PARENTS' CHOICE AWARD WINNER 1993 "Children get that extra edge with this six-volume reading
and math learning series, created with care and sensitivity to the developmental needs of
pre-schoolers." "A delectable concoction of lively music, humorous rhymes
and cute pictures....An excellent and inexpensive series, the Look & Learn tapes are
highly recommended." "GOOD, AND GOOD FOR YOU!" Look and Learn creates an interactive learning environment between the child and the friendly video teacher. Also suitable for ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction. Learning is fun when children meet these all-new live-action animated characters---friends they will want to visit with time after time. The Series is recommended by School Library Journal, Video Rating Guide For Libraries and other highly respected educator's journals. Also approved by the New York City Board of Education. |
Childbirth from Inside OutPart I Pregnancy and The Pre-Natal Period (DVD)  $24.98 2521 "**** - Comprehensive and comprehensible" VIDEO RATING GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES
"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!"
Winner of awards from:
This two-part series presents comprehensive, medically sound information that deals simply and honestly with the many aspects of childbirth.
DVD BONUS FEATURES (78 minutes, plus extensive DVD bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Childbirth from Inside OutPart II Delivery and The Post-Natal Period (DVD) $24.98 2522 "**** - Comprehensive and comprehensible" VIDEO RATING GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES
"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!"
Winner of awards from:
This two-part series presents comprehensive, medically sound information that deals simply and honestly with the many aspects of childbirth.
DVD BONUS FEATURES (72 minutes, plus extensive DVD bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Child Development: The First Two Years (DVD)$19.98 2523 Winner: National Educational Film & Video Festival
A comprehensive guide to enhancing your child's physical and mental
development designed with the assistance of leading authorities on
childhood, this video guide will help you meet the challenge of
nurturing your baby and creating the best possible environment in which your child
can learn and develop. The developmental periods are divided into 0-3 months,
3-6 months, 6-12 months and 12-24 months to make understanding and
application easy for you. The knowledge of what your child is experiencing,
coupled with love, patience and a sense of humor, will add to your child's
self-confidence... and your own sense of satisfaction.
DVD BONUS FEATURES (47 minutes, plus multiple bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Infant MassageThe Power of Touch (DVD) $19.98 2520 Researchers have proven that touch plays a crucial role in the development of healthy, self- confident children. Through infant massage, caregivers can improve a baby's sleeping and eating habits, ease tension and colic, and enhance communication with the baby, thus instilling a lasting sense of physical and psychological security. A licensed neuromuscular therapist and a nurse guide this program, teaching the steps and strokes of infant massage, while offering important tips and information to help the caregiver tailor the massage to each baby's individual needs.
DVD BONUS FEATURES (47 minutes, plus 45 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Infant Massage: The Power of Touch (VHS) 1520 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Infantastic Lullabyes on VideoVolume I (DVD) $9.98 #2600 Infantastic Lullabyes on Video presents basic shapes, primary colors, enchanting animals and easily recognizable objects in charming and imaginative animation set to familiar nursery songs, beautifully orchestrated. “Infantastic Lullabyes will help baby recognize differences in sounds, patterns and rhythms as well as shapes and sizes. This will help to develop language skills and prepare your child to learn to read. Repeated viewing increases familiarity with the sights and sounds that add to baby’s sense of pleasure and security.” -Susan Ginsberg, Ed. D., Associate Dean, Bank Street College Infantastic Lullabyes offers a unique way to communicate with your baby. Talk about the colors and shapes; identify the animals and other objects; sing along with the music; count baby’s fingers and toes; clap to the rhythms and encourage baby to join in.
