He’s not even two yet, but Junior has mastered navigation on the iPhone and iPad. While he has pages on each of our devices for his games, one of his favorite things to do is to explore the Sesame Street videos on YouTube. Specifically, he loves to watch videos with Elmo, and videos that have music. Having not really watched Sesame Street in a number of years (at least that I’ll admit to), it’s amazing in both the talent that Sesame Street is able to bring on to the show and how clever they are crafting popular songs in to lessons for children. Here are Junior’s current favorites…

Musical Guest: Jason Mraz

Lyrics: Open up your door and then breathe free. Look at all the beauty and you’ll find that the earth and the sky is yours.

The Lesson: Turn off the TV, put down the video game controller, and go outside. I’m blessed that one of the words that Junior is proficient with is “outside”, and we have spent a lot of our time this summer outside.

Musical Guest: Will.I.Am

Lyrics: There’s nothing I can’t achieve, because in myself I believe.

The Lesson: Know that you are wonderful, beautiful, and special, and you can do anything you want to do.