Educational DVD & CD Master List

[TeachingMyToddlers]

I am not an anti-TV or anti-screen time purist but I understand that some parents are, and that's okay for their families. I am however anti-BROADCAST TV for my family.

1) It's typically not educational, you have to *work* to find the good stuff. Even a lot of the psuedo-educational kids stuff on PBS is garbage IMHO.
2) Shows run one after the next, versus a DVD has a nice "end," reminding you and your children to turn it off and go do something more active
3) Adult shows on the background (even the news) expose my kids to concepts I am not ready to explain and they are not ready for, usually negative
4) They will walk away from "regular" TV with NOTHING. Other than a wasted half hour or longer. Educational DVDs teach them all kinds of great things!~
5) I do NOT want my kids being marketed to so young with aggressive commercials for toys and cereal.

Yes, I have read all the hype about no-TV before two and I will be doing an in-depth analysis of it soon and trying to find more studies & reasons behind the recommendation (I personally disregard the obesity concerns for MY family because I monitor my children's health, the ADHD/ADD type concerns are the ones I am far more interested in).  When I do, I will post it here. Until then, help me compile a list for families who are willing to "cut the cable" and stop showing their kids broadcast TV, but still want to use TV as a distraction or learning medium like most American families.

• Your Baby Can Read (foreign lang. versions also avail.)
• Your Child Can Read
• Preschool Prep Series (spanish play options)
• Monkisee, Monkido
• Trebellina
• Little Pim
• Peter Weatherall
• Signing Time
• Baby Signs
• Readeez
• Sparkabilities
• Select Baby Einstein?*
• Brainy Baby?*
• Galloping Minds?*
• Baby Bumblebee?*
• Rock & Learn
• Hooked on Phonics
• Tweedlewink
• Kids2020
• HeidiSongs
• Munchkin Math
• My Montessori House
• Leapfrog
• Whistlefritz (spanish)
• Wink to Learn
• Baby Learns Chinese
• Baby Bit
• Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco
• Muzzy (assorted foreign languages avail.)
• Schoolhouse Rock
• Lyric Language (assorted foreign languages avail.)

*I have no personal experience with these but have heard controversial things about if they are truly educational or not, or just that some of them are good but not all of them. Thoughts?

I will update this list as people add to it, and I will add in the links later when I have more time. If a master educational DVD last has already been made, by all means I would love to see it! If not, please feel free to help me make one!

Also, in addition to TV, there are tons of good AUDIO Learning Options. Help me compile a master list!

• HeidiSongs
• Hestia
• Twin Sisters
• GT & the Halo Express (Bible)
• Feed My Lambs (Bible)
• Beethoven's Wig
• Themes to Remember
• Tender Learning IQ Boosters
• Whistlefritz (Spanish)
• Lyric Language (assorted foreign languages avail.)

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[NadiaD]

Hi, TMT!

Please, add to the list

Whistlefritz DVDs/ CD  (great program to teach your children Spanish)

Wink to Learn educational DVDs, they are amaizing.

Baby Learns Chinese DVDs



Thank you for making the list

[TeachingMyToddlers]

Thanks for your input, please keep them coming! I will organize by category and subject once it's complete.

[mom2bee]

Leap Frog DVD's are pretty good too. I used the 3-combo pack with Letter Factory, Talking Words Factory and a math video.

[WINK to LEARN]

Hi, TMT!

Please, add to the list

Whistlefritz DVDs/ CD  (great program to teach your children Spanish)

Wink to Learn educational DVDs, they are amaizing.

Baby Learns Chinese DVDs



Thank you for making the list

Dear TMT, NadiaD and all,

Thank you very much for your recommending WINKtoLEARN in the listing. We sincerely appreciate your kindness and efforts to put together a worthy list of early learning programs. I am sure that this list will be a great help to many parents like yourselves.

In conjunction with the new year, WINKtoLEARN likes to offer a free $10 online coupon code "HAPPY2011" for all of you. Expiry: 31 January 2011. Please feel free to take advantage of this coupon code to offset against any of our products via our online store @ winktolearn.com.

