Sesame Beginnings

Sesame Beginnings is a direct-to-DVD, book and merchandise spin-off franchise from Sesame Street, launched in 2006. The products feature baby versions of classic Sesame Street Muppets along with their caregivers.

Sesame Beginnings provides an opportunity for parents of infants to introduce the beloved Sesame Street characters to their children from the very beginning, while entertaining, engaging, and encouraging interaction between caregivers and their children. Research shows that young children learn best when experiences are shared with a loved one. The DVDs are specially designed to help parents and caregivers encourage their child's curiosity and interest in learning during everyday interactions. The DVDs are also supplemented by a printed guide, offering parents additional tips for ways to extend the learning after viewing through activities such as feeding, bath time and playtime.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The videos are a massive kick-in-the-groin to the Sesame Street and Muppets fanbases.
 * 2) Poor to mediocre writing.
 * 3) The only reason it was made was to capitalize on the success of its parent series as well as pre-existing baby video series like Baby Einstein, Brainy Baby, Baby Genius, and So Smart!.
 * 4) The babies are unlikable for the most part, as they come off as inconsistent or incompetent. They are also very bland, forgettable, and one-dimensional.
 * 5) Uninteresting plots that they go for solely because the series is an aged-down version of the controversial show it's based on and nothing more.
 * 6) Rather whiny voice acting for Big Bird (performed by Matt Vogel, who also performed him on Sesame Street whenever Caroll Spinney was unavailable to voice him and became his official puppeteer/voice actor in Season 49, and to dub over Caroll’s lines from 2006 to 2018).

The Only Good Quality

 * 1) It encourages babies and toddlers to play along with the Baby Muppets while developing curiosity and gross motor skills.