Baby's First Sounds

## Original Cover

Baby's First Sounds 2008 DVD cover (with the Caterpillar on it, but he has not appeared in the said video)

## Episode Information

### Composers

* Bill Weisbach
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Traditional
* Ludwig van Beethoven
* Franz Schubert

## Episode Guide

### Next

World Music

**Baby's First Sounds** is the 26th Baby Einstein video in the series. It features exposure to foreign languages and words.

## Video Guide

### Opening

* Bee appears flying around, looking for flowers, and then greets to the audience.
* Baby Einstein Theme, Weisbach (rearranged): Hello in different languages: Hello (English); a girl in a fairy wing outfit waving, Bonjour (French); Nina waving (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Guten Tag (German); Katie waving, Hi (English, informal); a group of four children with Inflatable World Globe waving, Namaste (Hindi); Essence waving, Shalom (Hebrew); a girl in a playground waving, Ciao (Italian); a girl seen on a sled waving, Hola (Spanish); a group of Mexican kids waving, four kids finding a senior man
* Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280, 3rd Movement, Mozart: opening titles, Ni-hao (Mandarin); A Chinese-American boy on his dad's back, Jambo (Swahili); three Curaçaoan girls waving, a boy swims with girls, Privyet (Russian); two girls waving in the car, Hallo (German/Dutch); snowman waving, Reece and baby in a stroller wave (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Konnichiwa (Japanese); four kids waving, a baby hides behind the towel

### "B" Phoneme

* Bump n' Go Alien
* Baby Lamb & Baby Baaach the Lamb learn how to bleat.
* Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Major, K. 370, 3rd Movement, Mozart: **Baby (English)**: Charles lying down, Avery playing with Bebe Do - My Real Baby with Brown & White Dog Plush (footage reused from Lullaby Time), Gavin playing with Alphabet Nesting & Stacking Blocks, Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child painting (Mary Cassatt), **Balle (French: Ball)**: Red Gertie 9" Ball (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), Sam with Wild Gertie Ball: Tiger (footage reused from Baby Noah), Gemini with Hi-Bounce Balls: Swirl and Hi-Bounce Balls: Hot Rainbow (footage reused from Baby Van Gogh), Isabella with Fun Balls, Ziya with Move & Crawl Ball, Fun Balls in the bowl, **Baba (Chinese: Father)**: Tom holding his baby, daddy stock footage, Cottontail Rabbit Family, daddy stock footage again
* Dado Cubes
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (English)
* Bee appears inside a picture frame and both Bluebird and Roxy the Cardinal appear and look at her in the frame.
* Humpty Dumpty (English)

### "A" Phoneme

* Press n' Go Giraffes
* Hugo Hippo is thirsty so he gets a straw and drinks the totality of the water.
* Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, 1st Movement, Mozart: **Arm (English)**: Maria reaches with her arm, boy reaches with his arm, Turtle Dancer in 2 different angles, Ryan, a baby, and Ziya with Baby Concerto, **Abeja (Spanish: Bee)**: bee stock footage, Wind-Up Bumblebees, Sophia in Baby Bee Costume (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), **Agneau (French: Lamb)**: lamb stock footage, Pink Wooly Sheep (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), Mary Had a Little Lamb Jack-in-the-Box (footage reused from Baby MacDonald)
* My First RC Buddies: Bee
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Spanish)
* Bee smells red, yellow and light blue flowers. She smelled the first one, but it didn't smell good. She smells the second one, but it makes her sneeze. But, when she smells the third one, it has a nice smell.
* Oye! Mira! (Spanish)

### "D" Phoneme

* Drop n' Go Emma
* Baby Mozart the Koala plays Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven on the radio and vocalizes along to the notes.
* Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush: **Dog (English)**: dog inside the house, dog running on field stock footage, Musical Push n' Go Merry (footage reused from Language Nursery), dog painting, **Dedo (Spanish: Finger)**: finger stock footage, Alexis waves hands (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Noah playing Mini Red Piano (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Brandon and Bailey make handprints (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), **Duzi (Chinese: Stomach):** Patrick shows his stomach to his mom and dad, brown bear, mommy's stomach, Chase shows his stomach, stomach stock footage
* Finger appears
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (French)
* Bee pulls the string.
* Flowers appear in the rain and sing the scales.
* Smiling Flower Plush