DVD BONUS FEATURES Happy Birdy: A Birthday Video Songfest Animal Kingdom The Earth Around Us What’s This? Shapes and Colors Gallery (55 minutes, plus 42 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Infantastic Lullabies On Video: Volume 1 (VHS) 1600 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Infantastic Lullabyes on VideoVolume II (DVD) $9.98 #2612 From the award-winning creators of Infantastic Lullabyes On Video, comes a second volume of all new beautifully orchestrated nursery songs. Illustrated with enchanting animated shapes, colors, animals and a variety of familiar objects, this is a musical picture book for baby and parents to share! ““Bound to enthrall little ones. A powerful educational tool...” –CHICAGO SUN TIMES **** Video Rating Guide for Libraries “A great concept backed up by high-quality production. The lilting visuals match the stunning aural quality.” –PARENT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S VIDEO
RECOMMENDED BY JOURNALISTS AND EDUCATORS FROM:
DVD BONUS FEATURES Happy Birdy: A Birthday Video Songfest *Animal Kingdom *The Earth Around Us *What’s This? *Shapes and Colors Gallery (55 minutes, plus 42 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Infantastic Lullabies On Video: Volume 2 (VHS) 1612 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Happy Birdy - A Birthday Video Songfest (VHS)1611 "***" VIDEO LIBRARIAN From the creators of the award-winning Infantastic Lullabyes on Video comes a music video greeting for every child's special day. The soundtrack of delightful original songs features sing-a-longs such as "Good Friends," "Good Health," "Curiosity," and "A Gift of Love" that will last them a lifetime. The life-size animated puppet, Happy Birdy, and his fine feathered friends lead a sing-a-long celebration that will recall fond birthday memories all year long. (25 min - Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:Alphabet Soup - Learn the Letters (DVD) $12.98 2605 Professor Wise Old Owl begins by making learning letters as easy as ABC! Enter his Letter Laboratory and learn the alphabet through jaunty rhymes, spirited music and charming pictures of words that begin with each featured letter. All 26 letters of the alphabet are made into a steaming bowl of Alphabet Soup. A lively sing-along DVD, “Alphabet Soup” uses songs and rhymes, along with flying pictures and flipping words to help reinforce and retain this new knowledge. DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Alphabet Soup: Learn The Letters (VHS)$14.98 1605 Meet Professor Wise Old Owl as he takes us to the Letter Laboratory to cook up all the letters of the alphabet into a steaming giant bowl of Alphabet Soup. A lively sing-a-long, "The Alphabet Song," uses flying pictures and flipping words to help reinforce and retain this new knowledge. Recommended for ages 2-5. (30 min - Hi-Fi) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:Soup Stories - How Letters Become Words (DVD) $12.98 2606 Professor Wise Old Owl shows us how letters become words! Our Sing-Along Leader of the Letter Laboratory introduces over 200 new words with six entertaining stories: Enjoy the stories and remember the words. The DVD concludes with a happy sing-along review of “The Alphabet Song.” A MESSAGE TO PARENTS: Professor Wise Old Owl’s Tell-Along Tales are designed to teach word recognition and enhance your child’s vocabulary with heart-warming stories that reinforce positive values. DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Soup Stories: How Letters Become Words (VHS)$14.98 1606 Children learn over 200 new words while enjoying six entertaining new stories told by our friend Professor Wise Old Owl. The road to developing excellent reading skills continues with these heart-warming special Look and Learn Soup Stories, designed to teach word recognition, enhance vocabulary and reinforce positive values. Recommended for ages 3-7. (30 min - Hi-Fi) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:Hello Numbers - Learn To Count (DVD) $12.98 2607 Agent 07734(upside down, that’s HELLO) from America’s Necessary Numbers and Needed Material Department (ANNND) makes learning numbers easy and fun. Turn his number upside down and learn his name…HELLO! With interactive games, songs and count-alongs, Agent Hello teaches his Video Pals to count from 1 to 10, and by 10’s to 100. Then the Necessary Numbers are “locked in your brain,” and you won’t be able to say goodbye to Hello Numbers. “This video is superior to more polished productions in conveying true mathematical concepts rather then merely teaching counting by repetition.”-Video Ratings Guide for Libraries Now numbers are fun for everyone! DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Hello Numbers: Learn To Count (VHS)$14.98 1607 "Superior in conveying true mathematical concepts rather than merely teaching counting by repetition." VIDEO RATING GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES Agent 07734 (upside down, that's HELLO) from ANNNND (America's Necessary Numbers and Needed Numerals Department) makes learning numbers easy and fun. With interactive games, songs and count-a-longs, Hello Numbers teaches his Video Pal to count from 1 to 10, and by 10s to 100. Recommended for ages 2-5. (30 min - Hi-Fi) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:It's A Plus - Learn To Add (DVD) $12.98 2608 Learn to add with Agent 07734 , the little robot programmed to make numbers fun for everyone. Turn his number upside down and read his name…HELLO! Filled with song and rhyme, an added bonus to this DVD is learning to use Hello Numbers “Add-Along Machine” (a calculator). Sing about the PLUS sign, watch the EQUAL sign dance and learn to add in this interactive DVD. An exciting and interactive Add-Along adventure in learning. Now numbers are fun for everyone! DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
It's A Plus : Learn To Add (VHS)$14.98 1608 Learn to add with Agent 07734, the little robot programmed to make numbers fun for everyone. Turn his number upside down and read his name ...HELLO. Filled with song and rhymes, an added bonus is learning to use the Hello Numbers Add-A-Long Machine (a calculator). Sing about the PLUS sign, watch the EQUAL sign dance, and learn to add. It's a truly interactive Add-A-Long Adventure in Learning. Recommended for ages 3-7. (30 min - Hi-Fi) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:Bear Dreams - Learn To Read (DVD) $12.98 2609 Kool Kat, our feline story teller, takes us on the road to reading with two tales of friendship and self-esteem, starring the lovable, animated Barefoot Bear in this special, interactive DVD.
