While best recognized as the informal educators of ABCs and 123s, beloved children?s television series SESAME STREET (www.sesamestreet.com) also has the power to educate children beyond cognitive skills.
A recent study found that the local adaptation of SESAME STREET in Kosovo, RRUGA SESAM (Albanian language) and ULICA SEZAM (Serbian language), is making a significant impact on how children view other ethnicities in their communities and their literacy, math, and socio-cultural knowledge.
Knell spoke at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy in a program called “Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street is Changing Our World.” He talked about how the television show addressed current social issues in kids? lives and provided teachers another outlet to help students learn
NEW YORK, October 12: Sesame Workshop and the Merrill Lynch Foundation have created Panwapa, a worldwide kids initiative aimed at fostering the foundation for global citizenship and community participation in young children, aged 4 to 7.
Panwapa, which means “here on this earth” in the Tshiluba language, features an entirely new group of Muppet characters, an interactive website, a DVD and pr
In a crowded field of podcasts from upstart media companies, "Sesame Street," a show nearly four decades old, rose to the top of the iTunes charts last week.
Who’s the apple of your eye? For Sesame Street’s Elmo and Abby Cadabby, it’s PIÑATA! The new apple variety is being described as a “party of flavor for your mouth” and a “surprise for your taste buds.
Elmo’s dad has deployed and come home. Now he’s deploying again.
His fluffy blue friend Rosita is having trouble adjusting to her own father’s injury.
Elmo will use his own experience — and the research conducted by Sesame Workshop — to help military children and their parents cope with the stresses of multiple deployments, in a new Sesame Street DVD available for military families in January. T
On Sept. 18, the Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind "Sesame Street," launched the first in a series of video podcasts available for free download on iTunes. It was an instant success. Think painful supermarket moments, noisy dentist office moments and embarrassing restaurant moments: Mom or Dad whips out the iPod. Baby pacified. Baby learning!
The Muppets are going to school in Kosovo in a new project to teach tolerance to children in the Albanian-majority Serb province, which the United Nations has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting.
A weekly video podcast based on the award-winning preschool series is now available via iTunes
NEW DELHI: The second season of Turner's pre-school muppet show ‘Galli Galli Sim Sim’ will commence on 10 September at 2 pm on Pogo.
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While best recognized as the informal educators of ABCs and 123s, beloved children?s television series SESAME STREET (www.sesamestreet.com) also has the power to educate children beyond cognitive skills. A recent study found that the local adaptation of SESAME STREET in Kosovo, RRUGA SESAM (Albanian language) and ULICA SEZAM (Serbian language), is making a significant impact on how children view other ethnicities in their communities and their literacy, math, and socio-cultural knowledge.
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