You have more choices now as we had extended our Speak & Read series to English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Filipino and Malay versions are launching in January 2011!

[TeachingMyToddlers]

Thanks Wink to Learn!

To anyone bored with some extra time, if you want to help compile websites for this list, feel free to jump in! I am just (more than a little) swamped this week and my evenings are spoken for. I am going to try and take the time to do it soon though, but if someone gets to it before me, that's great too!

[waterdreamer]

Thanks Wink to Learn!
I hope its ok, I just posted that coupon code on my blog

[WINK to LEARN]

Thanks Wink to Learn!

To anyone bored with some extra time, if you want to help compile websites for this list, feel free to jump in! I am just (more than a little) swamped this week and my evenings are spoken for. I am going to try and take the time to do it soon though, but if someone gets to it before me, that's great too!

It's our pleasure, TMT.   If we happen to come across some good programs in the market place, we will definitely chip in the list. Wishing you a great 2011 ahead!

[WINK to LEARN]

Thanks Wink to Learn!
I hope its ok, I just posted that coupon code on my blog

Dear Waterdreamer,

Definitely! Please feel free to share the $10 coupon code with your friends and beloved. The good thing about ordering from us is that we absorb all shipping costs for all online orders regardless of value. 

[mom2bee]

Okay, here are all the links from the original list compiled by TeachingMyToddler. I'll do the CD's next chance I get. I hope it helps someone out.


Your Baby Can Read (foreign lang. versions also avail.)
Your Child Can Read <--All I could find is the Amazon page on this
Preschool Prep Series (spanish play options)
Monkisee, Monkido
Trebellina
Little Pim
Peter Weatherall
Signing Time
Baby Signs
Readeez
Sparkabilities
Select Baby Einstein?*
Brainy Baby?* (Spanish options and a couple French too.)
Galloping Minds?*
Baby Bumblebee?*
Rock & Learn
Hooked on Phonics
Tweedlewink
Kids2020 <-- I have NO idea what this is, I hope its the right link...
HeidiSongs
Munchkin Math
My Montessori House
Leapfrog
Whistlefritz (spanish language program.) They have a youtube channel too!
Wink to Learn
Baby Learns Chinese
Baby Bit English, Spanish, French and Catalan options available. US Residents PLEASE NOTE THE "TV SYSTEM"
Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco <-- It looks like the official site expired, but you can access the text only version in the Google internet archives by clicking "cached version" and then choosing "text only" at the top. Hopefully the site will come back online soon.
Muzzy (assorted foreign languages avail.)
Schoolhouse Rock
Lyric Language VHS (assorted foreign languages avail.) I had to link the Amazon page because this is an older product and it has no website that I could find.
NEW Lyric Language Now available from the makers of YBCR
Teach Me... SEVERAL languages available. You can Preview them on Google Books the books ENTIRELY in the target language (there are translations in the back if you want to check something) and each one comes with a CD of songs and dialogs in English and the Target language.

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Thanks to Water Dreamer for the correct links to Lyric Language and Your Child Can Read.

[waterdreamer]

Wink to Learn,
Are you guys ever planning on creating a Speak and Read French or Spanish?

[WINK to LEARN]

Wink to Learn,
Are you guys ever planning on creating a Speak and Read French or Spanish?

You are reading our mind, Waterdreamer.    You will be the first to be informed. 

[mom2bee]

DVD list has been fixed. Enjoy.

I've added Teach Me tapes, as a foreign language program.

[waterdreamer]

Lyric Language is now sold on the same sight as YBCR
http://www.yourbabycan.com/Product/Language-Learning-Kit-Spanish
And Your Child Can Read is found on the same site
http://www.yourbabycan.com/Product/Your-Child-Can-Read

[waterdreamer]

And the Teach Me Tapes are not Entirely in the targeted language. A good chunk of the songs play in the target language and then in English. The books are only in the targeted language except for the parent potion

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