BLAST OFF BAREFOOT BEAR: Barefoot takes a trip to the moon where he meets Malcolm and other Moon Friends who teach him a lesson about making and keeping friends.
Kool Kat uses word recognition games to stimulate the reading process. DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Bear Dreams: Learn To Read (VHS)$14.98 1609 Learn to read and play word recognition games with Kool Kat, as he reads two tales about the lovable Barefoot Bear and his friends. In one story, Barefoot Bear dreams about taking a trip to the moon where he learns an important lesson about friendship and life. In another, he dreams that he's done a good deed when he saves a Princess from a terrible dragon. After each story, Kool Kat re-reads it at a slow Read-A-Long pace. Designed to reinforce word recognition, the story words appear at the bottom of the screen and change color as Kool Kat reads. Recommended for ages 3-7. (30 min - Hi-Fi) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Look & Learn:Bear Friends - Learn To Read (DVD) $12.98 2610 Now you can help your child learn reading and word recognition skills with two charming tales of friendship and self-esteem. Join Kool Kat, our feline story-teller, as he narrates the adventures of the lovable Barefoot Bear in this special, interactive DVD.
BAREFOOT BEAR AND THE ICE CREAM FACTORY: The brave Barefoot Bear helps firemen douse a fire, then saves his friend Natalie’s cat, Mittens, and gets a sweet reward for his day’s work.
Kool Kat uses word recognition games to stimulate the reading process. DVD BONUS FEATURES: [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Bear Friends : Learn To Read (VHS)$14.98 1610 Kool Kat teaches his Video Pal to read and improve word recognition skills with more stories about Barefoot Bear and his friends. First, Barefoot Bear discovers that the ice cream factory is on fire. Saving the day, Barefoot puts out the fire and gets a sweet reward. In the next story, Barefoot plays baseball, hitting a home run to win the big game! These stories emphasize friendship and self-esteem, as well as encouraging positive character development. After each story, Kool Kat re-reads it at a slow Read-A-Long pace. To reinforce reading skills, the story words appear at the bottom of the screen and change color, as Kool Kat reads. Recommended for ages 3-7.
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Mozart's Magic Flute Story:An Opera Fantasy (DVD) $19.98 #2422 This skillfully abridged adaptation of Mozart's brillian comic opera, performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra, will delight the whole family. Features English narration specially written to guide viewers through the story. Lavish sets and costumes complete Mozart's glorious music and unforgettable cast of comic characters. DVD BONUS FEATURES: (42 minutes, plus bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Daisy and Her Garden: A Dance Fantasy** (VHS) $19.98 1214 This production from the award-winning Children's Cultural Collection tells the tale of young Daisy living happily in her enchanted garden with animals and flowers as her companions, until the Winter Witch comes along and tries to banish spring. Now it is up to Daisy and her friends to save the garden from the witch's icy clutches. This original fairy tale combines dance, mime, music and poetic narration with glorious sets and colorful costumes, for a magical introduction to the performing arts. (38 min - Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Hansel & Gretel:An Opera Fantasy (DVD) $19.98 #2421 This may well be the definitive production of one of the greatest fairy tales ever told. With brilliant imagination and technical wizardry this 1954 feature used stop-action animation and hand-sculpted dolls and sets to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty. Set to Englebert Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera, sung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the 1950s, this recording was nominated for a Grammy Award. DVD BONUS FEATURES: (72 minutes, plus 20 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Swan Lake Story ** A Dance Fantasy (VHS) 1212 This charming adaptation of Tchaikowsky's classic ballet tells the romantic story of a young maiden who is turned into a swan by a spell which can only be broken through a pledge of eternal love. Spectacular outdoor settings serve as both scenery and stage for this production, creating an atmosphere of magic and enchantment. Performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The State Ballet of Oregon. (38 min - Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |