Customer Reviews

Sesame Beginnings - Moving Together

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I firmly believe the less TV, the better, for young children and I rate this highly just the same.

My 3 year old daughter loves this--and insists that someone plays it with her! So we dance and sing and call each other by the muppets' names for the whole time, which is a lot of fun.

Sarah Jessica Parker is a joy to watch when she cuddles and plays with her little daughter, who clearly is used to enjoying books.

The reason I took the time to add to the five stars here is that I didn't see my favorite part of this mentioned: the real-life parents/families interacting within the muppet segments. Unlike other Sesame Beginnings, this DVD shows plus size adults, older parents, least one parent of a special needs child, even several parents of multiple children. These families are far easier to relate to than the previous Sesame Beginnings parents, who all looked like LL Bean models.

We loved this video. We are very selective about what our kids (2 and 3 1/2 year) watch and their viewing time is also very limited. This is one program I recommend. They love seeing Baby Elmo and Big Bird and then imitating the games they play (these games are worth imitating unlike some shows). Regular Sesame Street looses their interest, but they are drawn into the songs and games on this show.

I have several of these videos. My 3 month old loves "making music together." Of course "making music together" is better for small babies because they like music and you should always sing to them. "Moving together" is for babies that can already move a lot more, walk, etc...so maybe that's part of the reason I didn't like it. I found the songs a lot less catchy and the situations a lot less cute in general. I don't really like the presence of Sarah Jessica Parker, maybe because I associate her with "Sex and the City" and she just seems out of place on a video for babies. The child with her is also not hers, so that makes her seem a bit poser-ish.

I bought this dvd because it was also in spanish and my baby only watches it in spanish. She is 6 months old and likes watching the fluffy figures, she smiles and dances with them. I don't give it 5 stars because although they use good spanish the names of the characters remain in english eventhough they have their own name in spanish.

This is cute, but we liked the others from the series even more. We ordered this because we like "Sara Jessica Parker." She was good in it. The others seemed to have cuter songs and seemed more active and exciting to our son, but we plan to try this some more. I have noticed that with babies and children, sometimes they do not take to something right away, but they end up loving it after trying again.

This entire series is fabulous! My daughter is now 20 months old and has been watching these for months. She still enjoys them. One of favorite moments recently was when my daughter suddendly kissed my cheek after watching Elmo kiss his Dad. It was priceless! I would recommend these to any new parent or to be given as gifts. You will catch yourself singing the songs to your child. The messages are not only great for kids, but reminders for parents. Bravo Sesame!

This movie might be okay for children under age one, but don't waste your money buying it for toddlers. My two year old daughter loves Sesame Street, but she has absolutely no interest in this movie. I think it was kind of boring to her. It would be better if they showed more of the Sesame Street characters, but instead they show children playing with their parents, either crawling around or running. Just not that much of an attention grabber.

I think these videos are wonderful, and very educational. I watch them with my daughter. I love to watch her smile and laugh at the baby characters. I recommend them to everyone. I loved sesame street when I was growing up. Now she can enjoy them too.

I bought this dvd for my son who is now 2 1/2 but my 1 year LOVES it. After playing this dvd twice, she already knew one song. It's very simple but a great away to enjoy a few minutes just moving. My son is not a moving person so he just sit and enjoy the music. I'm happy with this product.

I highly recommend all the Sesame Beginnings DVD's for your pre-schoolers. My daughter is 9 months old and has loved these from birth. They taught her how to dance! She just started moving to the music one day.