Earth Science by Rock 'N Learn

I was sick of my kids watching silly movies and cartoons in the car when we were driving around, so I took out all the cartoons and movies and replaced them with 3 different educational videos from this company, and my kids have been watching them and enjoying them!! And I get to feel better about what they are watching! :-)I definitely recommend these videos to anyone, and I think they are really great for the car because they are really paying attention to the video.

Bought four of these. Life science, earth science, physical science and the human body. All four of them have trouble playing. At times they won't read at all. Other times they skip or freeze.(out of the box) the last one we purchased was physical science and not only does it have trouble playing like the others but with this one a section of the video is looped. The content is ok if not great but after purchasing four of these I can firmly say the DVDs are junk. What the children are able to watch they do enjoy.

I teach 4th and 5th grade science to a group of urban and multicultural students. This is the first DVD I have seen that effectively addresses Earth Science content that will appeal to the age group and to English learners. The program has chapters on all of the key ES concepts and provides a quiz to test knowledge which includes some test taking tips.The characters are funny and add songs to aid in understanding. They have Italian and New York accents (my background) so I can introduce my California kids to East Coast style.After this review, I'm writing the company to request a similar program for 4th/5th Life Science. It must have been designed by middle school science teachers, because it hits the mark perfectly.

Well done. I realize this was geared toward young people but as a 56 year old man I enjoyed it.

Better than Disney, and educational too!

Cute video that arrived quickly but I did not give it 5 stars because it indicates that it is good for up to eighth grade kids. I teach 6th grade science and my students thought it was a bit juvenile and silly. I would stay under age 10 on this one.

So, this video is very helpful. My 3 year old knows his planets in order from this song! My 6 year old understands all about planets, rocks, etc. Downside...one of the characters has a REALLY annoying voice. I am from NY, but goodness, this is ridiculous. She can actually confuse things because of pronounciation! If you can get past the voices, this video is great.

Well we have several of these science rock and learn videos. The content is pretty decent - but the accent is a mess. Not sure why they would choose to have a thick fake accent to teach children words and information. Some of the words are pronounced differently on the video than Americans would speak it - so that is confusing for learning. & some of it the accent is so thick even I had to really concentrate to hear what word was being said. Perhaps good for some children - but for any child with a learning disability I think it adds to the chaos.

My daughter loves it. She listens to every word. She's 5

Bought this for space interested 2yo (who was gutted that Pluto wasn't included - sorry kiddo, that one's my fault for our out of date poster). It reminds me of those spoof videos on the Simpsons narrated by Troy McClure, but daughter likes it and that's all that matters.

My son loves this whole series of DVD's, but this is probably his favourite. He often puts it on when he gets in from school and doesn't seem to mind how many times he watches it. I find the accent a bit irritating, but he loves the cartoon style of presentation. Good bite-size chunks of information that don't require any prior knowledge. Uses music and mnemonics etc to help make the science memorable. Seems to work well.

Have brought several of these my daughter love them helps with her science lessons.

My son loves this one. Nice little summaries and anagrams that make it easy to remember.