♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪

♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

(Elmo laughs)

- Hi, welcome to Elmo's World.

Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today?

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Birthdays!

Happy birthday.

Yay!

Boy, Elmo loves birthdays and wants to find out

more about them.

Hey, let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie.

Let's call her together.

- [Everyone] Oh Smartie!

- Wee, hi Elmo.

Happy birthday.

Can we pretend it's your birthday?

- Well, yeah, sure, okay.

- Happy pretend birthday, Elmo.

- Yay!

Oh, thank you Smartie.

Boy, that's perfect, because today Elmo wants to know

all about birthdays.

- Well, what do we do to learn something new?

- [Everyone] We look it up.

- Searching for birthdays.

Here we go.

On your birthday, you celebrate the day you were born.

Kids have birthday and grownups have birthdays too.

Each time you have a birthday you're one year older.

There are lots of things to do on your birthday

like have a party, play games and you can help people

you love celebrate their birthdays too.

(Elmo laughs)

There are just so many exciting ways

to celebrate a birthday.

- But Smartie, how can Elmo celebrate his pretend birthday?

- Easy, just blow out the pretend candles

on your pretend birthday cake.

- (laughs) Oh, okay.

- And don't forget to make a wish.

- Oh, right.

(Elmo blows air)

Wow. (laughs)

- So, what was your wish?

- To blow out all the candles. (laughs)

Yay!

- Great job blowing out all the pretend candles.

See you later.

- Bye bye Smartie, thank you.

Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.

Lets play a game together.

Yeah, come on, come on.

This girl is turning three years old.

Which cake has the right number of candles for her?

Let's count the candles.

- [Everyone] One, two, three, four, five.

Too many.

- [Elmo] Let's try again.

How many candles now?

- [Everyone] One.

- [Child] Now there's not enough candles.

- [Elmo] Okay, Elmo will try again.

Let's count.

- [Everyone] One, two, three.

- [Elmo] Yeah, great job!

Yay!

Boy, Elmo thinks it's fun to help people

celebrate their birthdays and give birthday presents.

That makes Elmo wonder even more.

Does Mr. Noodle know how to wrap a birthday present?

Let's ask him.

Hey Mr. Noodle!

Oh, it's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.

- [Everyone] Hi Mr. Noodle.

- [Elmo] Oh, Mr. Noodle, do you know how to wrap

a birthday present?

You do?

Oh, show us Mr. Noodle.

Oh, did Mr. Noodle make that birthday present

for his friend?

- [Child] That's nice of you Mr. Noodle.

- [Boy] Now you can start wrapping.

(Mr. Noodle beat boxes)

- [Child] No Mr. Noodle, not rap like music.

Wrapping paper.

- [Elmo] Oh, Mr. Noodle is wrapping the present.

- [Child] Don't wrap yourself, wrap the present.

That's enough tape, Mr. Noodle.

- [Everyone] Stop taping.

- [Child] You're silly.

- [Elmo] Elmo's sure that your friend will like the present.

Thank you Mr. Noodle.

Bye bye.

Learning new things makes Elmo so happy.

It makes him want to dance.

Come on.

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪

Let's see your happy dance.

Yeah, cool.

See you next time.

Keep learning, Elmo loves you.

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪

Yay!

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪

♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

(Elmo laughs)

- Hi, welcome to Elmo's World.

Guess what Elmo is wondering about today?

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

(laughs) Celebrations.

Yeah, oh, Elmo's friends are having a big celebration.

(party horns blow)

(Elmo laughs)

Boy, Elmo thinks celebrations are lots of fun.

Oh, and Elmo wants to learn more about them.

You know what to do.

Let's ask Smartie.

Let's call her together.

- [Everyone] Oh, Smartie!

- Hiya Elmo.

- (laughs) Hi Smartie.

- Here I am.

Ready to party.

- Yeah, baby.

Oh, that's perfect because Elmo wants to learn

all about celebrations today.

- Well what do we do to learn something new?

- [Everyone] We look it up!

- Searching for celebrations.

