by mere chance I picked up this DVD from public library. I was least hopeful before putting in.Amazingly he watched whole DVD without any movement. For me, it was great surprise. I had even given uphope that he will ever be interested in watching any of baby's or children video content.Its been almost 2 months since he watched it first time. He has seen it 100 of times. Every time like he is watching it first time.He is just 16 months old...identifies most of sounds...start making them even before they come up on screen.I've ordered whole 10 dvd set of baby's first impressions recently.Just curious why he likes this dvd and not any other. May be this is very simple, all of it is completely real.Its his nature, banging twisting things to find what sounds come from real stuff. He sees that on screen.Anyway good four our baby....lets see if likes other of first impressions dvd or not.

I like only some of the Baby's First Impressions videos (actually most of them I don't care for). I have reviewed them all. Personally I think "Sounds" is a waste of time and it's boring. I don't know why you'd really choose to set your baby, toddler or preschooler in front of this to watch. As I watched I made a list of the catagory and the sounds in each catagory (I don't think I missed any, but it's possible). Here's the list I have:Home Sounds: telephone (they say, "This is the sound that a telephone makes" and then they have different kinds of rings), hair dryer, electric can opener, water running, water down the drain, popcorn popping (they say, "This is what popcorn sounds like. Do you like popcorn?" Actually, they should have said, "this is the sound popcorn makes *when it's popping*."), eggs frying, alarm clock (2 kinds of alarms), door bell, vaccuum.Animal Sounds: horse, donkey, ducks, cow, kittens, rooster, goat, dog, lion, pig.Big/Little Sounds: big clock, watch, trucks, squeeky ball, saw, toy saw, train, wind chimes, big river, quiet river, drill, toy drill, jackhammer, crib mobile, hammer, toy hammer.Musical Sounds: guitar, piano, tamborine, xylophone, saxaphone, horn, harmonica, drums, shaker, bells, pots & pans, and then they put different sounds together for a band.People Sounds: sneeze, cough, laughing, yell, whisper, cry, humming, happy sounds, stomping, snapping fingers, clapping, crunching, kiss, whistle.Then they have a Mystery Sound section and a Guess The Sound Review. The one kind of clever thing was that in Guess The Sound they would have a basketball bouncing but the sound was crunching. Then they'd say something like, "no that's not the sound" and then they's do the right sound. Other things like that were kids clapping but the sound was bells jingling, a phone ringing but it sounds like a cow, etc.I can see having videos for your young child about numbers, letters, colors, shapes and maybe even animals. But, things like this (sounds, opposites) are easy enough to just pick up on and learn without having to be sitting in front of the tv for it. In my opinion I wouldn't recommend this one (view it from the library first, at least). Read my other reviews.