Babyscapes: Baby's Smart Start - Celebration of colors [VHS]

It's no secret that babies love colorful images and are soothed by beautiful music. Now Celebration of Color, part of the trilogy of videos from the illustrious Babyscapes, offers up this intriguing and stimulating combination. Like the other Babyscapes videos, this is not only wonderful for baby, but lovely for parents and caregivers. Repeated viewings won't be a problem, since the music is not only beautiful but well presented. Celebration of Color features seven segments and seven classical tunes that combine color, shapes, music, and rudimentary reading (the colors are spelled out slowly, through the CGI images). Babyscapes videos also don't feature any extraneous narration and let the music and images convey the message. Celebration of Color offers the following segments: a colorful display of fireworks set to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; the color blue to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"; red to Beethoven's "Turkish March"; yellow to a Brahms "Hungarian Dance"; green to Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; purple to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2; and orange to Boccherini's "Minuetto."

Packaging suggests that children up to 5 may still be interested in this enchanting video, but it's doubtful that the interest of children as old as 5--or, in some cases, even 3 and 4 (who may be in preschool and used to more active stimulation)--will be sustained throughout. (Ages 8 months to 4 years) --N.F. Mendoza