Little Pim Mandarin Chinese Vol. 1 DVD Set

i really enjoyed watching this with my baby. it attracts his attention and the speed is excellent. not too fast nor slow! it does not bore you and the editing is super and the childrens actions and objects are all wonderful to look at!i only have one critisicm, as they say the words and sentences chinese writing does appear for it but they dont state if it is traditional or simplified chinese writing. while english subtitles are available, unforetunately pinyin is not provided if parents want to make themselves familiar with the word pronounciations.

My 1 1/2 year old has watches this video many times and still wants to watch it. Better than most mandarin videos as it includes no english and captures a toddlers attention throughout the program. I bought the three pack and consider it well worth the purchase. $50 dollars cheaper through Amazon.

I'm a Chinese mom but cannot speak the language. My son is 12 months and watches the DVD once a day and loves it. At the end of each episodes little pim says good bye in Chinese and my son actually waves bye to him. It's also great for the adults.

Very boring for my 3 yrs old. She could not even finish to see one.

I agree with the criticism voiced by other reviewers of this product. These Chinese language videos have a lot of faults, such as:1) it teaches a Beijing/ Northern Chinese accent rather than a more general Chinese accent understandable by most Mandarin Chinese speakers;2) it lacks English subtitles to create word association between Chinese characters and English words, and3) it is structured in a boring manner not engaging to my child to continue watching the video.The gold standard for me in having my child learn another language is Baby Signing Time, as it has taught my child American Sign Language starting at age 3 months. He still is signing today despite the fact he talks like a machine gun. :-) Baby Signing Time was very engaging to my child to learn to sign. That is because the producers of the product made it fun to learn a new language with music, a good storyline and showing the English word, the sign, and item visually.As a person who spoke Mandarin to my parents while growing up and worked in China, this is a waste of money. My child is not interested in the video which makes it useless. But if he was interested in the video, he would be learning a dialect of Mandarin which would not be universally understood. I gave this product 2 stars rather than 3 stars because it is more harmful than useful in learning Chinese.Unfortunately, I do not have an alternative Chinese language product to suggest. But if I find one, I will be sure to post it here.

I haven't decided if I like this DVD yet. The presentation of this DVD is very catchy, it attracts the attention of my 2 3/4 year-old-triplets but the sound is SO poor and vague. Most of the time, you wouldn't be able to hear the sound of "s" being pronounced. I am a native Chinese speaker from Taiwan, the pronunciation of this DVD is heavily accented by someone who is from Beijing. One can argue that mandarin Chinese is rooted in Beijing, but the accent is so heavy that it is a bit "village-y".

This was purchased for two little ones, ages 2 and 1. The content features Pim, an animated panda, intermixed with footage of children and parents in everyday situations. Basic objects and actions are introduced then repeated several times before being used in simple phrases and sentences. There is a menu option to see English subtitles. It would be great (for adults) if there was also an option to see the Chinese vocabulary spelled out phonetically in English. However, the kids are obviously the target audience and they seem to really enjoy the videos.

the set is one of the best