Product Details

• Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Sonia Manzano
• Directors: Jim Henson, Bob Schwarz, Eva Saks, Jim Martin, Jon Stone
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sesame Street
• DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EQ5VIQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,224 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sesame Street: Guess That Shape and Color" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

You’re invited to play a shapes guessing game with Elmo and Zoe and their friends. From squares and circles to ovals and octagons, shapes are everywhere!

But the fun isn’t finished yet. It’s time for more games as Elmo and Zoe are challenged to find a gorgeous rainbow of fabulous food choices. Can they do it? Can your preschooler help them out? Join everyone’s favorite furry monsters in this new video that teaches shapes, colors, and healthy eating.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars My Toddler Hated This DVD, June 14, 2006

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C. Martin "New Mommy" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street: Guess That Shape and Color (DVD)

I am a try-before-you-buy kind of mom when it comes to DVDs, so I rented this DVD from Netflix with hopes that my 18-month-old daughter would love this new Sesame Street offering as she loves all things Elmo. She hated it! We didn't even get halfway through it.

It is set up in a game show format and the "host" of the show is really loud and obnoxious and has a kind of scary toothy grin at one point and a big scary square head. Every time he came on the screen as the emcee of this game show that Elmo and Zoe are playing, my daughter started to cry and turned away from the show.

The older Elmo DVDs have all been a big hit in our house, but the newer ones like the Sesame Beginnings series, which are REALLY boring, even for smaller babies and this one in particular, are really jumbled. This one jumps from shapes to colors to healthy food groups??? What the?!?

Anyway, rent this if you must, but don't waste your money on buying it. There are much better Elmo videos out there.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars My Elmo Fanatic 21 Month Old Will Not Watch This..., April 12, 2007

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A. Boyd - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street: Guess That Shape and Color (DVD)

...and I am fine with that! This is terribly annoying. The announcer is loud and frantic. Not entertaining. In fact, it is so chaotic that my daughter gets uncomfortable and leaves the room. This is the child who comes running when she hears the beginning of Elmo's World. Running. This film has her running in the opposite direction. I'd skip it. I'm selling mine on ebay soon...real cheap...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Friendly for both Traditional & Simplified Mandarin learners, October 14, 2010

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jj53 (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sesame Street - Guess That Shape and Color (Mandarin Chinese Edition) (DVD)

I've never found Elmo-centric shows to be the easiest for adults to sit through but I was looking at this more in terms of how it might help a little one develop an ear for Mandarin:

- Only the DVD menus and optional subtitles are in simplified characters and there are no words taught on screen.
- The Beijing accent isn't particularly exaggerated, which is good for kids whose families might come from mandarin-speaking countries other than China. (Learning Mandarin isn't as useful if you can't understand one's extended family). In fact if anything, some the characters, including the annoying game show host, could use better enunciation.
- One can always switch back and forth to the original English track if they want to change the language focus.

Do make sure your DVD player is region or code free before purchasing.

Overall, I've seen better Sesame Street material out there but I like that it offers more substantial, practical Mandarin teaching than some of the bilingual alternatives out in the US market. Plus it is markedly easier for adults to sit through than say some of the Elmo's World shows.