Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together | 
| Directors: Adam Matalon, Ken Diego
Actors: Pam Arciero, Bill Barretta, Rickey Boyd, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch
Studio: Sesame Street
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 36108
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: SMVD400103D
UPC: 891264001038
EAN: 0891264001038
ASIN: B000H6SY8M
Theatrical Release Date: December 1, 2006
Release Date: November 7, 2006
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Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED FAST TRANSACTION
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Very young children instinctively use their senses to explore the world around them and find sensory games fascinating. In Exploring Together, Matt Lauer and his daughter Romy read a story about the five senses and begin to explore which body parts are used to see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. As they read, the Muppet babies are discovering their own senses while playing, singing, and going about their daily lives. When Elmo smells the banana pancakes his Dad is cooking in the kitchen, Elmo's Dad sings a "Smell a Smell Waltz" and makes a game of exploring the different smells around the house. Prairie Dawn and her Mom use their sense of hearing to play hide and seek and go on a treasure hunt around the house to see "what's making that noise" while Baby Bird and Nani Bird search for a lost toy and play games involving sight. Baby Cookie Monster pleads for a "Teeny Tiny Taste" of his Grandma's fruit salad and explores his sense of taste as only Cookie Monster can. Interspersed between Muppet segments is footage of real life children and their caregivers using their senses to explore a wide variety of everyday objects like plants, sand, and food. The bonus "Here's an Idea" segments offer parents a selection of sensory games to play with their children, parenting tips, and commentary about what concepts the Muppet babies are learning in specific scenes of the show. (Ages 6 months to 3 years) --Tami Horiuchi
Product Description
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 11/07/2006
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Great fun for children and parents! October 14, 2008
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.
 Bad Beginnings August 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It isn't that videos for kids 0-2 can't teach them anything, or entertain them a great deal - its just that doctors and researchers have noticed that it greatly impairs more subtle development during these crucial years. Sesame Street started out with a very noble purpose: reaching latchkey and inner-city youth with some of the best educational methods available.
They are now on the other side of the same research - this is about getting kids hooked on their brand. I'm sure they have good intentions (such as that it'll draw the kids to their worthwhile material as they grow up) but they'd be much better off putting these funds into spreading the message: don't make a habit out of planting any kid under 2 in front of a TV set. You'd be surprised how few (4%) parents are aware that the Academy of Pediatrics has been urging this for years now.
 Disappointing July 4, 2008
We purchased the first two in the Sesame Beginnings DVDs for our daughter and loved them. They have been viewed a hundred times easily. This one, however, was a big disappointment. As others have stated, the sound quality is very poor. During the human segments, you can hear the background noise from the street outside, and it is almost louder than the people in the DVD. I can't believe that this made it past the final editing/screening process. The charm of the Sesame Street characters is still there, but is really lessened by the lackluster music. The other DVDs in the series have fun, catchy music that my husband and I began singing to her after hearing only once or twice. The songs in this one are unremarkable and boring. All of them. It didn't help that the music volume is inconsistently lowered during songs, thus rendering them almost awkwardly a capella. I didn't have any problem with Matt Lauer's interaction with his daughter, though, yes, as another reviewer stated, he does question her a lot. She was a cute little girl, and all parent/child relationships are different. Clearly she knows her daddy, and he obviously loves her. The overabundance of questioning isn't limited to Matt Lauer. It appears to be the goal of this DVD as all the parents annoyingly over-question the children. Obviously, the writers/director were going for this. They beefed up the parent/child interaction segments in this one, and it was overdone. Previously, they were fun and incorporated into the music. In this one, they simply interrupt the flow. Yes, our daughter will watch this one some, but there is an obvious difference in her enjoyment of it. She smiles and squeals at the others and gets bored watching this. The fact that the adults seem to dislike this one is also important. After all, we are much more likely to put in the DVDs that we like, have fun with, and get inspired to play by. Overall, this one is a big disappointment. The sound, editing, and music are poor. I'm wondering if there was a change in sound and music directors between the first two DVDS and this one. I was disappointed in this installment enough that we decided to order the next one, Moving Together, through our online DVD rental company first before deciding to make a purchase later. If the decline in quality is the same as with this one, I don't want to make the same mistake again in spending money on it. My recommendation is to skip this one, though the first two are superb. (We are also big fans of the the Eebee videos. Check them out!)
Not as Good As The First Two In The Series... August 19, 2007
As many others stated, this one is not nearly as good as the first two in the series...Beginning Together and Make Music Together...but my sons (2 and 3 years old) still like it. It doesn't keep their attention quite so well, but they'll still watch it. Make Music Together is definitely the best of the three! At any rate...I'm still glad I purchased this DVD. Just not one that's watched over and over like some of our others. I'd definitely purchase the other two...especially Making Music Together...before getting this one!
Not great June 26, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
We watched this twice before I gave it to my cousin for her baby.
It was totally annoying. All the segments of the real parents and kids interacting were totally boring and irritating to both me and my children.
The songs were all repetitive and bland.
Matt Laurer and his daughter's interaction seemed forced and rehearsed.
There wasn't enough actual acting by the muppets and I was really turned off by most of this DVD with the real people.
The concept was good, but it totally could have been better.
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