"Sesame Beginnings" coming to DVD in April

[Erine81981]

Here are some neat little tid bits from inside the DVD case.

Baby Big Bird
Age: 19 Months

Baby Cookie Monster
Age: 16 Months

Baby Elmo
Age: 13 Months

Baby Prairie Dawn
Age: 24 Months

It seems that Prairie is the oldest here. Pretty neat.

 

[Erine81981]

Baby Big Bird
Age would be: Year old 1 years old but a couple days older then Cookie M.

Baby Cookie Monster
Age would be: Year old 1 years old

Baby Elmo
Age would be: 13 months old because he had't reached his birthday. Elmo is the youngest and why wouldn't he be.

Baby Prairie Dawn
Age would be: Year old 1 years old but a lot of months too. Her birthday would be coming up soon so she would be 2 years old.

I know this isn't really anything imporant but I thought it would be fun to see what people think about how they did with the how old they would be now.

 

[The Count]

Actually Kyle... According to those ages you posted, they would be...
Prairie Dawn: 24 months = 2 years exactly, already had her second birthday.
Big Bird: 19 months = 1 year and 7 months, a year and a half old plus one month more.
Cookie Monster: 16 months = 1 year and 4 months, a year and a third old.
Elmo: 13 months, 1 year and one month, one month past his first birthday.
Always wonder why babies are measured in months, and when abouts do we stop doing that and switch over to years instead. Guess it's all part of the measurements system we silly creatures use.

 

[Blinky_Fish]

Just a little more open...

There's actually quite a bit of controversy in childhood development circles about this project. It's drawing a lot of criticism from child psychologists at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere. They're taking the same line as The American Academy of Pediatrics which recommends that children under two should not be watching TV. I've written some more about this here.

I think the show itself looks really cute and well produced, though I don't personally think they need to be producing videos for babies.

Buck - I respect you - But unless you are a parent of that target audience then I ask that you be a little more objective and open to the idea that we as parents, should be making these decisions. Not some bunch of lab - nerds trying to get published or a cause-ite for commercialism.

Look, I know there are a lot of care providers that sit kids in front of a TV and try to turn them into zombies at a very important time in brain development. But the truth is, this is a developmental tool that encourages Parents and children to interact together - this is not a babysitter. Jumping to concusions like that is really deflates the value of this series. Watch the DVD's yourself and understand that this is something you DO with your child, not let them become engrossed in by themselves while you are doing other things.

On the topic of retention of information... I think that yes there is a limit to which you can introduce a newborn to this media. But it is not at 2 - I would set the bar at 10 months. Because in my family it is a proven fact that Elmo and his pals taught my son to speak and identify with things faster than I could alone with just books. And, he has a tolerance for just 30 minutes of this stuff max outside of his preset TV limit. Then it's just background noise that he bop's along to while doing something else like drawing and building things away from the TV or being outside enjoying the world.

Just think about it, it's all I ask.

 

[minor muppetz]

I was reading the listing of ages in Sesame Beginnings and thought, if Cookie Monster is younger than Big Bird, then he must be a child on Sesame Street, since Big Bird is six, but then Baby Elmo is only six months younger than baby Big Bird, and on Sesame Street Elmo is three. So either the producers didn't care about established continuity, or didn't do any research on their ages, or the baby versions of the characters never appear together and therefore we don't know if all of their scenes take place in the same year (I haven't seen these yet, so I don't know if they all appear together).

Of course, this wouldn't be the first time that a show featuring younger versions of established characters had continuity errors....

 

[jeffkjoe]

I just watched the "Making Music Together" DVD with my kids....

It's a good spin-off, and I get the idea of how they're trying to get parents to interact with their children - dancing, wiggling, making rhythms with them....Singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

I prefer Play With Me Sesame, however, since it was able to capture their attention better.

 

[travellingpat]

Wait since Bill B. is Elmos dad, does that mean hes fianally comin to the Street?????

My hopes are up....

 

[finger eleven]

Can't waittill my niece is old enough for this stuff!