Product Description

Christopher Robin has invited Winnie the Pooh, Roo, and all their friends to a potluck. Each guest must bring 10 things to share at the party — but how many is 10? On Roo's eager quest to find out, he and Tigger discover numbers, counting, and easy memorization techniques. After his remarkable day of learning. Roo will surprise everyone — even himself! — with his special party offering! WINNIE THE POOH 123's is an enriching story that starts with general number concepts and moves toward concrete strategies that children can learn and use. Your preschooler will find learning irresistibly fun with Winnie the Pooh and all his pals in never-before-seen stories developed by Disney and leading educators! Discover Disney Learning Adventures, and give your child the priceless gift of learning that lasts a lifetime.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35919 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-12
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 34 minutes

Amazon.com
In a story both enjoyable and educational, Christopher Robin is having a potluck party and informs his friends that they must each count out 10 items in order to attend. While everyone is busy counting, Pooh and Roo are in a panic--they don't know how to count and time is running out. Not to worry, Owl tells Roo as he gives him a private tutorial, teaching him through song that "Every number has its own name, and each number has to be in the right order." Rabbit joins in with a counting memory game and Tigger lends his talents with the catchy song "Bouncerific." Lots of instruction is packed into this gently paced program, which includes the voice talents of Jim Cummings (as Pooh and Tigger) and is delightfully reminiscent of the earliest Pooh stories. Preschoolers will learn the difference between numbers and letters, be able to identify numbers in everyday life, and learn to count to 10 while recognizing numbers on the screen. (Ages 2 to 6) --Lynn Gibson

Bruce Kluger, Parenting Magazine
"A musical, magical math lesson for the whole family!"

Customer Reviews

This is the review I should have read before I bought this.
Thank you Soccer mom, your review sums up my problems with this video perfectly. I wish I'd read it, and only it, before I bought this. I'm reposting it here, because it's exactly my sentiments.
I'm so annoyed, because my 4 year old who could easily count to ten, now often counts in the 'disorder' that Roo was doing when he'd 'forget'. She doesn't understand it isn't correct, she's just memorizing the movie lines.

Education sacrificed for entertainment., April 10, 2006
By Soccer mom - See all my reviews
The story line is too distracting for children to learn anything.

The only children wh would benefit frim this video are children who already know how to count.

This video isn't repetative enough teach 2 through 5 year olds how to recognize numbers.

The parts when the character "Roo" gets confuses and counts in "disorder" can easily confuse a child just learning how to count and works against parents who count before this video.

This video is for entertainment only. It sacrifices learning opportunities for a story line. It will not teach 2 to 5 year old children to recognize numbers and may confuse children who already know how to verbally count.

I am very disapointed with this video. You'd think a company as large a Disney would hire someone who knows something about teaching preschoolers as consultants.

Winnie the Pooh 123's
Excellent video. It is actually my favorite in our collection. It does a great job of introducing numbers in a fun practical way. I wish the video on the ABC's was as good. Strongly recommend

Great DVD
My 2 year old loves this DVD, it has been a great learning tool, it took no time at all for him to learn to count. The only downfall is that it only teaches to count to ten.
Even so, i highly recommend this DVD.