Product Description

A playful introduction to words and sign language -- my street to main street!
-- Exposes babies to words and sign language
-- Presents a fun way for parents and little ones to "go exploring"

As babies grow, their eye-hand coordination begins to improve as their ability to interact with their surroundings blossoms. It is the perfect time for My First Signs, A playful introduction to 20 common words and phrases from baby's world -- including ''mommy'', ''daddy'' and ''I love you'' -- both Spoken and in Sign Language. Join special guest Marlee Matlin as she demonstrates this exciting way for babies to express themselves even before they have master verbal communication. Featuring fun puppet shows, real-world images and beautiful classical music, this delightful program presents fun ways for you and your baby to interact on a whole new level!

DVD Features
-- Repeat play
-- Language tracks (Spanish, French and English)
-- Discovery cards
-- "Twinkle Twinkle" Sing-Aling (Available in English ONly)
-- Toy chest
-- Which belongs?
-- Puppet shows
-- About Little Einsteins (Available in French and English only)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1964 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2007-03-13
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 27 minutes

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Customer Reviews

Purchased and returned
It is my own fault for not doing the research ahead of time on this. I bought the item in the rush of being a new parent and should have stopped and thought about what I was doing. My clarity came while watching the video. Almost immediately I realized my mistake and knew that this is not what I wanted my child exposed to. The video was returned and I have since purchased the Garcia Baby Signs book and corresponding DVD for the parents, and am pleased with it.

For those of you who will immediately claim that I am so lunatic who is citing garbage research, please see a small sample of what I read below:

"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended that children younger than 24 months of age not be exposed to television." From Anderson, Pempek. Television and Very Young Children. American Behavioral Scientist. 2005; 48: 505-522

Or you can check out one of the following:

Zimmerman, F. et al. Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years. The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 151 , Issue 4 , Pages 364 - 368.

Kaplan, M. Educational Videos Drain Baby Brains. ScienceNOW, 7 August 2007.

Park, A. How Not to Raise a Genius. Time; 8/27/2007, Vol. 170 Issue 9, p46-46, 1/8p.

Cressey, D. Is baby DVD research Mickey Mouse science?. Nature [serial online]. August 23, 2007; 448(7156):848-849.

The science is in and it says that videos for kids under the age of two, which is just about every child that this sign language video is geared towards, are bad. So you may be helping them communicate earlier, but at the cost of their overall development.

Nice Video
My 6 month old will watch all 27 minutes of this video without moving! She loves the puppets, and toys. Side note, its much more cost effective to buy the baby einstein collection, then one video at a time!

13 month old twins
My twin boys love this video. James is learning fast and does the signs with the video. Jakub just loves to watch.