I don't know about the educational value of this. It does have letters and numbers, but mainly I love this because it seems to put my baby to sleep everytime he watches it. When he is fighting a nap, I put him in his swing, put this in and he is out by the time it's over. It does have nice soothing music and no voice overs as some other videos do, and I don't mind having it on while I read a book. The one time he didn't fall asleep during it, he quieted down at least.