Sibling pride, healthy masculinity, and phonetics (The Letter G).
Key Segments
Liam Neeson counts to 20, Global Grover in Alaska, and Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree.
Main Muppets
Baby Bear, Curly Bear, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Grover
Human Guest(s)
Papa Bear (Muppet), Professor Gary Gill
Special Guest(s)
Liam Neeson
Letter & Number
G and 20
Air Date
April 30, 2004
Parent's Guide
Rosita explains the Spanish word for cat. She says gato. A cow tries to lend a hand. The cow is not a cat. Little Murray Sparkles shows up. He's a real cat. You can use your family pets to teach animal names. Think of the word "gato" and a furry friend. Using emotions and images helps people remember vocabulary.
Baby Bear shows Curly what she'll do when she grows up. Curly's growl is louder than his own. Baby Bear feels like he lost his status as the big brother. He tries to take back the loudest growl. He copies Curly's rituals. Kids often tie their self-worth to their place in the family. When a younger sibling outshines an older one, it can lead to an identity crisis. Papa Bear helps his son. He shows that a sister's talent isn't something to be threatened by. You should focus on individual bests. Don't use family ranks. Celebrate the talent of one child and the teaching skills of the other. This changes the focus from competition to mutual pride.
The Count gives Liam Neeson a count to 20. They make math seem like a dramatic production. High energy counting is a great way to keep kids engaged with large numbers. Reaching 20 is a big deal for a preschooler. You can play a director game at home. Have your child count toys. Just tell them to use different voices. Try speaking in a way that sounds like a giant or a robot. This helps kids get better at doing math by playing.
Professor Gary Gill uses the letter G to help Baby Bear. He says that Growl starts with G, and Cookie Monster eats a giant letter G cookie. He grows larger. In this episode, the letter G stands for power. You should use this for alliteration and phonics. Go on a G hunt around your house. Look for things that make you feel great or grand. Teach kids about phonics by linking a letter sound to a feeling.
Global Grover shares a song from Alaska. He teaches the Inuit word for winter. The word is ukiuq. A girl explains how people stay warm in the cold. She's a big believer in community and traditional knowledge. This segment is all about cultural geography. Different cultures have specific words for their environment. You should talk about how your family gets ready for the seasons. Ask your child what you do during your ukiuq. This helps people connect with each other and learn more about the world.
Elmo explores the world of ears. He shows how they hear and look. He explains how to protect them from loud noises. You should use this to teach sensory health. Talk to your kids about volume, both inside and out. Just a friendly reminder that ears are sensitive. This leads to lessons on listening and safety.
Summary
My Favorite Moments: Episode begins with Dr. Alex Jenny Ky. She talks about letter and numbers that she learned from episodes.
The Loudest Growl, Street Scenes: Baby Bear and Curly Bear are on the stage. Baby Bear shows something he can do, but these things bigger for Curly Bear and she cannot do. Baby sings about it, demonstrating such things as lifting heavy stuff, jumping high and growling loudly, until he gets a load of Curly’s growl. He feels upset because he is big but Curly’s growl is bigger although she is smaller than him.
Big Bird comes to the Sesame Street. She hears Curly. Baby Bear asks to the Big Bird as a master how he can make a big growl. She says Big Bear should observe Curly before she makes big growl and then he should do same things in this way his growl will be bigger. Baby Bear observer her does same things but hardly gets bigger.
Professor Gary Gill and his two assistant come and ask the issue and then offer a solution. But again this attempt is unsuccessful. They also fear the Curly’s big growl and escape from the Sesame Street.
Papa Bear arrives, Baby Bear decides to say his problem also thinks there is no neet to shy this type of thing. Baby tries to show her off to a passing man that Curly blows the clothes off with her growl.
Song: Hoots the Owl sings a song. The name of it is “Baby, You're So Smart.”
Muppets: Humphrey dreams the possible jobs Natasha will be when she gets older. He sees her as a firefighter, police officer and doctor.
The Letter of the Day Part 1: Todayon Sesame Street Episode 4076, the letter of the day is G. Cookie Monster introduces the letter with a cookie. There is a big G letter on the big cookie.
Film: Imagine a giant G. And this G hangs in a forest with vines. Now it's time to explore.
The Letter of the Day Part 2: In the second part of this scene, Cookie Monster gets bigger after eating cookie and he says some words start with G such as G for Gassy.
Animation: Upper case "G", lower case "g" and pencil box.
Spanish Word of the Day: Rosita is on the stage and She expresses today’s Spanish Word is Gato. Gato means cat in English.
Film: A child takes care of the word cat and turns into a cat.
Journey to Ernie Rubber Duckie Land: Big Bird is looking for Earnie in an area full of Rubber Duckies.
Muppets: Ernie sings a song. The name of song is The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree.
Global Grover: Thanks to Grover, we have the opportunity to visit different parts of the world.Grover comes back from Alaska by a dog sled. He talks about Alaska and its cold. There is a video and in the video a little Alaskan girl sings a song. After video, Grover wants to rest, but the dog doesn’t accept it wants to come back as soon as possible. And pulls the Grover back Alaska.
Global Thingy: two thingys loose their ping pong ball in a fish bowl, Global Thingy helps them to solve communication barrier.
The Number of the Day: Count von Count presents the number of the day. It is 20.
Cartoon: There are twenty fish. And we're counting these fish.
Celebrity: Our guest in Sesame Street Episode 4076 is Liam Neeson. Count von Count wants Liam Neeson to count to 20.
Elmo's World: In this episode Elmo gives fun information about the ears. Elmo's World Ears.
The Adventures of Trash Gordon: Trash Gordon imitates to be a kitty to scare away a huge grumpy guppy. Sesame Street sponsors are the number 20 and the letter G. Sesame Street Episode 4076 ends.
