Classical Baby: The Art Show (DVD)

I had boy/girl twins in January of 2012. When the babies were as young as 3 months old, we began searching for videos that our babies would enjoy and ran across this series on HBO. Somewhat similar to the concept of Baby Einstein or Baby Mozart, these captured our babies' attention far longer and they still watch these nightly at 18 months old. Once the opening intro song starts, both babies would stop whatever they were doing and cuddle up with us to watch their favorite little baby conductor! Worried that we might accidentally erase these from our DVR cable box, I got online and ordered them right away. This is one of my TOP FIVE favorite things that I have purchased for the babies. Each time we turn it on to calm a crying child or prepare for bed, we are amazed and how much they still love, enjoy and are still very interested in this video after seeing it at least 200 times.....not exaggerating...probably closer to 300 times!I have to say that my babies absolutely love this video along with the Classical Baby Music and Classical Baby Dance videos. The music in all three videos is, well, classical and the videos that play along are both colorful and entertaining. I can't imagine what our life would be like had we not found these and would highly recommend them to others in hopes that their babies love them as much as mine have and still do!

My son loves it!!

This video is one that our whole family watches together as a calming activity. We rented it from the library for so long that we decided to buy it as the first and only video that belongs to our son.The video consists of animation of famous works of art accompanied by instrumental music. There are soothing, softer works as well as abstract art with jazz accompaniment. It is well-made and contains not one hint of the typical kid-video annoyances. The segments are short enough to maintain the attention of our 16 month old, but not choppy. My husband and I love how beautifully done it is; even our friends who have babysat for us comment on how much they love watching it! I cannot tell you how many times I have watched it with my son on sick days and I never mind popping it in to enjoy together again.

My son has adored all three, music/dance and art. We try not to watch too much of anything with him, but the truth is, he hasn't really been interested in anything else on the TV, while these hold him spellbound (which is nice when he needs to wind down before a nap or I have to make dinner). We never watch more than one of these a day and put them on a rotation.It is true that there are certain segments that lose him (like the Ugly Duckling segment on the dance video), and some segments he had to grow to like, but on the whole, this is a total hit.For us, as adults, its wonderful that we can enjoy this music as well, and many of the animated sequences are top-notch, while a few are brilliant.

kids exposed to art and music to broad learning

IMHO every single solitary parent of a baby / toddler should have this set. This series is clever, intelligent and interesting to little ones. The music and animation are both first rate. It is also educational for parents, who will be exposed to composers and artists who are used in the series. We discovered this 9 years ago through HBO. We must have watched close to 1000 hours of the music, dance, and art shows with our daughter through her 4th birthday, and although she doesn't have any interest in it these days, I could watch it and enjoy it today.

I bought this as a gift for our 18-month-old grandson. It has earned parent approval as one of the few things they will wisely let him watch. He is fascinated by the little animals, the paintings that "move", and the lovely selection of music. He even learned to applaud after each selection as does the "audience". I'd like to think this is a great introduction to both art and music for the little guy, and it's actually fun for all of us to watch.

We caught Classical Baby: The Art Show on HBO and my son who was 7 months old at the time was mesmorised by it. The music is beautiful and the visuals are simple and eye catching. I studied art history and am impressed by the unique way of introducing fine art to an infant. My son still loves it now at 15 months and has learned to clap with the characters and he dances when the jazz song comes on. Even my husband enjoys watching it...over and over and over. We have The music show and the dance show too, but the Art Show is our favorite.

Wonderful introduction to the art world for children!

This video is fantastic! My 22-month old daughter loves it.Here's what I like about it: classical music (no cartoons talking); about a dozen "clips" of about 2 minutes; the art work is different for each clip and is very gentle; the running time of the dvd is less than 30 minutes; the music is non-invasive and varied.I was never interested in putting my child in front of a video/tv, but as an art lover, I can sit next to her (sometimes with a book) and enjoy it.I also have Baby Dance which is as lovely. But I prefer the Art show (and I think so does my toddler)

Great video... Totally recommend it!

I have all of the Classical Baby DVD's and my little girl adores them. It is quiet time, just the two of us and the beautiful music. We don't watch alot of TV and so this is perfect... highly recommended!