Baby Einstein: Language Nursery

**Language Nursery** (also commonly known as its title **Baby Einstein** and its full title **Baby Einstein: Language Nursery**) is the first Baby Einstein video in the series ever to be released and the one that started it all. It was released to the public on January 31, 1997 and was later reissued in 1999. Baby Einstein exposes children to the sounds of foreign languages, but is not meant to teach foreign languages and is actually meant "to stimulate portions of the brain that are largely ignored". It is also the video where the Baby Einstein franchise was named after.

## Language Narrators

* English (Julie Aigner-Clark)
* French (Freda Guetarni) (1996-2000), French (Voice Productions International) (2000)
* German (Gabriele Rewis) (1996-2000) (dialogue in 2000) & (singing in 1996)
* Hebrew (Lynne Albertson) (1996-1998), Iris Zinger (1998)
* Japanese (Miyuki Tayaka-Paisley) (1996-2000), Miho Mettais (2000)
* Russian (Ludmilla Zaitsev)
* Spanish (Erica Silva) (1996-2000), Spanish (Voice Productions International) (2000), Spanish (Maria Fernanda Morales Ponce de Leon) (Counting 1-20 in 2004)

## Kid

* Aspen Clark (only appeared in the end credits)

## Release Dates

### VHS

* January 31, 1997 (Independent)
* February 23, 1999 (Independent Reissue)
* January 18, August 15 & October 31, 2000 (Family Home Entertainment)
* February 26, 2002 (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
* August 5, 2003 (same 2002 tape master with updated box art)
* October 26, 2004 (updated intro and toys, to promote Little Einstein)

### DVD

* August 15, 2000 (Family Home Entertainment)
* February 26, 2002 (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
* August 5, 2003 (updated menu and bonus features)
* October 26, 2004 (updated intro and toys, to promote Little Einstein)

## Opening Messages

### 1998-2000

* "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, creator of Baby Einstein. For information and the research behind Baby Einstein and ways to best use it with your child, join me for a two-minute discussion after the credits at the end of the video or visit my website at www.babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

### 2000-2003

* "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, founder of the Baby Einstein Company. For more information about our developmental programs, visit our website at www.babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

### 2004

* "For more information about our developmental products for babies and toddlers, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

## Trivia

* This was the very first video released.
* This video, along with Baby Bach, are the only videos not to feature any official Baby Einstein puppets.
* Originally, it was released under I Think I Can Productions, along with Baby Mozart.
* In 2003, with the addition of the Baby Einstein part of Language Nursery being removed in the title, the star is replaced by the caterpillar.
	+ However, in 2004, the Baby Einstein logo was removed entirely, likely inspired by Numbers Nursery.
* On the 1997 print, the logo is different.
* The 2003-2004 DVD Menu features a remix of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star from the Baby Mozart CD.

## Gallery

### Media

VHS Tape with Green Sticker Label (used for most 1999 and some 2000/2001 prints)

### Toys

Bear in the Box by Ambi ToysRock-a-Stack by Fisher-Price (1997-2003 version only)Barnyard Friends by DYTOYRaggedy Ann by ApplauseMetronome by Wittner