Interplanet Janet is a galaxy girl, but she has a soft spot for Earth.

Remember learning your times tables and grammar with Schoolhouse Rock? Now a whole new generation is discovering educational concepts with catchy songs.

Schoolhouse Rock: Earth introduces children to ecology and encourages kids to do their part to preserve scarce resources….

Prima Princessa is a cheerful cartoon fairy who wants to share her love of ballet with your child.  She floats, flitters, and glides through a condensed version of Swan Lake, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet. Interspersed with the dancing are clips of preschool girls learning dance steps, young students from the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center rehearsing, and toys and animals dancing about. My toddler especially enjoys the critters, exclaiming, “That’s Funny! Flamingo dancing!”
By encouraging activity along with an interest in the arts, this sweet video answers …

Juice Box Heroes,the new CD by the Imagination Movers, has been continuously playing in my car for months. The Imagination Movers, an alternative rock band for preschoolers, makes upbeat, energetic music with witty lyrics that even parents can love.
Since Baby Mwah and I are fans of their music, we were excited to get a chance to interview the band at the Disney Music Block Party Tour.  The Imagination Movers are Rich Collins, a former journalist and father of five young children; Scott Durbin, a former award-winning teacher and father of two young children; Dave Poche, a …

While I know a few moms whose children never watched any TV before they turned two and who strictly limit screen time for their older children to the occasional educational French cartoon, this standard of perfection can be next to impossible for the rest of us to meet. 
The huge gap between experts’ advice and the actual viewing habits of American children demonstrates the need for some more realistic and pragmatic recommendations.
So stop feeling guilty. While Mama Luxe pretty much avoided any TV before Baby Diva’s second birthday, Mama Mwah often starts her day …

My review of videos for teaching baby to sign got a bit lengthy, but I wanted to share with you this awesome clip from the company that produces my top pick: Baby Signing Time. Even though Easter has passed, I thought you might enjoy seeing this:

You can see how cheerful and clear Rachel Coleman is in this clip. In Baby Signing Time, the majority of the video is adults, children, and babies interacting. There are also cartoon shorts sprinkled throughout. In thematic sections, signs are introduced, demonstrated, illustrated, repeated, and …

Baby Diva looks quizzically at me, “Babagagadadamama…da.” Yes, well, fascinating. Perhaps you want a hug? or this toy?More emphatically, “BABAGAGAdadamama….da.” You make a good point kiddo, unfortunately I do not know what it is. Are you wet? You just ate, so you aren’t hungry.Now she is starting to get frustrated: “BABAGAGA WAHHH WAHHH.” What does she want? Wouldn’t it be great if she could just tell me?

This exactly the sort of scenario that creates the market for baby signing DVDs. These companies want parents to know that baby can communicate …