Celebrations are a fun way to enjoy all kinds

of special occasions like birthdays or winning a big game.

There are celebrations for holidays too

like 4th of July, Halloween or Christmas.

Sometimes people wear special clothes and make special food.

People have celebrations all over the world.

Carneval, Ramadan and Yi Peng Lantern Festival.

They really light me up.

- Elmo wants to celebrate having so many nice friends.

Oh, especially you Smartie.

- Aww.

Me too Elmo.

- Yeah.

- Gotta boogie.

We're having a birthday celebration

for my great great grandfather, Crank.

See you later Elmo.

- Bye bye Smartie, have fun.

Boy, Elmo's learning so much about celebrations.

Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.

Oh, come on, let's play a game together.

Yeah, come on, come on.

There are party hats but one is missing.

Come on, let's finish the pattern.

Are you ready?

Let's play.

Elmo wonders which hat goes here.

Let's see, there's a hat with stripes and a hat

with polka dots and stripes and polka dots, stripes.

Which one of these hats comes next?

This one?

- [Child] No, that's not it.

That hat has zigzags.

- [Elmo] Oh, get outta here hat.

So which hat really goes here?

- [Child] The polka dot one.

- [Elmo] Okay, let's see what we got.

Stripes, polka dots, stripes, polka dots,

stripes, polka dots.

Yay, we did it!

We finished the pattern.

Yay, Elmo loves celebrating.

And that makes Elmo wonder even more.

Does Mr. Noodle celebrate anything?

Oh, oh, let's ask him.

Hey, Mr. Noodle!

Hi Mr. Noodle.

Oh, Mr. Noodle, Elmo was wondering,

do you celebrate anything?

You do?

Oh, show us how you celebrate Mr. Noodle.

- [Children] Yeah, show us how.

- [Child] That's not how you celebrate Mr. Noodle.

He's swimming.

- [Elmo] Some celebrations have decorations.

Oh, he decorated himself. (laughs)

Mr. Noodle, a celebration isn't when you decorate yourself.

No, it's when you throw a party for something.

- [Child] Try again Mr. Noodle.

- [Children] He's having a celebration.

- [Elmo] Yeah that's right.

Mr. Noodle and Shmoodle are celebrating being friends.

Good work.

Thank you for showing us how to celebrate Mr. Noodle.

Thanks Shmoodle.

Learning new things makes Elmo so happy.

It makes him want to dance.

Come on.

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪

Let's see your happy dance.

Yeah, cool.

See you next time, keep learning.

Elmo loves you.

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪

Yay!

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪

♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

- (laughs) Hi, welcome to Elmo's World.

Guess what Elmo is wondering about today?

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Songs.

♪ La la la ♪

Hi Big Bird.

- Hi Elmo.

- Boy, Elmo loves singing and wants to find out

more about it.

Let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie.

♪ Let's call her together ♪

- [Everyone] Oh Smartie!

- Hi Elmo, listen to my new song.

♪ This is the song ♪

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ Smartie's song ♪

- Catchy tune. (laughs)

That's perfect Smartie, because today Elmo wants

to learn all about ♪ songs ♪

- Well, what do we do to learn something new?

♪ We look it up ♪

- Searching for songs, here we go.

♪ I-N-G-O ♪

- [Smartie] Elmo, there's so many kinds of songs

and ways you can sing them.

You can sing in groups or by yourself.

There are songs you sing on special days to celebrate

or songs you can sing every day.

There are songs to get you moving

and songs to help you calm down or go to sleep.

And the best part is anyone can sing.

- Wow, Elmo thinks that singing looks like a lot of fun.

- You betcha.

In fact, I was just on my way to ring tone karaoke.

- (laughs) Oh, okay.

♪ Thank you Smartie ♪

♪ See you later have fun ♪

Boy, there's so many different kinds of songs.

Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.

Let's play a game together.

Yeah, come on, come on.

(laughs) Come on, help Elmo play the right tempo

along with the band.

Are you ready?

Let's play.

Tempo is how fast or slow a song is.

Help Elmo decide if he needs to tap the drum fast or slow.