MY SESAME STREET FRIENDS: MY SESAME MUSIC: Episodes 1.1-1.3

Here is the decision, and it is a small, cheerful one. These are ten-minute episodes of Elmo, Abby, Grover and Rosita singing: nursery rhymes in the first, instruments in the second, holidays in the third. No foul language, no violence, no nudity, nothing frightening. For a three-year-old, that is most of what matters.
The one thing to know before you press play is Abby's wand. She flies, she casts spells as a matter of course, and in the holiday episode she uses magic to make jack o'lanterns and to change her and Elmo's Halloween costumes. It is played as sweetly as everything else here — which is exactly why it deserves a word from you rather than nothing at all.
So: put it on, and stay in the room.

MY SESAME STREET FRIENDS: MY SESAME MUSIC is a short animated series on Netflix — about ten minutes an episode.
Elmo, Abby, Grover and Rosita sing their way through nursery rhymes in the first episode, instruments in the second, and holidays in the third: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. Some of it happens on Sesame Street, the rest against an animated backdrop.
Every episode ends with Grover telling kids to get up and dance.

Three stars, and they suit it. The animation is the standout — a doodle style that fits the songs, is pitched squarely at young children, and encourages creativity.
The music is handled with care. The nursery rhyme adaptations keep the original melodies and nod back to the original songs, so a child singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" here is learning the real one. "Bingo" becomes a way to spell Elmo's name. Cookie Monster sings an adaptation of "The 12 Days of Christmas" in which his friends give him Christmas cookies.
There is Spanish in it too: Rosita sings about música, and The Singing Gatos teach kids to count to four.
Ten minutes, a song stuck in your head, a happy child. That is the whole assignment, and the show completes it.

For a show this small, the values are easy to name — and they are good ones. It runs on teamwork and friendship: the muppets sing together, and nobody is left out.
It is also plainly pro-family. Elmo's dad teaches him to spell his name. Abby says out loud what she is thankful for, and the list is her mom, her step-dad and her step-brother. In the holiday episode, a turkey joins Abby and Elmo for Thanksgiving and they name the things they are thankful for — family, friends, teachers. Gratitude taught to a two-year-old is not a small thing, and this show teaches it directly.
The other half is the magic. Abby has a wand, flies, and casts spells throughout, and in the Halloween episode the spells are the fun: pumpkins conjured, costumes swapped mid-trick-or-treat. None of it is sinister. But it is repeated, and a small child learns what is ordinary from what is repeated — which is why this one comes with a word of caution rather than a clean bill.
The show teaches a child to be thankful and never says who to thank. That gap is where you come in, and Scripture puts the job squarely in a parent's hands: "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way" (Deuteronomy 6:7).

Ten minutes of songs, a doodle-drawn Sesame Street, and four characters your child already loves. It is clean, it is cheerful, and it will have a two-year-old saying thank you out loud. Just be nearby when Abby's wand comes out, and you will have a good little conversation on your hands. Our answer stands: worth watching.