I remember watching Sesame Street when I was little. I went to a daycare and we would all sit around the television when the show was on, as it was one of the few that our daycare provider would allow us to watch. We’d watch as Big Bird and Cookie Monster taught us all about letters, numbers, and shapes.
It wasn’t until I was older and had my son that I learned about a new monster on Sesame Street: Elmo. Elmo captured my son’s heart and he was immediately the favorite monster on Sesame Street. When he got his own segment, Elmo’s World, I knew that Elmo was becoming something huge.
My son is now 7 years old and has outgrown Elmo…or so I thought. We purchased the Elmo Live doll for our younger son, who is four, and were surprised to find our older son playing with the doll whenever his younger brother wasn’t looking! We thought at first that maybe it was because he was trying to annoy his little brother, but we watched closely and found him truly enjoying the doll.
No one enjoys it more than our four year old, however. He can sit with Elmo for a half an hour or more at a time and will eagerly listen to the stories and chat back to him. He dances round the room and can’t wait to tell me all about the different things Elmo has said to him during the day. I’d read Elmo Live reviews before and couldn’t believe that the doll was as amazing as the reviewers said it was. It is. This is one of the best toys I’ve purchased for my children, hands down. Now I have to make sure to keep enough batteries on hand to keep Elmo going!
Amanda R. - Austin, TX
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