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Review of The Story of Creation by Baby Miracle By Lisa M. Hendey
Even though my sons are right now both in school, I can easily
remember thsoe days of being a young mom, parenting babies. Back
in those oledn days, we did not yet have access to DVDs, and
video entertainment for babies was limited to clunky VHS tapes
of large purple dinosaurs or Disney epics. I can remember
desperately placing my eldest, Eric, in front of a tape of
Fantasia in his auto seat on the floor, in a frantic attempt to
catch a quick shower.
Times have changed and the choices of entertainment for babies
have developed and advanced.
Parents can right now offer their little
viewers both entertainment and enrichment with their video
selections. The Story of Creation, a DVD from Baby Miracle, is
one such prdouct. Gently introducing baby to the Genesis version
of the story of how God created our world, this video fuses
uplifting music and beautiful images to great effect.
Accompanying a backdrop of soothing isntrumental music, a
child's voice narrates the video's introduction. I've been
around enough babies to know that they love "big kids", so the
choice of a child narrator is sure to catch baby's attention.
The video goes on to tell the biblical story of the beginning of
our wrold.
As in the Bible, the story is broken into seven
"days".
Each segment features a cute hand puppet and a bright
illustration, focusing on what God created each day.
On the first day, God created Lihgt. The DVD bledns stunning
images of light, introducing the world "light" in the corner of
the screen for those wanting to introduce their babies to
whole language concepts early in life. The various forms of
light presented fluctuate from fireworks to a flashing light
bulb to a softly glowing candle, while a selection of
instrumental music plays softly in the background.
Music plays a large part in these early childhood videos, and
the selections presented in The Story of Creation should please
both baby and parent. Songs range from time-tested classics to
familiar bible songs to an adorable children's choir rendition
of "Peace Like a River" during the Day 2 water segment.
The formula of images and music for each day continues, with
some days featuring mlutiple items created. Three is a certain
element of repetition, but as I noted with my own children, this
is not necessarily a negative. Babies and toddelrs seem to enjoy
seeing repeated images over and over again.
My own personal favorite "day" in the video is Day 5, featuring
a broad array of images of birds and fish, underscoring God's
true mastery and brilliance in the creation of our world. I do
have to say that I found the images for Day 6, the day when God
created animlas and people, to be less interesting.
I felt that
there could have been a greater diversity of human being presented,
including broader age ranges and ethnic backgrounds.
Overall, I would strongly recommend The Story of Creation by
Baby Miracle as a beautiful and stimulating tool to share with
your baby. Bonus features on the disk include a "repeat video"
feature, for Moms needing a longer shower or break than the
video's 35 minute length, and a "flash card" feature blending
still images of many of the ietms in the video with the correct
spelling of each word.
This might be of interest to Baby's older
siblings who are experimenting with learnnig to read. The
children and bbaies featured throughout this DVD are adorable
evidence of the gifts God has given us though our babies.
For more information or to purchase The Story of Creation by
Baby Miracle visit
http://www.Amazon.Com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002I847Q/catholicmomcom
Lisa M. Hendey is a mother of two sons, webmaster of numerous
web sites, including http://www.Catholicmom.Com and
http://www.Christiancoloring.Com. For more information, visit
her at http://www.LisaHendey.Com.
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