Well, they may not be appropriate, but I have to tell you, our pre-school child loves them. I mean, she LOVES them. She'll sit there and watch these things over and over. She counts with them. She talks back with them. She learns her letters. All Old School.
The funny thing is that she doesn't really like watching the modern Sesame Street. She likes Elmo and Zoe and some of the other characters, but as a whole show, she won't watch it. So what is it about the Old School ones that don't make it appropriate, and yet make it a wonderful learning tool?
Could it be the afro? None of the people on today sport the afro anymore. The long sideburns are also gone. Were they the secret ingredient to learning the ABC's? Or was it that they focused on a few, simple ideas and tried to teach them? One word, repeated over and over throughout the episode.
I watched Sesame Street the other day... and they were talking all about "estimating." Not exactly 1,2, 3 but I guess it's useful. Zoe and Elmo had to estimate how many hats they were wearing. Both of them won. Everyone won. Nobody lost. Old School Sesame Street had people who lost.
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