Product: Math Facts
Rating: 2.0
Poor behavior modeling distracts from learning & sound quality not great
My children watch educational videos regularly, including the sight words DVD offered with the same kid 2020 logo on it. Despite their high tolerance for educational DVDs, we were extremely disappointed in the Math Facts DVD. The educational part did not hold the interest of any of my children (age 3, age 4 & two age 6). Part of the problem was during the rhythmic learning part. The poor graphics didn't seem to bother the children, but the volume and tones of the voices varied way too much. Some of the math facts were too loud, while others were too soft and difficult to hear. My son was very frustrated when he couldn't hear what they were saying. The worst part of the DVD was the poor behavioral modeling. In the "classroom" section of the show, there is a little girl who is constantly disruptive and off task. The teacher tells her to raise her hand or stay on topic, or something like that, but the girl continues the poor behavior. My children did not get anything worthwhile out of this video. I was surprised to see a few decent reviews...... All four of my children enjoyed the Learning Treehouse Addition, Leapfrog Math Circus, Mathtacular, Meet the Sight Words, Dolch Sight Words and Rock n Learn Phonics. This is one of the rare few educational videos I do NOT recommend.