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Our family recently viewed the Play With Me Sesame DVD collection. Since my toddlers love the Sesame Street characters we were thrilled to participate in the screening process. The DVD features short-length scenes and learning situations which are geared for holding the attention span of active minds. Our kids adore Elmo and they longed for him to be in every scene. We have already watched the DVD a few times and so far they have yet to get bored with information and images.
As a parent I appreciated the counting, alphabet recognition and color references throughout the series. We are constantly looking for ways to educate and entertain our children and these DVD’s do a great job of providing all the materials. I would highly recommend Sesame Street to other parents and I would be proud to give this product as a gift to other children. We have a few birthday parties coming up and this will make an excellent present for all genders.
by Helene
The Imagine With Me DVD will be available on March 11th and includes bonus CD-ROM interactive features. Props and Pans is giving away one DVD to a lucky reader. Please leave a comment here before Thursday, March 13th with your favorite Sesame Street character.

While cruising for a few last minute Christmas gifts in Barnes and Noble last year, I came across a gift for myself. It combined exercise and pain relief and included two small balls and an illustrated book. I was intrigued The Miracle Method boxed kit could offer so much for under $12. I decided if it helped at all with stretching back muscles that it would be worth it.
Once home I put this method to the test. I rested my shoulders on the grapefruit-sized balls as instructed by the guide and let my body sink into them. After about a minute I could tell that the pain and tension was draining from that area. There are also breathing exercises that will work in conjunction with this method. You can place the balls just about anywhere you feel the need for relief (back, head, knees, hip, elbow), then allow your body to either rest upon them, roll or rotate on them. I was generally impressed with the at-home relief it provided and try to use it once a week just to relieve tension.
by Emily

Elizabeth Mitchell, her husband, her little girl, and some of her friends have created three amazing albums for children. Covering songs from Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Gillian Welch, and more, this is an album that both parents and children can enjoy together. Mitchell’s perfect voice mixed with the imperfect, but beautiful voices of the children on this album create unexpected magic in somewhat ordinary songs.
We can’t live a day without listening to You Are My Little Bird in our house. Singing and dancing are optional, but usually you just can’t help yourself.
by Canape

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I’s have to say my favorite Sesame Street chracter is Cookie Monster or the Count.
My favorite character is Placido Flamingo!
Elmo!
Gotta love Cookie Monster!
My favorite sesame street character would have to be Elmo or Ernie!
I’ve always felt a kinship with Oscar but my grandchild loves Elmo
definitely big bird
COOKIE MONSTER!!!!
My favorite Sesame Street character is the Cookie Monster.
my kids just love Cookie Monster
Kermie of course!
c is for cookie thats good anuff for me (lol) no cookies cool as well as the rest of the sesame st. i’m a big fan and have been for miny years. and if i could win this for my little one i know she will just love this too
Elmo is my favorite.
I love Kermit
My favorite is Abby Cadabby because my daughter’s name is Abigayle…..but she really enjoys her Elmo she has!
Tie between Grover and Oscar
Big Bird is my favorite because I love yellow.
i love elmo! He so cute!
Nice prize!
Big Bird!
Oscar
Has to be Elmo
I love Oscar, Cookie Monster and Big Bird
My favorite character is Kermit the Frog. Too Cute
Oscar the Grouch
I love Oscar the Grouch. He is witty and has withstood the test of time.
Telly
What? I can’t hear you with a bannana in my ear Bert.
Thank you so much for offering this giveaway. We love Elmo. He’s so cute. Thank you.
Elmo!
The favorite character around here is Elmo. When our little grandson broke his leg he got a red cast (you could choose) on it and we referred to it as his “Elmo Leg”. Now when he looks at pictures of it, he will refer to it as his “Elmo Leg”.
cookie monster
I like them all…but our favorite is Elmo at the moment or the Count, or Big Bird,,,oh jeeze, can’t decide…
My little guy goes crazy everytime he hear the Elmo song on sesame street. Has to be Elmo
Cookie monster
Big Bird
elmo
Definitely cookie monster.
Grover – and his alter ego, Super Grover!
Oscar the grouch is my fav!
Definitely Elmo
Oscar the Grouch!
I adore Oscar the Grouch – we all have a wee bit o’ the green guy in us at times
Grover! Since he’s the monster at the end of the book.
I love Oscar the grouch
THe little one loves Elmo so much!
grover, my generatons’s elmo.
I adore Slimey, Oscar’s lil worm friend.
I’ve always been partial to Cookie Monster…we have a lot in common!
Grover ROCKS!
My Granddaughter love Sesame Street
Big bird
Big Bird is my fav!
Earnie / the Count
I love Elmo.
Cookie Monster- Of Course!!
Big bird
For me it’s Cookie Monster… and my son loves Elmo!
the count
KERMIE!
Elmo of course
Can I pick two? Bert and Ernie!
BIG BIRD!
I love Elmo
Grover would be my favorite!