### "M" Phoneme

* Baby MacDonald the Cow learns how to moo. An animated brown cow is seen in the background, mooing.
* Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, 1st Movement, Mozart: **Monkey (English)**: monkey stock footage, Monkey Push Puppet (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), Bubble Monkey (footage reused from Baby Bach), Large Floppy Monkey, **Mama (Spanish: Mother)**: Tiffany and her boy at the beach, Jean reads Language Nursery to her boy while sitting on a rocking chair (footage reused from Lullaby Time), ducks stock footage, Quack Pack, **Marionette (French: Puppet, also an English word)**: Vivian Marionette, Chirpy the Dancing Chick Marionette (footage reused from Baby MacDonald), Leo Lion Marionette (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Vivian Marionette
* Whoozit Puzzle
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (English) (Reprise)
* Bee appears in a red cookie jar and Neighton the Horse appears in a blue cookie jar. Neighton eats a cookie in his jar.
* Bo Peep (French)
* 1-20 (German): 3 Little Pigs

### "E" Phoneme

* Mimi the Monkey calls Baby da Vinci the Monkey on the phone.
* Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Major, K.370, 3rd Movement, Mozart: **Eat (English)**: Micha feeds the dog ice cream, Michael eating mango (footage reused from Baby MacDonald), turtle eating grass, Ariana eating corn (footage reused from Baby MacDonald), Megan eating spaghetti, **Hipopotamo (Spanish: Hippopotamus)**: hippo stock footage, Happy Hippo Pull Toy and black, hippo stock footage again, **Yanjing (Chinese: Eyes)**: Skyler's eyes pan (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Isabel's eyes (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Green Squeeze Frog (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Blue Squeeze Frog (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Marcos wearing Droopy Eye Glasses (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Jellyfish Sea Squirter, Gearation in 2 different angles (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Bailey points to her eyes (footage reused from Baby da Vinci)
* Hip Pop Pets: Frog
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Chinese)
* La Señorita Muffet (Spanish)
* Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Traditional: Funtime Fishing

### Closing

* Bee signs off and pulls the string down.
* Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959, 4th Movement, Schubert: Goodbye in different languages: Goodbye (English); Laura, dad, and baby leaves, Bye-Bye (English, informal), Zai-jian; Liam blowing a kiss, Adios (Spanish); Uzbek children waving, Auf Wiedersehen (German); Katie waving, Au revoir (French); girl dressed as a fairy waving, Gud dag (Dutch); Alese waving, Bye-Bye (English, informal); 4 children with Inflatable World Globe waving, Turtle Dancer, Jur gan (Thai); Chinese boy waving with mom, Arrivederci (Italian); home movie footage of baby girl waving sitting in high chair, Bye-Bye (English, informal); baby waving with mom and dad, boy and girl lets go 10 balloons, Happy Monkey (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Vincent with Sundance the Playful Pony,
* Bee waves goodbye to the audience and then disappears.
* Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K.280, 3rd Movement, Mozart: closing credits
* Squirrel appears and collects some acorns.

