It’s a rare DVD that engages (and is appropriate for) all three of my children at once. My Baby A to Z - Come Explore Shapes with Me - is that rare DVD.

CJ was my intended target audience for this DVD; it’s perfect for her. She knows her shapes, can draw them shakily, and can identify them in objects around her. She talks back to programs that ask her questions. And one of the little girls on this DVD is named Catherine. Score!

I figure Oliver would be mildly entertained. Obviously he’s nowhere near grasping the concept of shapes, but he’s a baby and babies dig puppets. Clowns, not so much - but puppets? Oh yeah.

So it was Tacy who was the big surprise. I never expected her to sit down and happily watch, and I really never expected her to get up off the sofa and make round shapes and angular shapes with her body. I didn’t expect CJ to do that either - she never obliges when Dora exhorts her to “Stand up, please!” - but she did.

Speaking of angular - and no, I’m not going to make a Sprockets joke - I love that they introduced that concept in this DVD. Angles aren’t a difficult concept in and of themselves, but kids usually learn about angles along with a whole host of other concepts and terminology - right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles - and how they relate to geometry. It’s a lot to take in at once. At least now the concept of angles will be familiar to my kids, thanks to this DVD.

The music is appealing to children, yet not at all childish, and although the visuals are a bit much for a mom who prefers to look at the inside of her eyelids while relaxing, they aren’t over the top. And again, those puppets are darned cute.

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