via usatoday: He has entertained & educated children from around the world Caroll Spinney, the longtime “Sesame Street” puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Passed away yesterday in Connecticut after a brief illness. Spinney joined the children’s television show during its beginnings in 1969 and remained part of the “Sesame” team for five decades […]
via CNN: Remember coming home and turing on the tv and looking at a really Big Bird and his friends teach you about life and other things…Well that show Sesame Streeet is turning 50 Years Old! “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration,” honored the moments that taught generations of children the building blocks of learning through […]
via Wkyc: “Sesame Street” is taking a new step to try to help kids navigate life in America — it’s tackling the opioid crisis. Sesame Workshop is exploring the backstory of Karli, a bright green, yellow-haired friend of Elmo’s whose mother is battling addiction. The initiative is part of the Sesame Street in Communities resources […]
Sesame Street will make history in December when it becomes the first TV show to receive a Kennedy Center Honor. In July, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts released its list of 2019 honorees, which included the educational children’s program, as well as the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field and American conductor […]
via popsugar: Did you watch Sesame Street when you were growing up..Well thats a good thing because according to a new survey thats out watching Sesame Street had a positive impact on school performance for children exposed to it before age 7 — particularly if they’re male. CLICK HERE to read story
via cnn: For the first time, a resident of “Sesame Street” is experiencing homelessness — and the hope is that her story can help sweep the clouds away for the growing number of young children in the United States without homes to call their own. Lily, a 7-year-old bright pink Muppet, was introduced to the […]
via TheChristianPost: A writer for the long running television series “Sesame Street” has stated that his earlier comments implying that Bert and Ernie was a same-sex couple were misinterpreted. In a Sunday interview with the LGBT publication Queerty, Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman said that he drew from his personal experiences of being in a […]
Meet Julia. She has big green eyes, orange hair and she also has autism. According to TODAY, Julia is the newest character from the Sesame Workshop. She…
“Sesame Street” is moving — and it will be brought to you by the letters H, B and O. The next season of the long-running public television show is singing and skipping its way to the premium cable network in a five-year deal announced Thursday. Episodes of the children’s classic will also be shortened from […]
Elmo wore a tie — and Rosita broke out the pearls — for their trip to the White House Wednesday. They were there to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama and announce a new marketing program to promote fresh fruits and vegetables with Sesame Street and Muppet characters, designed to counter the marketing of less-healthy […]
First Lady Michelle Obama and Sesame Street’s Big Bird teamed up to film two public service announcements encouraging kids to eat healthy and get active. The new PSAs, which can be viewedHERE and HERE, are launched as part of the third anniversary celebration of Let’s Move! – Mrs. Obama’s initiative to ensure that all our children grow up healthy […]
First Lady Michelle Obama and Sesame Street’s Big Bird teamed up to film two public service announcements encouraging kids to eat healthy and get active.…