## Fun with Phonemes

### **O**oo, Who Do You Do?

* Edo No Komori Uta: Owl hoots and Baby da Vinci appears upside down, but he went back up.
* Leise, Peterle, Leise: **Oso (Spanish: Bear)**: Baby Concerto in 2 different angles
* **Autruche (French: Ostrich)**: ostrich stock photo, ostrich stock footage

### **P**op Goes the Bubbles

* Baby Beethoven The Giraffe takes a bath and sees some bubbles coming up and popping and he imitates the sound.
* 1-20 (French): **Pig (English)**: Pig Ramp Walker (footage reused from Baby MacDonald)
* **Pez (Spanish: Fish)**: blue fishes stock footage, boy and girl looking at goldfish
* **Poupee (French: Doll)**: Avery playing with My Real Baby (footage reused from Lullaby Time)
* **Papillon (French: Butterfly)**: orange butterfly stock footage, blue butterfly stock footage

### **T**weet Top Tunes

* Roxy appears in her nest and tweets.
* Leise, Peterle, Leise: **Turtle (English)**: Push-Along Turtle, sea turtle stock footage
* **Telefono (Spanish: Telephone)**: Small Talk
* **Train (French: Train)**: My First Railway Set in 2 different angles (footage reused from Lullaby Time)

### **S**illy Sounds

* Bard the Dragon hisses and Baby da Vinci appears. He puts on a yellow wig to make Bard hiss as if he was laughing.
* 1-20 (French): **Smile (English)**: Danika smiling (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Switching Gears
* **Sonajero (Spanish: Rattle)**: Mini Polka Dot Rattle
* **Souris (French: Mouse)**: Pop-Overs: Mouse (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), Threading Cheese (footage reused from Baby Bach)
* **San (Chinese: Umbrella)**: red umbrella stock image, Brad and Gabriel get balloons dropped on them with black umbrella (footage reused from Baby Van Gogh)

### **B**a Ba Baby Lamb

* Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: Baby Baaach baas and drinks milk from the Baby Doll Bottle but then he burps.
* Leise, Peterle, Leise: **Bubbles**: girl blowing bubbles stock footage, Samuel and Patrick in bath (footage reused from Baby Neptune)
* **Ballon (French: Balloon)**: Balloons (footage reused from Baby Bach)
* **Bin-qi-lin (Chinese: Ice Cream)**: Smart Stacks Rainbow Color Cones, Micha eating ice cream with his dog stock footage
* **Banane (French: Banana)**: peeling banana, mommy feeding banana for baby

### **A**h, Can't Believe I Drank the Whole Thing

* Hugo Hippo is thirsty so he gets a straw and drinks all the water.
* 1-20 (French): **Octopus (English)**: Octopus Sea Squirter, Octopus Puppet (footage reused from Baby Bach)
* **Avion (French: Airplane)**: Magic Jet (footage reused from On The Go), airplane stock footage (footage reused from On The Go)
* **Auto (Spanish: Car)**: red car image, car stock footage

### **D**a Mozart Raps a "D"

* Baby Mozart the Koala plays Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement by Beethoven on the radio.
* Leise, Peterle, Leise: **Duck (English)**: Mini Vinyl Rubber Duckie, duck stock footage
* **Dauphin (French: Dolphin)**: Kinetic Rocking Dolphins (footage reused from Baby Van Gogh), dolphin image
* **Dinosario (Spanish: Dinosaur)**: Wind-Up Yellow Stegosaurus, Dinosaur Egg Puppet (footage reused from Baby Bach)
* **Da-xiang (Chinese: Elephant)**: Bongo Elephant (footage reused from Baby Noah), elephant stock footage

### **M**eow Moment of Play

* Stella The Cat plays with her yarn and meows.
* 1-20 (French): **Moon (English)**: full moon image
* **Monkey**: Monkey Push Puppet (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), monkey stock footage
* **Manzana (Spanish: Apple)**: two apples (footage reused from Numbers Nursery)

### **E**asy on the Phone

* Mimi the Monkey calls the phone to Baby da Vinci the Monkey
* Leise, Peterle, Leise: **Ear (English)**: Wind-Up Ear (footage reused from Baby da Vinci), Brandon points to his ear (footage reused from Baby da Vinci)
* **Espaguetis (Spanish: Spaghetti)**: Megan eats spaghetti
* **Iglou (French: Igloo)**: igloo with snowshoes image

