Elmo, Zoe, and Baby Bear venture into Bear National Park with Papa Bear in search of the elusive Blue-Feathered Swallowing Swallow so they can earn their Bird-Watching Badges. While looking for the swallow, they have fun discovering beautiful things in nature! They also learn that there are some simple things they can do to keep nature beautiful and clean: putting trash where it belongs, recycling, reusing things and saving water.

Do you want to help your little one learn to love the earth?  They can learn all about appreciating and preserving nature with Elmo and his fellow Bear Scout friends during their visit to Bear National Park. The funny Park Ranger Squirrel teaches Little Bear why he should not litter and shows Elmo why he should not waste water. The Bear Scouts all end up earning a Love the Earth Badge and graduate to being Grizzly Scouts. Multiple forms of media and presentation are used in this video, which will help keep your little one interested. Aside from the wonderful Sesame Street puppets, there are multiple songs, cartoons, and video of real children interacting with nature. The main message of the video is that 'if you do your part, and ask everyone else to do their part, the whole world can be a cleaner place.'

Since the lessons apply directly to everyday living, it is easy and fun to bring the messages to life for your child. Just like Elmo and his friends, you and your little one can spend some time outside discussing what you notice about nature. You can ask you child questions like: What does it smell like? What colors do you see? What animals and insects are around? What sounds do you hear?  The video also teaches how to recycle objects and shows new uses for them and using them, sometimes twice (or more!).  It can be a fun game on a rainy afternoon to give your little one an object, like an empty jar or a grocery bag, and have them come up with as many other uses for it that they can. How about helping your child come up with a song about recycling? The sillier, the better!