Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!

We were happy to find this new copy of one of our son’s favorites. He has significant disabilities and loves his “oldies but goodies”!

this is a sweet little animated video! It is such a nice, relaxed pace. I feel comfortable putting my one year-old, and 3 1/2 year-old in front of it, and I don't feel like it is "killing brain cells" or depleting their attention span! LOL. This little video is only about 15 or 20 minutes, so I often let it play twice while I am cooking supper and/or washing up the dishes. The ABC video features Huckle and Lowely going to school, where they learn about the alphabet. Each child in class assigned a letter, and they each make up a short story featuring an object or person that starts with that letter. "H is for house. Hilda hippo's house is on a hill. How will Hilda hippo get home? Call upon a helicopter!!" accompanied by the characters of Busytown acting out each story. My children absolutely love this video, as well as the counting video, Which is also by Richard scary. The people are all sweet and polite to each other. The teacher is very encouraging to each child. Overall, it paints such a sweet, innocent picture of the world and of the classroom! There is no drama, there are no scary elements, there is nothing that I as a parent worry about my children viewing! (well, I suppose there is one bit of drama. Bananas gorilla steals something, and eventually gets caught by the policeman. So in a way, I suppose this little video teaches consequences for poor decisions. But I support this concept, and the events are not frightening in any way, So I don't mind. ) I highly recommend this video/DVD.

Our two-year old daughter loves this video. I highly recommend it.The animation is basic, but it's not the sort of thing little kids care about. The content and educational value are first-rate. It does a great job of introducing all the 26 letters. To keep kids' interest, it mixes in a lot of interesting characters and stories. Our daughter loves the sweet animal characters. It includes the traditional "ABC" song, which is very helpful.We like that the presentation is low-key, not like some of the loud, frenetically paced stuff you see nowadays. If your kids see a lot of TV, they might have a different reaction than our daughter did to this video. We don't let her watch a lot of video unless it's educational (studies show TV and rapidly changing video images are not healthy for kids' brain development, especially before age 3).In addition to this video, for learning the alphabet I also recommend the video "Leap Frog - Letter Factory (2003)." It's a regular video - you don't need a LeapPad or anything to view it.

As expected, my 2 year old can't get enough of Richard Scarry. My older four boys watched the Scarry videos when they were younger. When they outgrew them, I sold them in a garage sale. Enter baby #5, a total surprise. When I decided to re-buy these for him, I discovered they were no longer available. VHS copies are easy to come by used, but used DVDs cost a fortune. I'm buying one at a time over a period of a few months so as not to break the bank. Worth every penny, though. We don't watch television around here, but my 2 year old is spellbound every time I turn this on. He's recognizing all of his letters, too, which makes me feel better about turning this video every now and again.

Go figure - it's hard to judge toddlers' taste sometimes. At first glance, there is nothing impressive about this title, with crudely drawn artwork that betrays its low production value. I rented it from the library for my son and finally had to buy it due to his repeat viewing.Since I was forced to view it along with my son, I tried to figure out what was about this video that was so appealing to toddlers. First, the simply drawn characters radiate joy to which toddlers respond well. There is also an old-fashioned gentleness about the story line and the characters that bear well through repeat viewing, and even encourage young viewers to speak up and sing along.A diamond in the rough that's worth purchasing for your own toddler.

My 22 month old daugther loves this video. We got it a month or so ago and she's since wanted to watch it almost daily. She repeats the letters and numbers that she hears on the video and also names the various animal characters and objects that she sees on the video (similar to our use of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book). In the past month, her vocabulary has jumped to almost 200 words. Not sure if that has anything to do with Richard Scarry's video (!) - but this video definitely matches her current, avid interest in learning and practicing new words.

We bought this for our toddler, because we remembered how much our older child had loved it. We had given away our old VHS version, and were disappointed to find that this video is no longer being issued; luckily we found a seller with a used DVD copy in good condition. The songs are cute, animation is sweet and gentle - no jerky camera movements or yelling characters - and calming, and kids relate to all the children's voices. A charming classic!

