The Baby Einstein discovery kit is the perfect gift for babies and youngsters. Actually, they are great gifts for their parents too! With three levels of discovery kits, they are wonderful for babies from 3 months to a year.

The Level 1 Baby Einstein Discovery Kits are suggested for babies 3 months and up. They come with a small cardboard picture book, a DVD, a CD and a parent's guide. The Level 1 Discovery Kits are: Baby Beethoven, Baby Lullaby, and Baby Mozart. While listening to music, babies see images that keep their minds occupied, or, in the case of Baby Lullaby, help them relax as images float on the screen. These are great ways to introduce babies to music as well as keep them occupied. Baby Einstein is intended to not only simply occupy babies, but inspire them as well.  The images on screen are puppets, scenery, drawings, babies, and other things that capture the imaginations of babies. The additional CD contains the music alone, which for some babies is wonderful for naptime.

Level 2 Baby Einstein Discovery Kits include a DVD, CD, discovery flash cards, and a parental guide. These kits are: Wild Animal Safari, Neptune's Oceans, and Animals Around Me. These kits are designed for ages 6+ months. Babies learn about animals as they see them onscreen and listen to soothing music.

Level 3 Baby Einstein Discovery Kits are designed for ages 9+ months and include a DVD, CD and a book, along with parental guide. These discovery kits are: World of Colors, World of Rhyme, and World of Words.

All of the CDs are wonderful to play anytime. They can be played in a car while baby is riding in the backseat, while baby is napping, during meal time, or any time.

Baby Einstein products, including these Discovery Kits, are designed for parents to use along with their babies. According the their website, "The Baby Einstein Company believes, along with the child development experts with whom we have consulted, that parent-child interaction is one of the most critical elements to the development of a healthy and happy baby during the first three years of life." The company "has built its reputation on creating developmentally appropriate content that parents/caregivers know they can trust to use with their little ones," and is highly respected.

Level 1 Discovery Kits are about experiencing, Level 2 Discover Kits are about exploring, and Level 3 Discovery Kits are about expression. They are each designed for the different phases in a baby's life.

Baby Einstein wants you to "Imagine how the world must appear to babies." What do babies find engaging? These Discovery Kits use the three resources (DVDs, CDs, books or cards) for parents to help their babies discover the world around them.

So, if you have a baby on your gift list, one of these Baby Einstein Discovery Kits will be a good gift for both the baby and the parents.

For more information about these and other Baby Einstein products, visit their website at www.babyeinstein.com.