Nick Jr. Baby Curious Buddies - Helping at Home

By Nick Jr. · Sunday, February 7th, 2010

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Product information Artist: Artist Not Provided
Brand: Paramount
Publisher: Nickelodeon
Category: DVD
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Formats: Animated, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English
ISBN: 1415701458

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Product Description: A cast of cuddly animal puppets help to develop children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills through interactive play. In this video t

Amazon.com: When children help around the house, it fosters confidence, resourcefulness, and independence--the theme of this 30-minute Nick Jr. Baby program. Music and narration accompany live-action footage of youngsters engaged in worthy tasks, while a handful of pastel-colored animal puppets cheer them on. Short vignettes, appropriate for the brief attention span of wee ones, depict familiar home responsibilities. In one, a girl puts away her toys; in another, a boy washes fruit for a salad. Kids wash the car, sweep the floor, bring in the newspaper, and set the table--visibly satisfied with their accomplishments. Rather than providing instructional detail on various chores, the film's goal is to empower kids to try their hand around the house, and remind parents to let them do so. Animated games enhance a child's skills in matching, sorting, and sequencing; and the curious buddies--an elephant, cat, and so forth--will keep everyone giggling. (Ages 2 to 4) --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews

pleasant surprise - great video

by literatemama 2004-09-18, 14 people found this review helpful

My 13 month old son is only allowed to watch a select few dvd's that we rotate for him as we like them to be somewhat educational but still entertaining for him. I was a bit wary of the Nickelodeon Baby presents and thought it might be cheesy but this is one of the best videos for older babies I've seen.
These are not the spinny shiny objects to classical music videos like some of the Baby Einstein videos (though we love Baby MacDonald/Neighborhood Animals & Neptune) but instead features really cute puppets and very simple but extremely appropriate real life video lessons that clearly repeat and name the actions or objects they are trying to teach the baby (like can you help Cat find the APPLE? and slowly goes over three fruits with the puppet until YES he finds the apple!) And real life video of toddlers helping their parents or siblings around the house. The music is pretty cool too and as a former music biz exec. I am super picky about kids music. GREAT video - Have ordered the rest of the series as of now.

even Mom will enjoy

by D. McCall 2005-08-23, 6 people found this review helpful

My 15 month old LOVES this whole series. The music is great and the puppets are cute! I like that it uses real people with a lot of babies. My son won't sit still for anything on TV, but he begs to put these on and then won't leave the room until it's over. Let me recommend you get the whole set so you don't get tired of hearing the same one over & over.

Very pleasant surprise - great movie!

by T. Costarella 2005-08-10, 6 people found this review helpful

My daughter is 2 and for some reason I thought this might bore her. I rented it from our local library to try it out first and she LOVES this movie!! I was thinking it might be obnoxious or annoying for me but it's fun dancing or playing along with the movie. Very cute, very calm and good music! She loves it and I now love it. :) It's not long - just long enough for her to stay interested and it shows her other children helping around the house.

We like curious buddies but....

by Alisha Marie Norton 2006-09-08, 5 people found this review helpful

My son loves the curious buddies videos. He would probably watch this one more but I don't like playing it cause the voice of one of the singers sounds very very creepy to me. I play the "let's build" curious buddies video all the time. The whole family likes that one.

Great choice for toddlers

by Whitneywill 2006-04-21, 4 people found this review helpful

My 20-month old has given up Baby Einstein for the Curious Buddies. He watches one half-hour video per day, and I was looking for something new at our local discount store when I found this one. I was skeptical, but after the first viewing, the Curious Buddies are the new favorite at our house. The music is cute, not cheesey, and I like that he is learning about objects around our house. He's enthralled every time he watches. Definitely a good choice!

teaching helping for autism

by V. Balmer 2006-11-03, 3 people found this review helpful

My child has autism and has learned from watching videos. He enjoys this show and it encourages self-esteem and competence. He enjoys watching the children and the puppets. The songs and sentences are simple and it's easy to learn the lyrics.

Great Fun!

by Heather Hughes 2007-05-17, 2 people found this review helpful

This was upbeat and fun for my 18 month old. She really liked it, but seemed to lose interest before the end. I've been letting her watch it during quiet time in the afternoon recently and now she watches the entire video and asks to watch it again. I've grown to like it more now than I did when I first previewed it and it's a bonus that she also seems more interested in it now too!

Not Too Pleasing

by Dezire 2007-03-08, 2 people found this review helpful

I was interested in buying the series because my daughter was dancing to a commercial but once i purchased the dvd, my daughter wasn't too attntive to it. Her interest lasted no more than a week, so it was a waste of money.

Captivating

by Nina J. Rodriguez 2007-01-05, 2 people found this review helpful

My 1 1/2 year old daughter will watch this while I get dishes washed or dinner ready. It's cute and teaches her good things, and she loves the music.

My Triplets LOVE This!

by Karen B - mom of 5, including triplets! 2006-12-28, 2 people found this review helpful

Great fun and learning. Can't compare with anything else out there!