Juno Baby151; Way to Go, Juno!

I have all 3 of the Baby Juno videos and my 14 month old really enjoys. Happily, my 3, 6, and 9 yo kids don't mind watching these videos along with her at all. The music is fun and the little puppets and story lines are cute. I am not a big "classical music buff" or someone who wants my kids to be exposed to music learning. Not that I have anything against it, just that I don't know that they NEED to learn about musical terms etc this early. So I wasn't sure if these videos would be too heavy on the music education. They aren't at all. They are just fun. No complaints! I think we love "way to go juno" the best of all three. because of the haircut part and the broccoli song! I am not one of theose baby einstein naysayers. I actually LIKE the Baby Eisnstein videos. But I am not one who parks my kid there and expects them to become smart by watching. I use videos like that (and like this one) for entertainment, primarily, with a side of learning.

At first these videos kind of irritated me with the voices of the characters, but once I "got to know them" I fell in love! My one year old immediately fell in love, and being that her name is Indie, we also purchased the Tshirt for her :) Cute show, love the origins and story of how the show came about, and the personal little drawing in each package! Thank you!

My 15 month loves Juno, but she doesn't care too much for this DVD.

My son has been watching Juno baby since he was a year and a half. He is now four and still loves his Juno Baby. I would recommend this to all small children.

Best music ever...

had two of the same

I have a 6 1/2yr old and an 8 month old baby, so even with limited tv watching to say I'm a bit of a children's programing connoisseur is a bit of an understatement, embarrassingly enough I will even admit to recently setting the DVR for an episode of Dinosaur Train (the Troadon's singing Christmas tunes if you must know). So I have my favorites and my less then favorites (Barney makes me CRINGE). Now that I have two children with such a large age gap it's hard finding programing that my older daughter will watch (or even just have on) w/o complaining that it's to babyish and something that I don't feel is inappropriate for the baby to be overhearing/seeing as she plays in the livingroom.I'm happy to report that though initially the voices of these characters drove me insane they have grown on me. I also love that the videos are varied and a nice length, but the best is the singing. The baby was engaged and my almost 7yr old and I were dancing around the house singing along and laughing. The videos offer just enough conflict to be realistic and teach lessons but not enough that a very sensitive child would be upset (my older daughter refuses to watch Disney movies due to the villians).I'm looking forward to expanding our collection of these dvd's and the cd's as well to listen to in the car etc. If I had to note one negative thing it would be the packaging, though adorable in that the cd case looks like a small book the whole purpose of a cd case in my mind is to offer some sort of protection for the dvd, both from being broken if stepped on and to keep little fingers off of it. This folds right open and by looking like a book invites my children to want to open it and they can easily get the dvd out after that.. I think I might swap them out with some of those mysteriously empty Barney cases I have laying around <wink>

We've been trying out this, our first Juno Baby video, with our music-loving two year old. Overall it is a great addition to our DVD collection, because it is entertaining, and has a lot of exposure to music. This Juno Baby title is better for younger children (12+ months). For 24+ months, consider the Juno Jr. series. Our two year old likes those even better.Pros:+ Good audio production. Not quite as loud/clear as another Juno Jr. DVD, but close.+ Strong focus on music education, making rudimentary music theory available to pre-schoolers.+ Our two year old likes it. She has watched various parts twice and still asks to see it.+ Covers fun/relevant topics like how it doesn't hurt to get your hair cut.Cons:- Entertainment value could be better. In an age of shows like Spongebob which can entertain children and adults simultaneously, or action-packed shows like Dora, the bar is pretty high, and Juno Jr. occasionally gets boring and/or annoying (minus one star).- Characters occasionally over-enthusiastic to the point of being annoying.- Needs better self-promotion. They could to mention "Juno" more often to reinforce the brand. Our two year old didn't know what to call it the first time around. Other toys (leapfrog) and shows (Dora/Diego) take this to an extreme, constantly mentioning their brand, which is annoying.Overall, a very strong effort which adds a needed aspect of music education to our preschool DVD collection.