Addition & Subtraction Rap DVD by Rock 'N Learn

Parents may find these DVD to have a sort of outdated or weird low budget type feel. I hear these arguments, but my son is who matters, and these videos get his attention in a calming and methodical way, not the typical shrill and erratic way of competing products like those from Leap Frog (who I sincerely believe are not even trying to teach). These tapes understand how often to get the kid's attention, without creating an up-and-down mood that is bad for establishing a reasonable attention span. The Rock and Learn series seem much more determined to be legitimate tools for teaching and not just the answer to TV parent's guilt conscience like the other brands that just provide standard cartoons with the words swapped out to alphabet topics. These tapes are methodical like a nursery rhyme to ease the ideas into a thinking system with repetition. I think these are great, even if you do sort of feeel like humpty dumpty with the sluggish pace. I much prefer the calm pace and the way they use an occiasional electric guitar sound to interrupt, for a new section. It works and it makes sense.

I was looking for something to reinforce our addition facts to make sure my son had all of them down. Amazon did not have a clip to view a sample so I went to youtube. My son was interested in the cartoon characters and the colorful way the facts were presented. I like the addition rock better for the slower pace and music but he liked the addition rap better since the cartoon characters caught his attention. He will even watch it himself and since he is very visual this is a great learning tool. I like that it includes the subtraction too. Another good feature is the way they break them into groups. Facts to sum of 5, then 10, so it is in smaller groups. I've looked for a dvd for a while and this is a good one. It is entertaining and since flashcards are boring to him, this is a nice alternative.

I bought this DVD last spring to use in my first grade classroom. I use it for motivation during math-if we get everything done that we need to get done, then we can have the last 10 or 15 minutes of math time to watch the DVD. The kids LOVE it. They have already learned how to add and subtract but we will continually review our facts from now until the end of the year. The kids are really into the characters, which remind me of animated versions of the new Alvin and the Chipmunks. The songs get progressively harder as the DVD goes on and it's easy to pick just the segments that you want from the menu screen. This has been a great addition to our math curriculum!

This product is either defective or previously used lots of times. The sound is good but the picture is a distorted black and white picture. Nothing like the cover.

My kids can't get enough of these videos. My son I've been homeschooling since he was 4 and isn't even in Kindergarten yet, however he's in 1st grade Math. These videos are partly responsible. After teaching they do some equations with a few seconds wait time, waiting for the kids to answer back. I watch with my kids and make it into a contest. (Sometimes pretending I'm really bad at math) and they love it! They are so proud when they can should the answer before anyone else. I also own Phonics 1 & 2, Time, and money. Rock N Learn, you rock!

This movies are so painfully cheesy as an adult, but my toddlers love all of the Rock N’ Learn DVD’s.

He is learning from them too!

This is really good for kids. My niece is in kindergarten and she loves it. She always looks at it and it's helpful for her. Highly recommend! You can use it in the DVD player with your TV OR on the computer with a DVD/cd player.

does not attempt to go through a structured teaching style, the problems are 'rapped' and the answers are given as if the children are to memorise what the answers are rather than learn how to arrive at the answernot a product i will recommend

Doesn't really explain anything, just repeats the answers to sums. Dull

Fast delivery and seems good just not had time due to moving

Educational fun & challenging

Came in on time,my son enjoys it, no problems, 5stars,very happy thank you