Language Nursery

## Cover

**Baby Einstein** (later resold as **Language Nursery**) was the 1st BE Video ever released. It exposes children to the sounds of foreign languages. Julie Aigner-Clark conceived the idea for the video when she could not find any content in stores that she found suitable for her infant daughter. "When my daughter was born, I became intensely interested in the research available on the development of infant intelligence, *Baby Einstein* is a combination of what worked with my daughter during her first year and the research I studied." Clark stated. Additional research showed that babies had the ability to respond to and produce any sound, however the ability fades around six months of age as the child hears only one language. By twelve months, the ability is [usually] gone. Clark advertised her video as a "video board book" in the sense of a vocabulary builder. Language Nursery was originally released as *Baby Einstein* on 31 January 1997. In March 1997, the video received the *Parent's Choice Approval Award*. Along with the rest of the Pre-Disney videos, it was revised in 2004 following the company being bought by Disney.

## Kids

* Aspen Clark
* Sierra Clark (Video Tutorial Only)

## Trivia

* This video, along with Baby Bach, are the only videos not to feature any Baby Einstein puppets.
* Originally, it was released under I Think I Can Productions, along with Baby Mozart.
* Some of the toys in this video were later seen in other videos: both versions of the Casey Toy Train Engine, People Car, Smiley Face Gondola and Circus Caboose, as well as the Big Blocks from the 2004 release were later seen in Baby Shakespeare (2004); and the Curious Creatures: Happy Starfish was seen in Baby Mozart and Baby Lullaby (Bonus Features).
* A Korean 1999 VHS was made as a combo of Baby Bach and Language Nursery.
* This is the only video to have a Gymboree logo at the beginning.
* This is the only video to not have any classical music until World Music & World Animal Adventure.
* The cat seen near the end of the video belonged to Julie Clark herself.
* This is the first appearance of Aspen and Sierra Clark.

## Crew

 English
 French
 German
 Hebrew
 Japanese
 Russian
 Spanish
 Kids
Sierra Clark

## International Versions

Because of its purpose to expose babies to foreign languages and seven languages were already present, several countries left the video alone.

## Discovery Cards

**2003-2004:**

* Apple
* Banana
* Clock (Teaching Clock/Tick Tock Musical Clock)
* Cow (Roly Poly Cow)
* Duck (Small Plush Duck Rattle/Duck from Discovery Play Melody Mirror)
* Grapes
* Lamb (Lucy Lamb)
* Peas
* Star (Curious Creatures: Happy Starfish)
* Train (Amtrak Train/Wooden Train)

## Gallery

Language Nursery/Gallery

1. ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/id/100000488
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20000818094040/http://www.babyeinstein.com/press/pr\_2\_97.html
3. ↑ Language Nursery Video Tutorial
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000818094117/http://www.babyeinstein.com/press/ra\_3\_97.html
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004\_in\_home\_video#Movie\_releases
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YcQ1hCRRmU
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G-MpANiwG8