My favorite Sesame Street character is the Cookie Monster
I’ll pick Gonzo, but the Swedish Chef is very close 2nd.
cookie monster
My favorite is Elmo!
Cookie Monster for me!
i love oscar. I just want to say “sunny days. sleeping the clouds away. friendly neighbors there that’s where I’ll be. Can you tell me how to get how to get to sesame street.
Big Bird for me!
Oscar
Ernie is my favorite.
Elmo
a must have for the kids
The Cookie Monster!
gotta love elmo
I love the comedy that is Super Grover! Thanks for the great giveaway
Grover!
enter me please, thank you for the contest
Elmo here
My oldest and most favorite character from sesame street is not sure if I am speeling him right but the one and only Snufalapagus
Grover is my favorite, He’s so cute
Mr. Snuffalufagus!! (my spelling may be off)
Hello BIGBIRD
Cookie Monster rocks!
Love Oscar The Grouch!
i like snuffy and abby. i like them all
my kids would love this
this would make both of my grandkids smile
Hi, Ernie is my favorite little guy on Sesame Street! He seems so naive and happy all of the time. Bert is a bit on the grumpy, grouchy side. Ernie balanced them out as friends. Who can resist Ernie’s song “Rubber Duckie?! Thanks,Cindi
Cookie Monster has always been my favorite. I was mad when the show producers decided he had to sing “A Cookie is a Sometimes Food” and to promote fruits and vegetables. He is Cookie Monster, for goodness sake!
My daughter loves Elmo!!!!
Oscar the Grouch of course
Elmo!
Bert and Ernie in the house
Grover is our favorite!
Gotta be Cookie Monster.
Snufleufagus (sp?)
Cookie Monster because he’s crazy
my favorite is snuffy but my grandaughters favorite is of course Elmo!
Our favorite character is Elmo of course!
elmo
burt!
Elmo is my favorite!
Cookie Monster has always been my favorite Sesame Street character. He’s a guy after my own heart! Me want cookie!
kermit the reporter
Cookie Monster is the greatest of all Sesame Street Characters!
I liked watching Sesame Street when I was little, my 19 yr old watched it when he was little & now my 2 yr. old LOVES to watch it. She calls it Elmo Street. She LOVES Elmo & I Love the show it self
ooo, i love Snuffy, he’s just so depressed (sigh)
i love the Count, 1 mwah ha ha ha ha! 2 mwah ha ha ha!!!
Elmo!
ROCKS THanks
My favorite character is Slimey. That little worm is adorable.
Our favorite is Elmo!
Grover…adore him!
I really like Oscar the Grouch
Elmo – when I first bought our house I had an Elmo room Everything was elmo!!!!!!!! scary!!!!!!!!!!
The Big Bird
My all time favorite would be Cookie Monster.
i like big bird.
Cookie Monster
Elmo is my favorite.
Kermit THE Frog.
big bird
Has to be Kermit.
We love the Count!
snuffy!
love oscar – een named a fish after him
Burt
I would say grover is my favorite.
MY SON WOULD LOVE THIS!
grover
C is for Cookie! Good enough for me!
Hope I win for my little cousin.
My favorite has always been Oscar the Grouch.
We are watching Seaseme St Right now!!! My favorite is Cookie Monster.. COOOOOKIE!
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Elmo is my favorite.
I’ve always liked Oscar the most.
Gota love Elmo.
Snuffleupagus. Even in the days when he was invisible.
I like the Count.
We love Elmo in this household.
Elmo of course! thank you
Our little girl adores Elmo but big brother loves Oscar the Grounch!
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Snuffleupagus is THE BEST!
Cookie Monster.
Big Bird rocks!!
Gotta love the Cookie Monster!!! mmmm, cookies!
love elmo
This looks very cute
Grover
Baby Bear of course!
Oscar the Grouch
Elmo, my favorite Sesame Street character, is red and sweet. My grandson has loved him since he was just a few weeks old. He’s my favorite too.
Love cookie monster!
It’s all about Zoe at our house!
My daughter loves Zoe!
Being I’m a bird lover, of course it’s Big Bird!
My favorite has always been Big Bird
My daughter loves Elmo (but is very afraid of the Tickle Me Elmo toy….)
big bird
my son loves Elmo.
I liked prairie dawn
oscar- he needs love too
*I* like Cookie Monster the best, but my son loves Elmo and Big Bird more.
We would love to win this DVD!
I’ve always loved Cookie Monster since I was ummm scared as a baby of him when I met him in a person!! hahaha
Always was Oscar, because he reminded me of me!
cookie cookie cookie (monster)!
oscar the grouch
Grover Rock!!
Oscar
I have always loved the cookie monster.
Cookie Monster!
The Count
Me and my daughter’s favorite character right now is cookie monster!!!!
Gotta love Ernie!
I love Cookie Monster!!
every one loves elmo including me
I’m an Oscar the Grouch fan, but my son loves Cookie Monster!
ella loves elmo!! thanks
I’d definitely have to say GROVER!!! He makes my daughter laugh so hard, and nothing is cuter than a 2 1/2 year old that can’t stop laughing!
