Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read

Original title: Getting Ready to Read

Video
1986
30m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Pam Arciero, Joseph A. Bailey, Fran Brill, Northern Calloway, Kevin Clash, Tony Geiss, Cheryl Hardwick, Richard Hunt, Sonia Manzano, Jeff Moss, Jerry Nelson, Sam Pottle, Joe Raposo, Martin P. Robinson, Caroll Spinney, Jon Stone, Sara Compton, and Ray Sipherd in Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (1986)

Comedy Family Fantasy Music Short

Big Bird runs his own reading hot-line and helps teach his customers with different reading related questions.Big Bird runs his own reading hot-line and helps teach his customers with different reading related questions.Big Bird runs his own reading hot-line and helps teach his customers with different reading related questions.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

YOUR RATING

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Caroll Spinney

Big Bird
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Frank Oz

Grover
(archive footage)
(voice)
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Jerry Nelson

Green
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Richard Hunt

Old McDougal
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Fran Brill

Green
(voice)

Martin P. Robinson

Rocky
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Kevin Clash

Sam
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Pam Arciero

Pammy
(voice)

Sonia Manzano

Maria

Northern Calloway

Same Sound Brown
(archive footage)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jim Henson

Ernie
(archive footage)
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Featured review

9/10

A vintage Sesame Street video that teaches kids the concept of reading.

I checked out this vintage Sesame Street Home Video title from my local library years ago looking for something on teaching young generations about the fun of reading. This video fits the bill.

Big Bird, who runs his Reading Hotline, as well as some of the other characters show kids how reading and rhyming go well together. The concept of replacing the first letter of a word is a terrific way to teach kids about reading and rhyming as well as sounding out the parts of words. Some classic segments seen on the video include Ernie and Bert's rhyming game and the song, "Fat Cat." Try looking for this vintage Sesame Street title on YouTube, or try looking for a video copy on eBay.