Sesame Street And Blue's Clues: A Cognitive Analysis

During the first two years of an infant’s life, their sensorimotor attributes are significant in cognitive developments (Berk, 2011). While still adapting to the world itself, the exposure of television might be too difficult for babies to digest all at once as each scene goes from five to eight seconds (Pantley, 2004). Ironically, it was noted that in the United States, approximately 74 percent of children under the age of twenty four months watch television (Rideout, Vandewater, & Wartella, 2003). Many of the learning programs available to the youth, such as Sesame Street and Blue’s Clues are intended for children between the ages of two and six, coincidentally the same age frame of the preoperational stage of Piaget’s stages of cognitive

The use of bold and distinct colors to distinguish different settings and characters helps children understand the structure of living spaces and characters. By having some characters speak with accents emphasizes how diversity is acceptable and children shouldn’t be ashamed on how they speak. As mentioned before, both shows use songs and dances to engage with the audience, whether it’s the mail time, present time, bath time, or goodbye time song. This influences faster development and attracts young children to open the mail and take a bath properly. Having talking objects interact with characters promotes make-believe play and helps children engage with everyday events at

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