| Category | Details |
| Title | Baby Bear Hates Tee Ball |
| Season & Episode | Season 44, Episode 4423 |
| Main Muppets | Baby Bear, Papa Bear, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Grover |
| Human Guest(s) | Alan, Chris |
| Special Guest(s) | Albert Pujols |
| Letter of the Day | G |
| Number of the Day | 1 |
| Theme | Honesty, parent-child bonding, and finding your own "Athlete." |
| Air Date | January 30, 2014 |
Parent's Guide
Baby Bear is checking out the wing design of a butterfly. He looks closely at the stitching on his glove. He's not into the tee ball game. Chris tells Baby Bear that he's more into cooking than sports. This conversation gives Baby Bear the courage he needs. He tells Papa Bear he doesn't like the game. You get the importance of individual autonomy. Parents often sign their kids up for activities they did as kids. They're hoping to build a shared bond. Forcing a child into a mold just causes frustration. Take a look at where your kid is looking. If they're more into art than playing games, try to find activities that align with that interest. Papa Bear gets that connecting with people is more important than baseball. They switch to drawing together. I felt the same pressure when my dad bought me a leather catcher's mitt, even though I loved drawing maps. Ask your child what activity makes them feel like themselves.
Blögg turns himself into his opposite. He becomes clean and orderly. At first, his friends liked the change. They soon miss the original Blögg. The new version just doesn't have his fun personality. You can use this story to teach comparative vocabulary. Let's talk about how people's unique habits make them lovable. Self-improvement has its limits. Trying to be someone else can come across as inauthentic to your friends.
Cookie-san has a hard time focusing during karate training. Cookies are a distraction for him. This story is about impulse control. Kids have a hard time focusing when there are toys or snacks around. Use the karate metaphor at home. Tell your child to use their focus to finish their homework before they get a treat. Think of it as a skill they can develop.
Albert Pujols and Grover talk about being an athlete. Grover tries to prove his status. Albert's got the skills. Redefine physical literacy for your child. An athlete uses their body to move and play. The activity includes dancing and hiking. Kids shouldn't feel left out if they're not the best at a certain game.
Elmo's up against this huge athlete. He uses perseverance and imagination instead of size. It's more important to put in the effort than to worry about the outcome. Kudos for the effort and the hard work. Try not to get too hung up on the win. This helps you develop a healthy relationship with exercise.
What's the Word on the Street?: In Sesame Street Episode 4423, we meet the word Athlete, it means a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
SCENES: Papa Bear and Baby Bear will play Wee Tee Ball. Baby Bear play this game before with Grandma Bear. Papa Bear sings a song that is about how "Nothing Could Be Better" than playing Wee Tee Ball with his son.
And then they begin, their first step is to practice hitting. Baby Bear revs up, but suddenley he sees a butterfly and quickly distracted, he likes its wing design so much. Papa Bear steers him back to the tee, and says him to keep his eye on the ball. Baby Bear does so but at the same time he becomes fascinated with butterfly's round shape and wants to draw it.
Papa Bear tells him he can draw after they practice. Abby appears on the scene, having found his bat. She reveals she plays for the Powder Poof league and magically she hits the ball away. She learns that most of people use the bat to hit the ball and she finds it more fun! She goes home to her mommy.
Cookie Monster comes when Papa Bear and Baby Bear play Wee Tee Ball. He wants to join game, explains that he knows how to play and her mum is a coach. He takes a swing and delivers Papa Bear a great hit. After this great hit, he wants a cookie, but Papa Bear does not have a cookie, and Cookie Monster eats the ball and bat instead of cookie and he leaves for a game of "Cookie Tennis."
Although Cookie ate the ball, Papa Bear still has a whole bucket full. Without the bat, he is prepared to practice catching instead. He throws him a ball, but Baby Bear fails to catch it, because he is interested in the stitching of his mitt and want to draw it. Later they try again and Baby Bear can catch, and they decide today is enough, because his arm is tired.
Papa Bear decides that they practice running now and he runs down the block, he hopes Baby Bear will follow. Baby Bear start to draw and meet Chris. Chris says that he meet his dad when running so fast. Papa Bear returns, Baby Bear admits he doesn't like Wee Tee Ball. Papa Bear understands and they decide to do different thing both they like.
Muppets / Celebrity: Albert Pujols who is a Dominican-American baseball first baseman, is in Sesame Street Episode 4423. He talk about athlete with Grover.
Murray has a little lamb: Murray's ready for school, and Ovejita is with him. They go baseball school.
Film / Animation: There are two girls find G words. Letter G is the letter of the day in Sesame Street Episode 4423.
Abby's Flying Fairy School: Murray and Georgia announces Abby's Flying Fairy School. Today Mrs. Sparklenose is teaching the students opposites, but Blögg doesn't understand the concept as easy.
Muppets: We see Murray again, he is at baseball school, Murray learns about the sport from the coaches.
Cartoon: Today the number of the day is 1 in the Sesame Street Episode 4423, in the cartoon part there is a girl and she talks about the number 1.
Cookie's Crumby Pictures: Murray and the children introduce "Cookie's Crumby Pictures". It presents The Biscotti Kid. Mr. MiCookie wants to teach Cookie Monster the ancient art of "Biscotti Karate". He warns him to listen and watch carefully, but Cookie cannot concentrate on and he focuses on the black-and-white cookie belt instead. His first attempt results with fail. But later he listens carefully and learns. Finially he can achieve . He earns the cookie belt.
Muppets: Oscar announces the GrouchBO hit series, the name of the part is True Mud. A mysterious man enters a restaurant and he says the waitress he wants true mud.The other customers begin to assume he's a Grouch.
Elmo the Musical: Murray and Daphnie are on the stage, they introduce "Elmo the Musical." Sesame Street Episode 4423 goes on with Elmo's musical. Elmo imagines himself as a athlete.
He faces off against an Enormous Athlete to win a pair of golden shoes that is a coveted prize Elmo wants to win. At the end of the play Enormous Athlete wins, Velvet thinks it is a bad thing, but Elmo does not think like him, he does not care losing, Elmo has fun when playing the game.
At the end of the Sesame Street Episode 4423, Murray presents the sponsors. Episode ends there.
