Product: Sesame Street - Elmo Visits the Firehouse [VHS] (2002)
Rating: 4.0
Great Beginnings
I enjoy this dvd for several reasons; real footage of firefighters, firetrucks and firehouses. Children try on fire uniforms, fun cartoons followed by your typical "Elmo's World" with a fire theme. Lots of sirens, blinking lights and information. Yes, in the beginning of the show Elmo does get scared, god forbid he reflect real feelings. Do we need to protect our children THAT much? I think with Elmo showing he is scared, they are invited to share their scared feelings. Its brief and once Elmo starts meeting more firemen and seeing the firehouse he begins to feel better. It's a great springboard for talking about other feelings besides happy happy joy joy- AND a great start to talking about serious situations. Just as entertaining as other Elmo videos and quite possibly less annoying, than others, for adults. (I don't care for the voice of 'waddle waddle hop hop' and 'itsy bitsy spider')