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Road Test - BabyBlinks
Australian parents have
designed the BabyBlinks development series as a creative
introduction to learning for babies and toddlers.
BabyBlinks encourages active learning by incorporating images
and music that capture a young child's attention and
imagination, while inspiring their curiosity and development.
BabyBlinks is proudly researched, written, produced, owned and
made in Australia. Loaded with local, Australian references and
narration.
 BabyBlinks
does not claim to make your baby smarter. Children absorb and
learn an amazing amount in their early years. It is important
that they are given age appropriate tools to encourage their
development. BabyBlinks is designed to be one of many available
educational tools that will provide a strong foundation for
future learning and development.
BabyBlinks encourages positive interaction. We recommend parents
view it with their children, treating it like an interactive
picture book, pointing things out and asking questions along the
way.
Our panel of new and experienced mums test drove
BabyBlinks DVDs, and
this is what they had to say:
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 Fantastic
DVD. The bright and colourful images caught my two daughters
attention (in particular, the 2 year old was mesmerised!).
The DVD showed the alphabet and items starting with each
letter and went through parts of the body and emotions. The
letters and words were repeated and copied by my daughter -
it seemed to be a great learning tool. The DVD also contained
two music tracks - both were enjoyed by the kids and were
great to dance to!! N. Osborne, mum to 2.
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I would recommend this DVD as an educational learning tool.
It's Australian based, it has Aussie music, talking and
animals, FANTASTIC and about time we recognised our great
country, this is a rare quality in learning DVDs. My son (10
months) after two weeks of watching now points to his nose
and can recognise a lot of the Australian animals especially
the lorikeets as we have these in our tree at the moment.
The only con is the toy displaying is a little over the top.
I like the different way the DVD is presented, but I tend to
think there is too much displaying of toys almost like
advertising and I have noticed this is also when my son
stops watching. A. Noli, mum to 1.
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BabyBlinks Marvellous Moments - My 15 month old would sit
down and watch a fair bit until she wandered off, but not
being far away, she was often drawn back to the TV by the
bright eye catching visuals. I felt it was perfect to teach
her parts of the body and was certainly a good start on
learning the alphabet. My Four year old also loved it, she
wants to watch it twice! Repeating the alphabet with the
DVD. Asking about the Australian Wildlife, and loves
watching the other children, it kept her entertained. From a
parents perspective, I loved the music, it was soothing and
calming great to put on in the mad hour in the evening to
keep every one calm without the normal loud noise of other
kids DVDs. I could certainly see the benefits of having a
DVD from birth, it would definitely catch a younger babies
eye as well. I think $20 would be a fairer price, but then
EVERYTHING is more expensive these days so I guess $25 is
pretty fair. Overall I would recommend the DVD to other
parents, it's one I know will be in my DVD player on a
regular basis. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to
do this Our Little Treasure's road test and having a great DVD
for my girls to watch again and again. S. Hutchinson,
mum to 2.
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 From
a parents point of view, I think it is fantastic. I loved
all the Australian animals and the animation was beautiful.
The bright colours and the sounds, the music and the animal
sounds, kept drawing our babies' attentions back to the
television. I thought it was excellent how the alphabet was
done a couple of different ways - just the alphabet and then
the alphabet and saying a word that the letter starts with.
Whilst it is a fun DVD I found it to be very educational
too. In regards to the price, I went onto the Baby Blinks
website to get this information - $24.95 plus $5 postage and
handling. Based on this, I would not purchase these DVDs. I
think $30 is way too expensive for a kids DVD. J.
Tyrrell, mum to 4.
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I liked the concept of the video and the touch for including
Australian animals. Due to my son's age it did not keep his
attention however when he was focused he had a lot of fun
dancing around to the music and copying the actions of the
other children. My daughter surprisingly for her age was
very interested in the DVD and has requested on numerous
times if she could watch it. For this age group I would have
liked to have seen some counting learning sections to
compliment the alphabet sections. I do feel that this
DVD is over priced. If it came in at just under $20 I think
that it may be a more appealing price range. One major con
that I found with this DVD is that the sound level was not
consistent. In some parts the sound (even when there was a
narrator) seemed to fade in and out, being too loud in some
areas. I feel that this problem affects the quality and
price range for which you would expect to pay. M.
Bird, mum to 2.
