Baby Songs is a video series aimed at babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, featuring the highly interactive and appealing songs of Hap Palmer. This version, ABC, 123, Colors & Shapes, is great fun and designed to teach children ages 2-6 these basic concepts.
All of the Baby Songs videos are totally mesmerizing for young kids. But they go beyond mesmerizing — they are interactive. Hap Palmer's songs are superb. They are easygoing, yet fun, and they encourage kids to participate. In fact, our kid testers all were singing along, even dancing. Never did we see kids simply glued to the set as when we play most children's videos. The Baby Songs series is superb.
This particular video is no exception. It takes kids through the alphabet in one song entitled "Alphabet in Motion" using only action words to demonstrate each letter of the alphabet (ex., j is for jump, h is for hop). The lyrics are expressed by groups of real children acting out the words! Kids love to watch other kids in action. The song "Colors in Motion" demonstrates color mixing. "Shapes That Surround You" is very entertaining — real kids are dressed up in "basic shapes" costumes and they come out onstage one by one in time with the lyrics.
My own almost-3 year old asks to watch this video over and over, and she can be rather picky with the television shows she wants to watch. She participates, sings along to her favorite songs, and even dances with the kids onscreen. Parents love this kind of video, because their kids are learning, engaged, and participating too!
