My Baby Can Talk - Exploring Signs

As far as signing DVD's go, this one is a steal. The production is done in an aesthetically pleasing way: wonderful classical music accompanies beautiful images of toys, objects, and nature to illustrate the signs. The program is pleasant to watch, and the music won't grate on parental nerves.As one reviewer noted, the woman demonstrating the sign does seem a bit stiff; however, this is a plus for beginning users of sign language as her demonstrations are easy to follow. She shows each sign slowly and carefully, which helped me learn them quickly.What I liked less is that there seems to be more time spent on showing toys and other images rather than on kids using the signs ("Signing Time" is much better in that regard). For example, for "frog," there is gorgeous footage of all kinds of pretty frogs (real and toy), but few instances of actual signing. Also, the kids featured in this production often don't use the signs correctly, or they perform them in a way that isn't easy to make out, so it may be difficult for your toddler to imitate the correct movements just by watching this program.I'd say if you want to use this DVD, place yourself next to the tv screen so your toddler can see you. Then keep repeating the sign demonstrated by the woman as well as the word that is being introduced while the images are shown. That way, your toddler might catch on faster.Overall, I would recommend it, especially at the price.

I can't say enough good things about these movies. My son has been watching the first two My Baby Can Talk DVDs since he was 5 months old and still watches them--this is a new addition we got to add to his vocabulary. He was 15 months when I got it and I think it's the perfect age for this particular DVD. Some of the signs are little more difficult and require more finger coordination. The movie was slow enough for him to learn, but definitely not boring. I'm also a fan of the classical background music. My son really hasn't watched any other signing movies except for a Little Einstein that had some signing in it, so I can't really compare how this one stacks up to the rest. However, I will say through watching these DVDs, he has been signing since 11 months and is now 17 months. As he is now learning to talk, he often says words while signing them at the same time, and because "toddler talk" can be difficult to understand sometimes, it has really helped me to get an idea of what he's trying to say. It reduces a lot of his frustration and allows me to both praise him and assist him in pronouncing his words correctly. I'm sure there would be many a time I would have no idea what he was trying to say otherwise- especially if there is nothing to point to. All-in-all I highly recommend this movie as well as the first two. My husband is very impressed and thinks I'm some sort of super mom for teaching him sign language, but really he and I are just learning together. It has really been a great experience and I wish I would have done this with my other three children.

These videos were great for my son who started watching them when he was about 15 months. after a couple times of watching them he started using the signs (we also worked with him on some of them). He has a speech delay so these videos were instumental in his communication with us. We have the whole series. he is 2.5 now and still loves them, we plan on using them with his younger sister who is now 8 months. I do think these videos are great for introducing signing but once they have mastered the basics the signing time series is the way to go. My son loves those videos too and now has about 100 signs. Those are great because they incorporate music with fun songs to learn signs.

My 20 month old son asks to watch this DVD every day. He loves the images, the colors and the music. There is a wonderful mix of all types of words included from animals to food to actions to colors. Each time my son watches it he finds something different to be interested in. The most recent time it was banana, but slide, swing and juice have been popular as well. Aside from his obvious excitement, I knew he liked the video because when it ended he looked at me and said "again". This from a child who won't watch more than five minutes of ANYTHING else.One of the great things about this series is that you can watch as little or as much at a time as your child seems interested in. Each word/sign is an individual chapter and the whole thing is easily searched. Some days we watch the whole thing; other days we pick a few chapters and then move onto something else. The variety of images set to beautiful music keeps it interesting for me too. Definitely a plus for me, because we watch this series frequently.Even though my son has quite a large spoken vocabulary (something I attribute to watching the other videos in this series!), he still enjoys learning the signs to go along with his words. I think it does a great job of reinforcing stuff he has already learned. If you have a baby or toddler you need this video!

All in all, it is an educational DVD and I think it does a good job of teaching the signs it does teach. However, for $20, I expected it to include more than 25 or so signs. I'm glad I didn't buy the other dvds. They're just too expensive for what you get.

My daughter is just turning 17 months and we have been using all 3 my baby can talk DVD's since she was 9 months old, she knows nearly every sign on all 3 dvd's and uses them in her daily life. This is a fantastic tool and I could not imagine raising my daughter and not being able to communicate like we can with the signs she has learned.When I first watched "First Signs" I thought give me a break, this is so lame. But it shows what I know, my daughter loved it, it was like baby crack. At 9-10 months she would watch 25-35 minutes straight before she would loose attention. To contrast we tried some of the Baby Einstein sign videos when she was around a year old. They are more glitzy and have the TV Actress Marlee Matlin signing. But my daughter didn't appreciate any of that production value, she barely paid any attention to them at all.I tell everyone I know with infants about these DVD's and recommend them at the highest level.

I bought all of My Baby Can Talk DVDs - First signs, Sharing sings and Exploring signs - for my daughter who is ten-month-old.She loves them all. As soon as the opening music starts she turns to the TV and smiles. The DVDs are very well organized and easy to watch for both babies and adults. I could memorize most of the signs after watching them only for a couple of times, so now I can repeat the signs to her in our daily life.She is so focused when the DVD is on, so I can do some chores as well.I am pretty sure that my baby can talk (sign) soon.

We don't let our baby watch much TV but we do occassionally put on a DVD for her and she just loves this series. I wish there were more than 3 in it! This series is the only one she will sit in her exersaucer and watch all the way through, which is a real boon when I just have to get something done and need her to be safe and in one place. We also enjoy watching it together and learning all the signs

My kids picked up signs very fast with this series. I recommend all three movies highly for kids that could benefit for learning signs.