Sesame Street - Get Up and Dance [VHS]

I bought this for my 20 month old daughter. Her and I have more fun dancing around to this. It keeps you up and moving the whole time. She only lasts a few songs, but when she rests she loves to laugh at me dancing to it. the songs are fun and catchy and real easy for the younger audiance. It wears me out as well as her!! I was looking for something fun to do that was "exercise" with out being "exercise" and this video does the trick. i would recommend this DVD for anyone that has kids (toddlers).

I bought Get Up and Dance because my son loves to dance and I was looking for something he would enjoy on video. Well I hit the jackpot with this one! My son is 3 1/2 and he watches and dances to this video all the time. There are several fun songs with dance moves that are pretty easy to catch on to. It's like being at the party with the cast! And honestly my husband and I have both found ourselves getting up and dancing with him. Hope your little one enjoys it like mine does!

My almost 2 year old granddaughter received this for Christmas. While the other reviewers are correct, the clothing is totally 80's-we don't mind it. Big Bird and the kids on the DVD really do get a child to want to dance along. It accomplished what we wanted it to. Not a DVD that the child will sit and zone out while staring at it. Within 2 days she is following along with the dance routines. Unexpected benefit is that it is teaching her to follow a sequence of directions. Recommend.

basis of video is Big Bird takes his teddy bear, Radar, to a dance studio with some kids and they have a dance party. very simple, they do have some scenes not in the studio - we love it for its simplicity, for not being "busy" - our son has Down syndrome and he loves music and watching other people dance, he enjoys this very much. he tries to dance along and imitate. it is not too fast paced either so he can keep up.

My little girl absolutely loves this video. She's 21 months old and I bought this when she was 14 months. When I first bought the video, she wasn't too interested in it, but now that she's a little older, she absolutely loves it. We play the video at least once a day and she knows all the dances already. We do them as a family, and I have to say, it's fun. This is a great video when you can't get outside.

I really don't know how to start - being a sesame street fan and all,but the truth must be told- they are lazy. when i bought the tape I was looking for a kids video with songs that will be fun for my 2 and 5 year old daughters to watch, but also a video that will get them moving and dancing and learning dances (like the hokie-pokie and stuff). I am sorry to say that the only dance that was worth anything was the first one where they actually interact with the kids and tell them what move to do - which my 2 yr. old daughter found lots of fun - but after that it was all down hill. They play a song about airplanes and tell the kids to run around like air planes. thats it. I can do that too and could probably think of other moves. the rest of the tape follow suit. I think they were just plane lazy. All they have to do is put a picture of big bird and elmo and relay on us succer parent to buy it and to accept the insult to our childrens abilities. I should have just bought another music cd for kids and let it run in the backround while I make up moves. In short - I dought I will ever buy another "dance and activity" video from them unless i see it first at a friend and sesame street shows us that they are actually worth more than they have demenstrated.

I bought this for my 2 1/2 yr. old to help her burn off energy when we couldn't take her outside due to weather. She loves it and has asked for it every day since it arrived. (In fact, she's watching it right now.) The dances are very simple and easy to learn.It has eight songs/dances:"A Very Simple Dance": This one is her favorite. It gradually guides them through a bunch of moves (clap your hands, stomp your feet, turn around, touch your toes, etc.). I helped my daughter follow along the first two times and she did it on her own the third time. It reminds me of the little Dash's Dance Party clips on PBS."I'm a Little Airplane": I've seen this one on Sesame Street. The kids run around pretending to be airplanes."Birdland Jump": Lots of jumping to a jazz song, plus things like flapping your arms, etc."Do the Dog": They crawl around pretending to be dogs (barking, turning in circles, etc.)"Do the Jelly": Reminds me of that 60s dance, The Swim"Cat Had a Birthday": No real dance moves for this one. Kids jump to the song and say animal noises."Doin' the Grouch": Scowling, stomping, etc."A New Way to Walk": Kids are supposed to walk funny, with several suggestions provided. Clips of lots of other people strutting/dancing, including lots of celebrities, like Garth Brooks and Marisa Tomei. My daughter doesn't understand this one yet.After that, there's a freestyle dance segment followed by a "Bonus Track" with Elmo rapping the alphabet 90s-style.There are only a few lines of dialogue between each segment, and the opening two minutes of skit are easily skipped from the menu. Yes, the dancing is really simple and sometimes is basically just jumping, but she's two -- I'm not looking for the meringue. I rated it four stars instead of five because of things only adults would care about. The whole thing looks about 15-20 yrs. old, and the plot is really annoying. The dance instructor Celina complains about being tired after nearly every dance, and the more you watch it, the creepier Big Bird's responses become. (Well, I don't know Celina. This is Radar's party, and Radar says he wants another dance.) Celina's singing is sometimes offkey. Despite these things, it was exactly what I was looking for. It gets my daughter physically active on days she can't run around outside, and she enjoys it.

I wanted a DVD that featured children (not animation) and encouraged movement (instead of just passive sitting on the floor watching the TV). My 19 month old was entranced and we danced around for almost the whole DVD. She loved it. Like any Sesame Street DVD it is produced well - no shaky camera syndrome. Cute, catchy songs good for little ones and fun, easy-to-follow dance moves. (Do the airplane, walk like a dog, wiggle dance, etc.)