Rating: - Fun Video
My 2 year old loves, loves, LOVES this video. That being said, the video is misnamed. There is one short story about colors and nothing about shapes. What you will find are several short stories and a few cute Maisy music videos. This is a very fun video, but only somewhat educational. Consider it like a collection of clips you would see on the Maisy TV show.
Rating: - We love this video!
This video was bought for my son at 19 months. He is now three and has learned quite much from watching it. I think too the video is such a relaxed and colorful learning experience that it was great to have around when he needed to come down a few notches.
Rating: - Colors but not shapes! Disappointing.
We're Maisy crazy at our house, led by our 16 month old. I recently got two videos for him. I was very pleased with Counting with Maisy. It delivers just what one would expect. Colors and shapes does not, however. They do a nice job of working in colors, but no shapes! Spots and stripes are mentioned, but I don't consider them shapes. Disappointed. I will continue to buy Maisy tapes because my little one loves them so. I hope the rest are as good as the counting one.
Rating: - Colors but no shapes
My 2 year old loves Maisy. We used to borrow the tapes from the library but she never wanted to give them back. I finally bought Maisy's Colors and Shapes because she is still working on learning these concepts and I thought it would be educational. Although she loves the tape, it teaches colors but does not do shapes (circle, square, triangle, etc.) I do not consider "spots" and "stripes" to be shapes so there is really no shape learning at all. I was a little disappointed by that but she still enjoys it. I'll just have to find her another way to practice her shapes!
Rating: - We love Maisy!
My daughter was only a little over 4 months old when we watched Maisy for the first time. Obviously that's young and she doesn't really "get" the actual concepts yet, but she loves looking at it and the catchy tunes hold her attention. I like the messages it contains and how clearly the narration works colors and shapes into fun little story lines. Thumbs up from Mommy and baby for Maisy!
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