Sesame Street - Do the Alphabet

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Summary: Very good video
Review: I watched this video with my friends 2 year old daughter. She was singing the songs, jumping up and down and having fun; at the end she sang almost the whole alphabet. My friend commented that this was the first time she sang almost the whole alphabet, and she always rents this video because her daughter has learned so fast from it. I believe children are our future. Buying this video is my investment in the future.

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Summary: excellent - my 22 month old now can say the alphabet
Review: Songs are good. Billy Joel appears sings the ABC song

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Summary: Buy Richard Scarry ABC instead
Review: The problems with this DVD are that it doesn't effectively teach the alphabet and it is pretty annoying. A fair chunk of it is Baby Bear complaining with a whiny lisp, and Big Bird patronising him. Big Bird even runs an "alphabet support group" (like psychotherapy) which I think is a really unsuitable concept for young children. But worse than that, the letters are not taught in a systematic, complete way - only selected letters are featured prominently.
For an alphabet DVD I would recommend Richard Scarry ABC or Learning Songs instead of this one.

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Summary: Buy sunglasses before viewing!
Review: Be prepared! My daughter MUST have her sunglasses to watch this video! She wears them along with Baby Bear & Billy Joel and sings right along. She's even started playing her piano along with them. She's also picking up many new words in addition to just the letters.
This video has all the typical Sesame Street advantages. And I must admit I even recognize a few of the excerpts from my own Sesame Street days. The best part is the inclusion of children. As much as my daughter loves the puppets, when real kids start singing the alphabet she just has to participate!

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Summary: I'd vote for it twice!!!!!
Review: I would give this video 10 stars if I could-it is the most wonderful of all the S.S videos I have bought(and I have about 20) The characters are incredibly adorable, and make the process of learning the alphabet fun, not just a task for kids.

Unlike a few of the other reviewers who think Baby Bear and his "lisp" should not have been the focus, are being ridiculous-there are alot of kids out there with speach impediments who talk just like Baby Bear or even worse-I know of 3 in my daughters Pre-k class. Sesame Street shows kids in wheelchairs and kids with Down Syndrome on the show, I guess they should not be on the show either????
So, I think he is a welcome addition to the video. Check your attitudes at the remote before playing the video for your kids if you feel that way-it may be annoying to adults-but it is what the kids can relate to and understand that matters.

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Summary: Very educational but a bit pricey
Review: Educational DVDs should be cheaper (at least USD 6.00) & it'll help all education-concious parents to buy them. Besides, their DVD running time is approximately 40 minutes. My 15-month-old son is into Barney in the first place. My mistake. Barney offers him imagination (make-believe kinda thing). And then my wife was suggested by her colleagues that Sesame Street DVD can be a good tool for babies/kids to learn. Sadly, we can't find any Sesame Street DVD in Malaysia & if there is any, the price will be around RM 80 (USD 20.00). That's when I logged on to Amazon.com & purchased it. Now he has gradually developed big interest in mimicking the way Big Bird sing ABCs (and the melody is catchy, too). The only dissatisfaction I have is that the captioning doesn't appear (only the subtitle appears). The captioning is good for impaired-hearing people & kids to learn about reference to situation (eg. "chattering", "laughing"). I've bought few DVDs from Amazon before (eg. American Me) & the captioning appears as just fine on my region-all DVD player. Regards, Irwan Shah from Malaysia.

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Summary: Entertaining & Educational
Review: My son with 18 months was singing his ABC's and I know that this video helped him accomplish this. Yes, I sang the ABC's to him but something about Elmo and Sesame Street friends captured his attention sometimes more than I could. The video I found not to be too long and kept his attention for the whole time. I recommend this video if a mother or father is trying to find a video for there little learner!

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Summary: I would give this DVD more than 5 stars if I could
Review: This dvd is both educational and fun. Whenever Billy Joel or Bear gets something right, my 16 month old daughter applauds and says YAY to encourage them. It teaches them the letters and words that start with the letter, while at the same time being very cute and fun to watch. This one of her only dvds that she watches over and over again and keeps her attention. I encourage every parent to get this one for their child. It is a keeper. It is also fun for the parents to watch over and over again as well.

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Summary: FANTABULOUS!!
Review: Both my 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 year olds love this. The older child sings along with just about everything. This is a very entertaining video and well worth the price paid!!

BUY IT!! You won't regret it.

I am purchasing the DVD now because my little ones wore out our VHS tape.

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Summary: Thumbs Down on Baby Bear
Review: My daughter is just beginning to speak. This video highlights Baby Bear and his significant speech impediment. It's not cute, it's not child-like, it's incorrect pronunciation! I agree completely with the other reviewer who noted that it's irresponsible of CTW to have a character who speaks like Baby Bear. This is not a dig at people with speech impediments -- it's frustration at the choices Sesame Street has made -- to offer a "teaching" tool that teaches incorrect speech patterns. We won't play this video again at our house.