(Wondered how people could go four days without ONCE commenting on a JIM HENSON ENTRY, so maybe it's not just you...)
I REALLY recommend the Sesame Street book-- the other two are Okay but not as WONDERFUL as that and The Works. It even comes with a DVD of the very first episode, which is fun. And if you get hold of the 40th Anniversary DVD set, too, that is LOTS of fun-- ALMOST all the best clips ever (it somehow does NOT have Grover singing the "around over under and through" song, but otherwise...)-- we've gotten it out of the library twice and I really need to just own it.
But I must say, the best way to get, er, re-illusioned with Sesame Street is to WATCH PRACTICALLY ANY OTHER KID SHOW ON TV. Well, PBS has a lot of other good ones, but across the board, S.S. is STILL one of THE best kids' shows on the air. Sometimes it helps to turn it off for the last 15 minutes if you want to avoid Elmo's World, but even there-- today this kid was like "This is my guinea pig.... He doesn't talk," which made me laugh-- but the REST of the show is still the most well-written and clever and fun thing. I have a soft spot for Abby's Flying Fairy School, and have you seen the SuperGrover 2.0 skits? Today's had me giggling rather sillily. Also, I totally got a One Book activity that I'm going to adapt off of Sesame Street today.
Mr. Rogers was incredible-- the man AND his show. It bugs me that QED doesn't even show it anymore. (We all had a special place in our heart for him at the Children's Museum!)
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Date: 2011-09-29 05:03 pm (UTC)From:I REALLY recommend the Sesame Street book-- the other two are Okay but not as WONDERFUL as that and The Works. It even comes with a DVD of the very first episode, which is fun. And if you get hold of the 40th Anniversary DVD set, too, that is LOTS of fun-- ALMOST all the best clips ever (it somehow does NOT have Grover singing the "around over under and through" song, but otherwise...)-- we've gotten it out of the library twice and I really need to just own it.
But I must say, the best way to get, er, re-illusioned with Sesame Street is to WATCH PRACTICALLY ANY OTHER KID SHOW ON TV. Well, PBS has a lot of other good ones, but across the board, S.S. is STILL one of THE best kids' shows on the air. Sometimes it helps to turn it off for the last 15 minutes if you want to avoid Elmo's World, but even there-- today this kid was like "This is my guinea pig.... He doesn't talk," which made me laugh-- but the REST of the show is still the most well-written and clever and fun thing. I have a soft spot for Abby's Flying Fairy School, and have you seen the SuperGrover 2.0 skits? Today's had me giggling rather sillily. Also, I totally got a One Book activity that I'm going to adapt off of Sesame Street today.
Mr. Rogers was incredible-- the man AND his show. It bugs me that QED doesn't even show it anymore. (We all had a special place in our heart for him at the Children's Museum!)