Segments with their own pages
Abstract Count
A series where abstract masks are counted to an African beat, with vocals by Lebo M, Lindiwe Dlamini, and Lindiwe Hlengwa. It was animated by Sally Cruikshank
Acrobat Pigs
Addition
African Rhythm
An African rhythm plays while objects (usually people or cowrie shells) are counted
(First: Episode 2981)
| Video: Episode 114: Where Is It? |
(First: Episode 2996)
Animal Rock Band
(First: Episode 3540)
(First: Episode 3562)
Bears in Chairs
Bears sitting in chairs are counted.
Blue Sky Background
(First: Episode 2785)
| Video: 123 Count with Me |
(First: Episode 2855)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
(First: Episode 2850)
(First: Episode 2820)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
(First: Episode 3122)
| Video: Episode 148: The Cymbals |
Chinese Acrobats
(First: Episode 3845)
(First: Episode 3813)
Clown Honking
(First: Episode 3224)
(First: Episode 3196)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
Colorblock Grid
Kids count themselves in colorblock grids. These segments appeared as early as seasons 24 and 25, and feature the same cast from the "Floating Kids" segments.
(First: Episode 3115)
| Video: 123 Count with Me |
(First: Episode 3149)
(First: Episode 3122)
| Video: Episode 110: Just Say It, Jake |
Computer Matching
A series of films where a girl plays a matching game to find the number of the day on the computer.
(First: Episode 3885)
(First: Episode 3936)
(First: Episode 3908)
(First: Episode 3895)
(First: Episode 3881)
Conservation of Numbers
(First: Episode 0278)
(First: Episode 0278)
(First: Episode 0278)
(First: Episode 0302)
Counting Animals
(First: Episode 2792)
(First: Episode 2816)
Dancing with Kids
(First: Episode 3819)
| Video: Let's Make Music |
(First: Episode 3844)
| Video: TV Episode Fun Pack: Volume 2 (as part of Episode 4114) |
Dancers in the Park
Egyptian
(First: Episode 3306)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
Family Photo
A kid tells the audience to count the members of their family for a photo. These segments appeared as early as Season 44.
Flowers
Martin P. Robinson counts flowers in an Austin Powers-like voice as groovy music plays. These segments appeared in Season 34.
Growing Numbers
A series of stop-motion animated segments produced by Jane Aaron, featuring ornate cutouts of the numbers 1 through 20 growing from (and receding into) the surface in a variety of park and city scenes. The segments appeared by Season 23 at earliest. The music is composed by Dave Conner.
The various installations in the series differ chiefly by the amount of film being shown.
(First: Episode 2924)
(First: Episode 2971)
| Video: Grover Plants a Tree |
(First: Episode 2930)
(First: Episode 2996)
(First: Episode 2975)
(First: Episode 2937)
(First: Episode 2967)
Handprints
3 handprints try to count to the number of the day, but they don't have enough fingers. Fortunately, one of the handprint's little brother comes in and finishes the counting. No segment was made for the blue hand.
Hortense
Hortense is a series of counting animations where Hortense encounters things to count to the number of that day. No segment for the number 2 was made.
(First: Episode 2570)
(First: Episode 2501)
(First: Episode 2519)
(First: Episode 2508)
Houses
(First: Episode 0304)
(First: Episode 0283)
(First: Episode 0298)
(First: Episode 0283)
Jane Aaron Segments
An assortment of live-action segments created by Jane Aaron, featuring ornate numbers on outdoor locations, becoming animated usually through the use of stop-motion or "pixillation". Several segments featured brief rock jingles written by Christopher Cerf,[1] while others simply showed the number (attached to a metal rod) swinging across the screen.
(First: Episode 3154)
| Video: Elmo's Super Numbers |
(First: Episode 3317)
(First: Episode 3231)
(First: Episode 3319)
(First: Episode 3710)
(First: Episode 3193)
| Video: 123 Count with Me |
(First: Episode 3136)
(First: Episode 3274)
(First: Episode 3280)
(First: Episode 3758)
Jane Aaron songs
A song that is based on the number of the day; even if the numbers are apart, the amount does not ever change.
(First: Episode 3003)
(First: Episode 3001)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
Jobs
(First: Episode 1599)
(First: Episode 1616)
(First: Episode 1627)
(First: Episode 1614)
Kid Mural Painting
A series of films where kids paint a huge mural of the number of the day on a huge sheet of paper in time lapse form at a park. In between, the kids show the number of the day either on their hands or feet.
Marching Band
see also: Sesame Street Shape Segments
(First: Episode 0527)
(First: Episode 0507)
Musical Instruments
A child counts instrument cases as they plummet to the ground. Once the child reaches the number of the Day, the instruments emerge from their cases.
Number Astronauts
Similar to Letter Astronauts, but this involves numbers.
(First: Episode 3713)
| Video: Episode 104: Yes, Baby |
Number Creatures
An Emmy-award winning series of computer animated segments featuring stylized numbers ending from 13 to 20. The segments were written, directed and animated by Merrill Aldighieri, and were produced for CTW by Arlene Sherman. The segments first appeared in Season 21. The music for the segments was composed by Fred Reed.
Number Heroes
(First: Episode 1643)
(First: Episode 1653)
(First: Episode 1642)
(First: Episode 1664)
Numbers in Outer Space
OK, We Got a Hip-Hop Beat
Pebbles
A series of segments where a number camouflages into a group of pebbles, while off-screen children try to find it. Once they do, the pebbles that make up the number light up.
Race Horses
An announcer (voiced by Martin P. Robinson) counts horses in the style of horse racing.
(First: Episode 4036)
Rap Animation
A series of recurring cartoons in which various collections of objects such as shapes, cookies, fingers, and units of time are totaled, narrated by a child's hip-hop lyrics describing and rhyming the items at hand. These were produced by Al Jarnow and appeared as early as Season 20.
(First: Episode 2502)
(First: Episode 2509)
(First: Episode 2547)
| Video: Kids Sing Israel |
(First: Episode 2488)
(First: Episode 2506)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
(First: Episode 2531)
| Video: 123 Count with Me |
(First: Episode 2567)
(First: Episode 2560)
Rubber Stamp
Filmmaker and stamp designer Ken Brown produced a series where numbers interact with stamped images. They first appeared in Season 23.
(First: Episode 2880)
(First: Episode 2932)
(First: Episode 2945)
| Video: The Great Numbers Game |
(First: Episode 2935)
Skip Counting Songs With Kids
Live-action stop-motion animated kids skip count stuff by different numbers. The series is created by Christopher Cerf and appeared in Season 35.
Water Skiing Hippos
Music by Suzanne Goldish. A series of animated segments where hippos waterski in various ways, but eventually fall in the water.
What Are We Going to Find in the Garden Today?
(First: Episode 4302)
(First: Episode 4303)
(First: Episode 4309)
(First: Episode 4304)
See also
Sources
- ↑ BMI Works #1878129, 1878128, 1881488, 1881536