Brainy Baby: Right Brain
![]() | BRAINY BABY, 1999, DVD Customer Rating: 37 reviews Recommend |
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- Creative Brain Development
- Cognitive Brain Development
This video works together with the Left Brain video to present both creative and logical types of images and activities. Right Brain features classical music and gentle voices, and explores Creative Thinking, Art & Drawing, Rhymes, Imagination, and more! DVD includes special features such as: Baby Bloopers, Behind The Scenes, and Storybook. 45 minutes
While there are many tapes designed to stimulate a baby's mind, Brainy Baby is unique in addressing left and right brain functions in distinct programs. Called "whole brain thinking," the theory is that if children are stimulated to use both sides of the brain — preparing them to think logically and creatively — they will become more adept at learning and problem solving. Capitalizing on this research, the folks at Small Fry Productions (makers of Bilingual Baby) have produced a two-volume set to develop the whole brain. Volume one helps stimulate the right brain, which research shows is the center for creativity, intuition, and imagination. To engage such processes, the program uses imagery (such as ink blots and clouds transforming into familiar objects), color recognition (by way of deliciously gooey paint), and patterns (from nesting shapes to 3-D objects). Unlike the So Smart! approach, there is enthusiastic narration during the 32-minute program and more variation between segments. Employing the so-called Mozart effect, the program utilizes classical music (believed to enhance a child's spatial intelligence) from impressionist era composers Debussy, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky. Whether or not a parent is interested in the push to "develop a child's creative side for a smarter baby" (as the film's literature espouses), there is another compelling reason to consider the Brainy Baby series: pure enjoyment. Parents will get a kick out of watching their toddlers respond to the visual feast before them. And the accompanying classical melodies make it palatable for parents too. (For ages 6 to 36 months.) — Lynn Gibson
Title: Brainy Baby: Right Brain
Sales Rank: 7417 in DVD
Studio: BRAINY BABY, 2002-08-12, Theatrical Release: 1999
Format: Color, DVD, Live, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 45 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
- Not that great
- I have 11 episodes of Brainy Baby and this one is not the best when it comes to holding a todlers interest. If I would have bought this DVD alone without seeing some of the other ones first, I would think the other DVD's were useless. My 16 month old twin boys for the first time would not sit still for the first More reviews
- Right Brain
- My daughter was 2months old when she started watching this video and it had her captivated, I was amazed. She sat through the entire video without so much a wince. But after two or three times she didn't focus on it so much, but I continue to put it in and let her watch it because I know it's for her benefit in the long run, More reviews
- My son just wasn't interested
- My son (18 months) wasn't interested at all in this video. I think it looks well made and interesting but my son still prefers the My Baby Can Talk video and Baby Einstein. More reviews
- My triplets love it!
- We have Right Brain and Left Brain. My triplets, who have very different personalities, liked Baby Einstein better when they were still in bouncers and crawling around. Now that they are toddlers at 22 mos, they've been enjoying Brainy Baby better. They still like Baby Einstein but since that only has music they just get More reviews
- Does not hold our attention
- Let me start off by saying that I have higher degrees in art, art history, music, and Romance languages -- so I am an admitted "art snob." Having said that, I would recommend that you try the Baby Einstein "Baby Van Gogh, World of Colors" and "Baby Mozart" videos instead of this Brainy Baby video.
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