Sesame Street - The Great Numbers Game

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Summary: A Great Numbers Video
Review: This is the only numbers/counting video that has consistently held my 2 year old's attention. It's frequently requested and has helped her learn numbers. MUCH better than "1-2-3, count with me" or "learning about numbers" : both of these sesame street videos spend more time on "plot", and my 2 year old always loses interest well before the end. Not the case with "The Great Numbers Game", which is jam-packed with cool number cartoons and plenty of lively counting sequences.

Rating:
Summary: Just so-so
Review: This video is not one of the better Sesame Street videos I've seen. My 2 year old son was excited to get it because he's an Elmo fan, but all through the video he keeps asking "Where did Elmo go?" That's because Elmo is hardly in the video. Instead, he shows up only occassionally after very disjointed counting segments. Very disappointing for my son. Also, the so-called plot of being inside a game is weak. Rather than Elmo and Telly actually finding the numbers, which is supposed to be the premise of the story, the video just goes from short cartoons about one number to the next. I do think it's educational and my son will watch it - or at least part of it -occassionally but it's definitely not one of his (or my) favorites.

Rating:
Summary: Don't bother
Review: Totally lame! Not only am I bored, but so is my 21 month old son. We got this video in a set with "Do the Alphabet" and he loves that one, but won't even sit through 2 minutes of this one. Don't waste your money.