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BUY THIS NOW!!!
This purchase was the BEST ONE ever made. I bought this for my daughter when she was just a few months old and we've worn it out. She's now 2 and sings the songs perfectly. My husband and I also sing with her. She helps me clean up the house and in the bathtub she sings the bath songs. Bear and the gang also sing the cutest brush your teeth song and my daughter will brush her teeth on her own whenever I sing it to her. All of Bear's dvd's are great , we absolutely adore him. Bonus: Continuous play mode. Bless the individuals who came up with that. Just a quick note: Potty time, Shapes & Colors and Everybody's Special are so entertaining for adults (you are singing those songs like it or not) and educational for the little ones. Worth every penny

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Squeaky Clean, but Deep in Meaning
There are a lot of improvements made to the format of this DVD. You can set the language, you can choose a specific episode, and you can let the episodes run over and over again if you want to.

There are three episodes, with repetition of the two main songs, but there's a lot of information packed into them. Bear teaches about different types of work, even "otter work", and there are references to gender issues. Bear, Ojo and Treelo discuss whether girls can be firefighters, and in "Working Like a Bear", Bear sings about Moms mowing lawns and Dads changing diapers.

The second episode deals with both house cleaning and personal hygiene, such as bathing and brushing your teeth, with some catchy songs.

The last one is much the same, but there's a new character "Doc Hog" invited over for apple pie, with whipped cream, and everybody has to "co-operate" to get the job done.

Interesting stuff!

I don't know if it is intentional for Treelo (the lemur) to be unintelligible, but we can't make head or tail of his gibberish without subtitles.

My son doesn't mind the "shadow" stories, but personally I don't like the format. The black paper cut outs are just too roughly done, and I'm not sure if they are trying to teach or amuse. I thought the singing cattle skull was creepy, but I liked that Dinah was a dinosaur - or was she a rhino? (Someone's In the Kitchen with Dinah) I think these skits should be cleaned up a little.

Overall - two very entertaining episodes, and one that's just average.

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My kid loves this stuff
My daughter is almost 3 and LOVES Bear in the Big Blue House. This DVD is more substantial than a lot of other children's DVD's out there... it's got this Montessori-ish way of teaching kids, i.e. not focusing so much on ABC's and stuff, but preparing children for life. It also is longer than most DVD's, and of higher quality as well. The singing is very good (especially Shadow) and the atmosphere of the DVD is relaxing and soothing on the whole. I am glad I gave it a try for my daughter, and couldn't be more pleased with how much she loves it and the quality of the content.