I recently purchased the following videos: Best ABC Video, Best Counting Video, Best Learning Songs, Best Silly Stories & Songs, Best Busy People. These videos are all about 15-20 years old (release date) and I had my reservations as to whether my 3 year old would like them, as he is very stuck on his LeapFrog letter and words videos (which I also love). When I first viewed all of these, I realized that they are made with very simple animation, similar to when I was young. These videos are extremely charming and sweet. My son instantly loved them and has asked to view them repeatedly. It was nice to have a video with the actual alphabet song, as the LeapFrog letter factory does not have it. The counting video is also helpful in that it counts to 20 rather than 10 as other videos do. He enjoys the silly stories and laughs at all the videos. It is nice to know that kids can still enjoy classics such as these. I am very pleased with them. I also paid less than $1 or $2 for each of them (plus shipping). A bargain!

海外の子供たちが国語のテキストとして使用しているものがほしくて購入。以前購入したものはビデオテープでしたが、とっても気に入っていたので新たにDVDを買いました。

昔から英語圏で愛されているリチャードスキャリー。基本のＡＢＣビデオ。ストーリーも画質もいい意味の昭和（レトロ）な感じがしますので、現代的でいそがしい、刺激的なアニメ等が好きな方には物足りないかも知れません。絵本、動物などが好きな子供にはきっと受け入れられると思います。単なる「教材」という考えから離れて、子供と一緒に楽しみながら観ると本当に面白いですよ。例えばどのくらい子供レベルの会話が自分は聞き取れているのかな～と考えたりしながら。A,アポー！から始まり、Which letter will come after A?、Can you guess what letter will be next?や、ゴリラおじさんはなんで怒られているの？などとうちでは子供の成長段階にあわせて自由に楽しんでいます。また、fire engine,mobile,Sergeantなどの懐かしい単語も出てきます。なので、私は勝手にレトロと思っているのですが。古い単語を小さいうちから覚えても意味がない、という方に以前出会いましたが、そうでしょうか？しばらく日本のアマゾンは売り切れが続いています。ＤＶＤではなくＶＨＳを選ぶのには意味があります。価格だけではなく、なんでもやりたい時期の子に、ディスクをダメにする心配なく、自分で出し入れさせることができます。教材ショップや中古なども驚くような高値で売られているのを時々見かけます。1000円を切ってこそ納得のいくコンテンツ（適価）かな、と私は思いますが。皆さんはどうでしょうか。一緒に絵本を選ぶならBUSY BUSY TOWNなどがおススメです。

リチャード・スキャーリーのビデオは初めて見たのですが、長男(３歳)が楽しんでみていました。いろいろな動物が出てきてかわいいので、次男(１歳)も一緒に見ています。短いので、飽きずに最後まで見ることができます。

どうぶつたちのスクールで、アルファベットのお勉強。と言う設定です。ＡＢＣのカードが配られそれをもった子が頭文字にその文字がつく単語を考えます。例えばＡ。日本の教材だとりんご・・・を多く見ますが飛行機です。このときにはスペリングが出ます。そしてその飛行機が空港に到着。貨物機がりんごを積んでやってくる・・・とＡづくしのショートストーリーで次に行きます。そうしてＺまで順番に紹介してくれます。全体でのストーリー性はありません。短編集。という感じかな？ただ選ぶ単語が面白い。ＢならＢＯＯＫとかに行きそうなのをブレッド。ＣはＣＡＴとなりそうなのにクレヨン・・・そういう見方をしても面白いかもしれません。

3歳の娘が喜んで観ています。絵のタッチが柔らかく、ストーリーもとっても可愛いので親子で楽しむことができます。AからZで思い浮かぶ単語が海外の物ならではの単語なので斬新で繰り返しみても飽きずに楽しめます。