Oscar the grouch.
Cookie Monster cause he loves cookies!
Big Bird and the Cookie Monster!
Oscar the Grouch has been my favorite.
Wow, thanks for the chance. Our home favorite is Elmo!
My nephew in Michigan’s favorite is Elmo.
100% no doubt about it- ELMO!
we love elmo and oscar the grouch.
i have 5-month old son and we had this poster
of sesame street and he makes those giggles
everytime we get him near it.
my boy will surely love this one.
hope to snag a copy.
please enter me and thank you for
sharing this with us.
ivan[dot]manalansan[at]gmail[dot]com
everybody loves sesame street
Elmo is my favorite character!
The Count and Oscar the Grouch
I LOVE Ernie! Reminds me of me!
Cookie Monster!
Cokieeeeees! Thanks for the conest
My favorite is Bert. I think he handle Erin very well.:)
Kermit will always be my favorite. He’s definitely old-school Sesame Street.
cookie monster
Mommie
http://www.mommieshome.net
My favorite character was always The Count, with Oscar the Grouch a close second.
Elmo
Elmo of course!!!
Grover…with Cookie Monster as a very close second!
Grover…with Cookie Monster as a very close second!
Oscar is my fav!
The Count or Oscar!
I’m a fan of Oscar The Grouch! Reminds me of my oldest son in the morning! LOL!
Big Bird
Elmo is my kids favourite.
Big Bird
favorite characters are Ernie and Bert,
thanks for the contest
Oscar the grouch, especially singing I Love Trash!
Why, Grover, of course!
Grover, of course!
Burt
and Ernie is a close second favorite!
My daughter would love the DVD. My favorite character is Grover and my daughter’s is Elmo! I also really like Snuffy.
Grover is my favorite because I can do his voice and I like to read our Sesame Street books to the kids using his voice. It makes them laugh.
Elmo Rules!!!
I like Snuffleupagus.
Cookie Monster!
Elmo, thanks!
Elmo because he makes my granddaughter laugh so much!
Elmo for us!
My favorite is Grouch. My 3 year old just laughs when Grouch is on and says “don’t be grouchy be happy”
Kermit!
It’s a tie between GROVER and SNUFALUFAGUS!!!!
Elmo!
We love big bird!!
C is for Cookie !! Cookie Monster !!
My favorite character has always been Snuffleupagus!
I have always loved Oscar the Grouch.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Grover!
big bird is so cute
SUPER GROVER
Big Bird is my favorite.
Cookie Monster
My favorite has to be The Count- hahaha!
big bird
my favorite character is big bird.
When I was a little girl…one of my favorite toys was my cookie monster puppet. It had a hidden slot in his throat so he could really eat a cookie. My dad had more fun with that…and I loved watching my cookie monster eat cookies. Now my kids tend to think Elmo and Zoe are cooler…what do they know??? LOL!
My favorite is Elmo.
I love kermit
my favorite is elmo
Cookie Monster!
I Love Elmo
Oscar has been and always will be my favorite!
Elmo forever and ever.
Big Bird!
Aloysius Snuffleupagus
Cookie Monster
big bird is such a cutie
i love elmo
Oscar
I would love this
Oscar the Grouch has always been my favorite. I just love his trash can.
My favorite character is Big Bird.
I am the mother of two little girls that love Elmo. We would love a chance to win the new Sesame Street DVD.
Thanks,
Stephanie
Elmo!
Cookie Monster!
Sweet little Elmo is my favorite…thanks!
I love Cookie Monster!
My kids would chose Elmo but I love Oscar
My favorite Sesame Street character is the Cookie Monster.
Please count me in and thanks for giving us the chance to win!
My favorite Sesame Street character is Grover, especially when he’s SuperGrover. Makes me laugh out loud sometimes. Thanks!
It’s gotta be Cookie Monster!
Oscar the Grouch!
Cookie Monster!
As a kid, it was Ernie and now it is Elmo.
Elmo is our favorite around here.
snuffy has always had a special place in my heart.
Oscar the Grouch is my most favorite of all!
Grover is always our favorite Super hero!
My son is the biggest little Elmo fan! Half his toy box is full of Elmo toys. Every time he comes on the television my son stops whatever he’s doing just to watch.
Cookie Monster
Coooooooooooookkie Moooooooonster!!
Grover is the best!
Polly Darton. I saw that puppet and couldn’t stop laughing!
I’s have to say my favorite Sesame Street chracter is Cookie Monster or the Count.
Cookie Monster is my favorite!
The Grouch….he reminds me of my father!!
Cookie Monster is my fave.
Gimme an O! Gimme an S! Gimme a C! Gimme an A! Gimme an R!
Whaddaya got?
OSCAR!! OSCAR!! OSCAR!!
We love Snuffy!!
Oscar the Grouch is my favorite, who doesn’t know what it’s like to feel how he looks? lol
Snuffy was definitely my childhood favorite.
I love Cookie Monster.
My favorite Sesame Street character is Slimey.