## Fun Times Together - Baby's First Sounds

* Baby Einstein Theme, Weisbach: Avery in the crib (footage reused from Lullaby Time), Logan with Turn n' Tumble Stick, Alice does peekaboo to Reagan (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Kelly and Caris stand up (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), mom pushes the girl on the swing
* Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280, 3rd Movement, Mozart:
* Kim hugs baby, Nancy show Pig Finger Puppet to the boy, Georgia with Full Body Panda Puppet (footage reused from Baby Noah), Kim showing Large Floppy Gorilla to the boy, mom and Megan with Babal, boy and Nancy with My First RC Buddies: Bee, Megan sees a leaf with her dad, Julie shows Duck Finger Puppet to the boy, Kim sings to the boy, Megan dances with her dad, Nancy does Itsy Bitsy Spider sign to the boy
* Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Major, K. 370, 3rd Movement, Mozart:
* Tiffany and her boy at the beach, Charles lying down, Scott hugs baby girl, dad does peekaboo to his boy, Kathy read What Does Violet See to her baby, Nancy reads Bard's Rhyme Time to her boy, Scott reads Windows to Color to his boy, Julie reads What Does Violet See to her girl, Lauren reads to Tigger Bounces Back book with Nicole (footage reused from Lullaby Time), boy read a book with Scott, Kim reads Bard's Rhyme Time to her boy, Jean reads Language Nursery to her boy while sitting on a rocking chair (footage reused from Lullaby Time), Duck (L&L) with Slide Whistle (footage reused from Numbers Nursery), Eliot the Cat in cartoon form with violin standing in the night sky, Isaiah dances with Shelley (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Alice does peekaboo to Reagan (footage reused from Baby's First Moves), Bard the Dragon, Mimi the Monkey calls the phone to Baby da Vinci the Monkey

## Puppets

### Video

* Bee (Host) (only appearance)
* Baby Lamb (fourth appearance)
* Baby Baaach the Lamb (second appearance)
* Bluebird (fifth appearance)
* Roxy the Cardinal (only appearance)
* Hugo Hippo (PlaySoup) (seventh appearance)
* Baby Mozart the Koala (third appearance)
* Baby MacDonald the Cow (Version 2) (last appearance)
* Neighton the Horse (PlaySoup) (sixth appearance)
* Baby da Vinci the Monkey (second appearance)
* Mimi the Monkey (fourth appearance)
* Squirrel (last appearance)

### Fun with Phonemes

* Owl (last appearance)
* Baby Beethoven The Giraffe (PlaySoup) (last appearance)
* Bard the Dragon (As a snake, that he's pretending to be) (fourth appearance)
* Stella The Cat (third appearance)

## Kids

### Video

* Alese Nettler (wearing a black dress) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Alexis Fowlkes (reused footage)
* Ariana Hardaway (reused footage)
* Avery Jones (reused footage)
* Bailey Baker (reused footage)
* Brandon Zambrano (Credited as Brandon R.; reused footage)
* Charles Traubel (wearing a white shirt) (only appearance)
* Chase Nilsson (wearing a red shirt and red pants) (only appearance)
* Essence Juleran (wearing a green shirt) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Gavin Marley (wearing a blue shirt and blue pants)
* Isabella Page (wearing a yellow tank top and blue pants)
* Isabel Roman (reused footage)
* Katie Flagstad (wearing a red shirt and a yellow hat) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Liam Wilson (wearing a black jacket) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Marcos Stafford (reused footage)
* Maria Shelton (wearing a white shirt) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Megan Jacobson (wearing a purple shirt) (last appearance)
* Micha Plaskett (wearing a red shirt, gray pants and blue shoes) (only appearance)
* Michael Blanc (reused footage)
* Nina Braff (reused footage)
* Noah Sweetland (reused footage)
* Patrick Wheal (wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans) (only appearance)
* Reece Stevens (reused footage)
* Ryan Mason (wearing a red shirt and black pants) (only appearance)
* Sam Stone (reused footage)
* Skyler Hutcheon (reused footage)
* Sophia Squires (reused footage)
* Vincent Robinson (wearing a blue shirt and blue pants) (only appearance)
* Ziya Mahlier (wearing a black shirt and tan pants) (only appearance)

