Press Elmo's hand, place binky into Elmo's mouth or remove the binky to start play pattern. If the binky is NOT in Elmo's mouth, he will say a phrase like: "Elmo loves to sing and hum," and then start singing! If the binky IS in Elmo's mouth, he will "mumble" a character phrase and then start humming!. At any time during the play, the binky can be removed or placed in Elmo's mouth to switch from singing to humming or humming to singing. While Elmo is humming with the pacifier in his mouth, it will twinkle in time to the music. After the song plays through, Elmo will prompt you to play again! After a 10 second time out, Elmo will say a prompt phrase and then go to sleep. Press Elmo's hand at any time during one of his songs to advance to the next song!