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We received the Marvellous Moments video and I have to say
that I was very impressed. From a parent's perspective I
love that my children are watching something with so much
Australian content. I love the fact that they are not
listening to another American who can't even say 'Z'
properly. The visuals are simple yet very engaging. My
daughter gets excited every time the balls or the sparkle
mobiles are on. The body recognition is fantastic whilst the
alphabet repetition is great for the older ages. The only
negative I would say is that my 17month old does not like
the turtle or the snake. Every time that part comes on she
turns away and will only resume viewing once she knows they
are finished. Pricing I would consider quite appropriate. I
do intend purchasing another myself and feel that I will get
value for money based on what I have seen so far. Overall I
would rate the videos quite highly. From a parents
perspective a great chance to sit and interact with my
daughter. From a professional child care workers point of
view the video contains a lot of good developmental
opportunities. Thank you for the opportunity to have been
part of this trial. J. Norton, mum to 2.
-
 We
have had the Baby Blinks DVD for two weeks now and it has
been played in our house at least twice daily. Amelia is 13
months and was interested in the DVD from the start. This
was evidenced by her glancing up at the TV while playing
with her toys and also "bopping" and swaying to the music.
Now, two weeks later, when the DVD starts she smiles, claps
and gets very excited! Her attention is held throughout most
of the DVD. She is particularly interested in the children
playing and smiling and during the "Learning Body Parts"
sections she actively participates which, as a mother, is
awesome to watch! From a parent's perspective the music is
great! It is actually relaxing. The themes are repetitious
which assists learning. Overall, the DVD is not obtrusive
and busy like so many other children's DVDs are. It is calm,
simple, educational and fun. A. Fulton, mum to 1.
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My son who is 13 and a half months, wasn't that enthusiastic
about the DVD, he kept walking off to find his books to
read, he did enjoy the music that was played on the DVD. My
almost 3 year old daughter absolutely loved the DVD,
especially the pointing to the body parts and the alphabet
and all the Australian animals. I think the DVD is great but
maybe for a slightly older age group than 6- 15 months.
M. Sango, mum to 2.
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Yes, I would recommend, however perhaps more suited to start
viewing it for a younger baby – between 6 to 9 months. And
then I feel I will get use out of it when my daughter is
around 18 months (she is currently 15 months) with the
alphabet part. The DVDs were very colourful, bright and
interactive. Lots of variety presented. The combination of
real humans (babies/children) and animals is excellent. The
Australian accent was great (although I think a Kiwi accent
was slipped in there somewhere!). Every time a baby came on
the screen, my daughter would go up to the TV and talk to it
or try and touch it. My daughter also tried to repeat most
of the words that were said. I also tried it in the
background as she was playing and little things kept
catching her attention which was great as she isn’t a huge
TV fan. Sometimes it was hard to hear the talking/words over
the background music – perhaps the music was a bit loud on
the DVD. The other thing I found with my DVD is that the
music went from loud to soft throughout the whole thing so I
had to keep playing with the volume. If this is on all DVDs,
it does need to be addressed urgently. I think the emotions
part was probably better suited to a 2 year plus child – a
little too sophisticated for a baby – my daughter lost a
little bit of interest in this part. A Stratiotis, mum
to 1.
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Thanks
for the opportunity to road test Baby Blinks Marvellous
Moments. My initial reaction was that I was watching another
"Brainy Baby" DVD but I was soon pleasantly surprised to
seen gorgeous Australian native animals in their natural
habitat interspersed with the vibrant & stimulating
animations, children and toys. The major drawcard is the
Australian narration, especially the alphabet pronunciation.
It is definitely a winner in my opinion. The body parts
segment was a major hit with my 15month old, who has just
recently mastered all body parts and it was lovely to watch
her interact with the children on the screen. The emotions
segment was also good as I rate emotional intelligence high
and can see this assisting in my daughter's learning
experience in the months to come. The inclusion of two
distinctly different works of music was great for variety
and stimulation, as was the ability to isolate the
educational segments of alphabet, body & emotions. Overall
the images & music managed to capture my 15 month olds
attention for a significant amount of time and she enjoyed
walking over to the screen and pointing at the animals and
interacting with the children. The price is very reasonable
for the excellent content and also in comparison with
similar DVD's. I would definitely recommend Baby Blinks to
other parents. L. Cunningham, mum to 2.
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We absolutely loved the DVD. As an Aussie mum I loved the
attention paid to our Aussie animals, I also appreciated the
repletion of all the key concepts (alphabet etc). My 19
month old loved it and was quickly singing along with the
DVD. I also played it for my nephew 9months and he loved it
clapping along riveted to the bright and colourful images.
My 30 month old nephew also enjoyed the music and loudly
called out the items as they popped onto the screen. All the
children loved watching and mimicking the children
throughout the DVD. The pricing is higher then other similar
(more well known – ie ABC Kids DVD’s) products. This DVD
would make an excellent edition to any parent/child’s DVD
collection. Great Product well done. A. Bruce, mum to
1.
For more information about BabyBlinks or to locate a stockist visit the
BabyBlinks website at
www.babyblinks.com.
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