It sounds like a good video(bumble bee)... can you tell me where to get them?
Bumblebees definitley caught his attention....especially "Crazy for Colors". He also likes anything with Marlee Matlin (sp?). He loves the signing videos and I was rather suprised to see him verbalize with signs.
I am ordering Baby Babble...but first am trying to convince Netflix to get it.
They have Maisy's Colors and Shapes, Maisy Counts, Maisy's Birthday, Maisy Plays, etc. I found using the simple story books and the videos (which are for preschool NT kids, not ASD children) really complemented each other. They would read stories featuring "little black cat" and then see her there on the screen...really sweet to see the boys get all tender hearted over some dumb animated critter. But it hooked them, and their language shot up.
AT 24 months/21 months adjusted age, Cole had 500+ words in his vocabulary. Jack, who is NT, had 700+ when he hit 24 months. Aside from a couple Rolie Polie Olie videos, the Maisy ones were the only ones they had ever seen. Before you assume Cole is high functioning with language, the boy still cannot carry on a conversation....receptive language is crappy, but he can tell you what he wants & what he is excited about. Maisy rocks! They only started watching at 18 months of age, and for only half an hour daily.
I came across the teach2talk website awhile back, (I think someone here posted about it and I put it in my favorites) but thought Mason was too advanced for them although it seems like they were going to keep making more difficult levels, which is what I was waiting for.
I have no personal experience with them though.
Baby Bumblebee, Baby Bumblebee, Baby Bumblebee! Most definitely!
We actually obtained the entire series (Vocab 1-5, Action words 1-3, Alphabet/Phonics, Numbers, Colors, Opposites, and All About Me) when Mr. B. was completely non-verbal at the beginning of this year. We'd put one in in the morning during "wake-up" time - background music is classical, not raucous, and generalization of the words across multiple images (i.e. "Train" is a real train, a wooden train, stuffed pillow train, etc.) is excellent. We'd play one in the mornings, and one right around nap-time, when he was receptive to something soothing and quieter than the normal sing-along songs and dance routines.
In the past year, his vocabulary has absolutely exploded. We still do them, but now he actually picks which one he wants to watch by either asking "Colors, please?" or "Numbers", etc. and he will say the words/letters/numbers either right before or with the narrator. He'll also watch them when it's not the normal routine time and likes clapping, and now takes great pride demonstrating "running fast" and "walking slow" and using the proper terms. He's got all his letters, colors and numbers down, and uses them appropriately away from the videos as well.
EDTA: Because of the way they approach things like the colors, opposites, etc., they also address the "W" questions that our children have such a hard time with (Which car is blue? What color is he wearing?, etc.) so that they tend to literally absorb it all at the same time.
His speech therapists (both private and school) feel the BB videos play a large part. I loaned them to his PPCD teachers to watch, and they are now recommending them to other parents who's children are nonverbal or speech delayed.
And no...I'm not paid an endorsement fee - but these I'll jump up and down about!
My son learned alot from the leap frog videos. They are cartoonish and incorporate songs and dancing into the videos as well.
I have a the first five volumes of the baby bumble bee vocabulary videos, my son and I didn't even make it thru the first one. They were pretty boring and are not visually stimulating enough for Jayden. I would be willing to sell them for a small price if you are interested. I would let them go for free but I paid over for them brand new.