Elmo's World - Dancing, Music, and Books
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Movie Reviews of Elmo's World - Dancing, Music, and Books
Movie Review: Entertaining and Educational - an Immediate Favorite
Summary: 4 Stars
Our two-year old loves all things Elmo but this DVD stands out among all of the others.
It contains three episodes of "Elmo's World". Each episode follows a similar flow of events while covering different topics: dancing, books and music. Each episode contains
* funny skits (Our son always laughs at the misadventures of Mr. Noodle. In case you have a preference, all three episodes on this DVD have the "original" Mr. Noodle played by Bill Irwin rather than the newer one played by the late Michael Jeter)
* songs and counting exercises that encourage active participation (he mimics the hokey pokey and points to the counting objects as they appear on the screen)
* instructional live-action video clips. For example, the "Reading" episode has a clip on the basics of how the library works and encourages kids to have their parents take them there. This will obviously be lost on younger toddlers, but shows how the content will be interesting to a wide variety of ages.
The episode format is great for younger toddlers because they can key in on what type of skit or song is upcoming after only a few viewings. Other Elmo DVDs (i.e. "The Best of Elmo") don't follow this pattern, and so he's not as interested in them at this young age; those DVDs function more as sing-alongs for older toddlers.
I disagree with some of the other negative reviews based on the disc's inability to hold a toddler's complete attention for the whole hour. First off, I doubt that there's anything in the world that could hold a two-year old's complete attention for more than ten minutes. Second, I believe that programs like this one are most beneficial when your child enjoys its content interactively along with others. We love watching this DVD along with him and he loves showing off how he can dance along with it and point out and name specific objects.
Another criticism that I've seen stems from the commercials that are at the very beginning of the main program. You can skip past these trailers for other Sesame Street DVDs just by advancing to the next chapter. One button - not hard at all.
In summary, this DVD has great educational content for kids within a wide range of ages and it's very entertaining as well.
Movie Review: Fun w/catchy tunes and skits
Summary: 4 Stars
My two year old is an Elmo lover so we have been collecting Elmo DVDs and this one ranks at the top. I have to say so far all of the Elmo's World DVDs have proven to be good viewing for my toddler. She absolutely loves all of the singing, dancing and educational interaction that the DVD has to offer. I even caught her humming the Elmo's World song one day. I too disagree with the negative feedback because it doesn't hold their childs attention long enough, well when it comes to toddlers you are lucky if anything holds their attention for more than 5-10 minutes. Even though the DVD is only 50 minutes long my daughter will usually sit for at least thirty minutes and that was the other thing that impressed me about these Elmo DVDs.
The first Elmo DVD she got was Elmo and the Great Outdoors and she totally fell in love with it and she was watching it every day. She sat for that DVD for almost the entire 50 minutes. I have to say all of the Elmo's World DVDs get a thumbs up from me and I will continue to buy them (for my sanity) because she can watch the same one over and over again.
Movie Review: My son loves it but it repeats part of the "What Makes You Happy" Elmo's World video
Summary: 4 Stars
My son loves the Elmo's world DVD's so we have a large collection of them. When I purchased this I did not realize that one of the three segments is the same as one of the segments in the "What Makes you Happy" Elmo's World DVD. Had I known that I probably would have purchased a different DVD with three segments that he does not already have. The segment that repeats itself is the dancing segment. Anyone with a child who loves Elmo's World knows that you'll end up watching the DVD's over and over again. He doesn't seem to mind seeing the same segment than twice in two videos, but it can drive me crazy. Other than that this is just as good as any of the other Elmo's World DVD's. I like that it introduces books since my son started watching this before he was interested in having us read him any of his books, and now he seems more interested in his books. I highly recommend it if your child likes Elmo.Movie Review: Elmo Continues To Rock
Summary: 4 Stars
My family has always been big Elmo fans and this one was no exception to our collection. My baby sister and I did not like this one as much as Springtime Fun. I give this 4 stars because the shows on Elmo's TV were not very good and the book song starts to get annoying. Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle is a much better actor than Mr. Noodle and his section is funnier. Despite all of this I think it was a pretty good DVD. This is a good addition to your Sesame Street collectoin.Movie Review: Elmo saves the day!
Summary: 4 Stars
My daughter has been a fan of Elmo from the time she was 4 months old, her pediatrician even sings the theme song for her on visits (thats how I get her to stay still for a few seconds). She just beams when she hears that theme song and starts to jump. She could be anywhere in the house and when she hears that theme song -- its move out of the way -- baby is on the move. She is now 3 weeks shy of her 1st birthday and still is in love with her Elmo!