### Fun with Phonemes

* Brad Boller (reused footage)
* Danika Gray (reused footage) (Stock Footage only)
* Gabriel Mazon (reused footage)
* Patrick Gamble (reused footage)
* Patrick Jones (wearing a yellow shirt) (only appearance)
* Samuel Westen (reused footage)

### Fun Times Together - Baby's First Sounds

* Caris Wood (reused footage)
* Georgia Bartys (reused footage)
* Isaiah Owen (reused footage)
* Lauren Dean Hall (reused footage)
* Logan Guererro (wearing a red shirt) (only appearance)
* Reagan Digby (reused footage)

## Parents

### Video

* Jean MacNeal (reused footage)
* Laura Brill (wearing a red shirt) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Tiffany Crews (wearing a white tank top and tan shorts) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)
* Tom McCarthy (wearing a white shirt) (Stock Footage only) (only appearance)

### Fun with Phonemes

* Julie Rudman (wearing a black shirt and gray pants) (only appearance)

### Fun Times Together - Baby's First Sounds

* Alice Wood (reused footage)
* Kathy Mahlier (wearing a black shirt) (only appearance)
* Kelley Claud (reused footage)
* Kim Clash (wearing a white shirt) (only appearance)
* Nancy Mandel (wearing a white shirt) (only appearance)
* Nicole Dean Hall (reused footage)
* Scott Klum (wearing a green shirt) (only appearance)
* Shelley Owen (reused footage)

## Compositions

### Video Compositions

1. Baby Einstein Theme, Weisbach
2. Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280, 3rd Movement, Mozart (Opening and Closing Credits)
3. Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Major, K. 370, 3rd Movement, Mozart ("B" Phoneme and "E" Phoneme)
4. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Traditional (English, Spanish, French, Chinese)
5. Humpty Dumpty (English)
6. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, 1st Movement, Mozart ("A" Phoneme and "M" Phoneme)
7. Oye! Mira! (Spanish)
8. Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement, Beethoven
9. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Traditional ("D" Phoneme)
10. Bo Peep (French)
11. 1-20 (German) (Backing Track during 3 Little Pigs)
12. La Señorita Muffet (Spanish)
13. Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Traditional
14. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D.959, 3rd Movement, Schubert (Closing Montage)

### Bonus Compositions (Fun with Phonemes)

1. Edo No Komori Uta
2. Leise, Peterle, Leise
3. 1-20 (French)
4. Baa Baa Black Sheep

## Languages

* English
* Spanish
* French
* German
* Hebrew
* Japanese
* Russian
* Chinese
* Hindi
* Italian
* Swedish
* Dutch
* Thai

## Distribution

* Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008)

## Trivia

* This is the only appearance of Bee and Roxy the Cardinal.
* Most clips are from various BE videos: Language Nursery (2004), Baby Bach (2004), Baby Van Gogh (2004), Baby Neptune, Numbers Nursery, Baby MacDonald, Baby da Vinci, Baby Noah, On The Go, Baby's First Moves, & Lullaby Time.
* In addition to the reused footage, this video also reuses 7 audio tracks from Language Nursery in both the main video and bonus features. They are: Baby Einstein Theme, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, 1-20 (German), Edo No Komori Uta, Leise, Peterle, Leise, and 1-20 (French).
* This is the last appearance of 2nd Version of Baby MacDonald the Cow, Squirrel, Owl, and Baby Beethoven The Giraffe both in PlaySoup form.
* This is the last video to feature the second version of the About Baby Einstein promo.
* This is one of the only two videos to not have Discovery Cards in the bonus feature, the other is Lullaby Time.
* Ariana and Marcos' names are misspelled in the credits. They are spelled Aria and Marco.
* This marks the first video to use sound effects from the Cartoon Express library.

## Gallery

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