Baby Einstein and Sprout Keep Kendry Entertained and Educated

The debate over how much TV is too much TV for kids is not new.

So what's a busy parent to do? I’m not one that easily conforms to rigid rules….so we watch TV in our home.  And Little Man absolutely has his favorites already.   We purchased several of the Baby Einstein DVDs…Baby Van Gogh wins every time.   He loves, loves, loves, it.   There is also the Sprout Channel that he can’t be without at least once a day.   He is totally in love with Patty Pig! 

I know many people have given Baby Einstein horrible review, but our family thinks it deserves a gold star!  Here is what you get with Vincent Van Goat (apropos since we drink goats milk)……..and here is Little Man watching

Product Description:
Baby Van Gogh uses the paintings of artist Vincent Van Gogh to teach the six primary colors.

A hand-puppet, named Vincent Van Goat (who does have both of his ears, although in some graphics for the video he has a bandage on one of them) paints the pieces. 
A typical color-theme segment is as follows:

A puppet frolics while the color is identified and a short poem (by Baby Einstein founder Julie Aigner-Clark) about that color is read. Then Vincent Van Goat steps up to his canvas and begins to paint, accompanied by classical music. The painting selected always heavily features the theme-color. The scene then shifts between the goat-puppet at work, children at play, nature scenery, common objects, and toys -- all of which have the theme-color in common.

At the end of the song Vincent's master piece is finished, the theme-color is identified again, and then we then move on to the next color.
The colors explored are: Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, and Blue.
The Van Gogh Paintings used are:

"Lane in the Public Garden at Arles" (Green)
"14 Sunflowers in a Vase" (Orange)

 
"The Starry Night" (Blue)

 

"Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles" (Purple)

"Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer" (Red)

"Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise" (Yellow)

What a great art lesson, someday he will know all about Van Gogh and I know he will be able to recognize and name these very famous paintings.   That’s so worth the TV time!