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Sesame Street:Learning About N

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If you grew up watching Sesame Street, then you will LOVE having this video for your kids. You will recognize many of the songs and skits. No, it is not as flashy and digital as modern Sesame Street, but that's a good thing, in my opinion. If your children watch a lot of TV, their attention span might not allow them to watch this video. If you prefer to use TV/videos sparingly, like we do, your kids will love it as much as you will. I just hope they put this on DVD!

I am a daycare provider. My daycare kids just love this video. I have all the number and letter Sesame Street videos. This is the favorite of all the numbers ones. All the Sesame Street number ones are worth having. But if you could only get one. I would choose this one. I had this one for my daughter when she was a toddler and she loved it then too. As for the letter videos. I would pass on the Learning about Letter video. It was By far the worst of all the videos. No thought was put into making that video.

At first, my children showed little interest in this video because they are used to watching the more modern, computerized visual effects now used on Sesame Street. But, after watching it a few times, they are showing much more interest in it. There are many sesame street classics in this video that are enjoyable and my son has learned to count better, but the reason why my children tend to lose interest is because too much time and emphasis is put on Big Bird's role as a talk show host.

My son just turned 3. He recently started watching this video and he really likes it. He already knew how to count to 20 but this made it more interesting. In my opinion, this tape has some cute clips with alot of variation. Different from other counting tapes. The host is Big Bird and the Count. Ernie, Grover, Kermit, The Honkers and other classic Sesame Street people are also included. I have three other counting tapes from Babys First Impressions, Watch N Learn and one other Sesame Street counting tape. This Learning About Numbers is by far my sons favorite. I even enjoy listening to the tunes!

This is standard Sesame Street, pre-Elmo. Big Bird is the host of a game show that introduces numbers through clips and songs. My little one doesn't seem to like thistape, she wanders from the TV whenever it's on but for the child of the '70's this is the tape to have from the king in the castle to the martian girl.

This video contains some great number cartoons. Too muchemphasis on the late show format and other "plot"elements. (Big bird's song about the number 4 may bring back fond memories, but it doesn't teach much) My 2 year-old consistently loses interest in this video after about 10 minutes.

This video has a few of the very best clips from Sesame Street ever---like the one where cats go in a dollhouse and knock down the little cups, and the one where a ball goes down an elaborate roller coaster setup, and then is ground up into smaller balls which go on ice cream sundaes! My boys love to watch this. My only problem with it is Big Bird's try at acting like Johnny Carson---it's out of character. He acts nothing like his regular personality in the between clips part of this video, and that's a little annoying, but not terribly so.

Big Bird hosts the program in an obvious emulation of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. A great compilation of classic Sesame Street "bits" interlaced with some fun live-action Muppet sequences. My 21 month old daughter learned to count to 10 one week after starting to watch this.

They do an excellent job teaching numbers through entertainment. The skits are clever, the timing is paced appropriately for little ones to absorb what is going on and the sound effects are gripping. It is definitely fun to watch. The only thing we didn't enjoy was a little bit of canned laughter.

This, along with "Learning About Letters", is like taking a trip back in time. You don't have to be a child to love these. Many favorite songs and sketches from the classic years are here. A highlight is 1974's "I Just Adore Four". Definitely for all serious Sesame Street fans! END