Baby Music School: Classical

Granted that babies have a much shorter attention span, and--in theory--a less developed neo-cortex than yours truly, I'm still not convinced that they really want to watch plotless mediocre animation set to classical music (in fact, I suspect that if baby talk were translatable, one of the most popular phrases would be "please change the channel"). I'm also fairly tired of reading unsupported claims on the back of video jackets (on the Baby Music School: Classical video box, viewers are informed that "actively listening to music contributes to creative, right brain-functioning; motor coordination and emotion," a finding that would raise the eyebrows of both childhood development researchers and parents of teens who listen to Marilyn Manson). For the record, this program uses less than studio quality animation to introduce very young viewers to 10 instruments tied to various animals in a categorical scheme that would, I suspect, perplex even Aristotle (examples include: elephant/guitar, giraffe/bassoon, and fish/oboe). Optional. A companion volume, Baby Language School: Spanish, is also available at the same price. Aud: K, P. (R. Pitman)