Lets Hear It for the Laurie Berkner Band

A great DVD for kids 10 months and up
We got the Laurie Berkner DVD right after we saw the ad for it on Nick Jr.
My daughter (10 months) would stop whatever she was doing to watch some of the videos on Nick like "Who's That?" and "5 years old". So once we saw they were making a DVD we jumped on it.
And sure enough she loves it. With the exception of 1 or 2 songs all of the songs on this DVD are fun and some are just silly. Lauries music is constantly encouraging the kids to participate. My daughter knows when to clap and even make the Octopus sound during the "Pig on your head" song.
Most of the songs even my wife and I like with the exception of the "Clouds" song and "On the farm".
The Moose and Zee interludes are kinda cheesy and my daughter seems to loose attention during them after she's watched the DVD a few times. But the Moose and Zee songs include a couple that she really likes like "Everywhere I go".

Here's a list of the songs you'll find (not sure of the names);
5 Days...

Disappointing
This DVD is not awful, but it is vastly inferior to "We are... The Laurie Berkner Band". In that one, they draw from over a decade of songs that Laurie wrote. We Are... also seems better produced and directed. As an example, the lighting was much better in the first DVD. In the new one, Laurie is blasted with high intensity lights, so much so that her face appears overexposed and white and her eyes a little too dramatic (guess that's the style today though). Musically I prefer the first one too.

This DVD also suffers from interludes with the Nick Jr. moose where he does silly things to hype the crowd. This gets old fast, and kills replay value.

Her early DVD I have literally watched a hundred times and still enjoy. We even went to see the band in concert. They are great.

I still give this DVD four stars because it's above average compared to other childrens' DVDs.

Moose and Zee
After Nick Jr cancelled Moose A Moose and Zee recently, I was looking for a DVD that featured the pair for my 13 month old daughter. This was the only DVD that I could find. It's great!! It has plenty of spots with them between songs and included in the special features are four videos with fun cartoons of just Moose and Zee. It was perfect and my daughter loved being able to see her favorite two characters again. Also, we have already memorized the Laurie songs that are catchy and fun to dance around to. It was a perfect buy for us!

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