Sesame Street Podcast

Make a collage! Find some household materials such as cotton balls, Popsicle sticks, and paper strips to use for a collage. Decorate the materials and then attach them to a piece of construction paper in various ways – try using glue, tape, and even stickers to attach the materials to the paper.

Make up your own dance together! Pick your favorite song and make up a dance move. Practice that move and then take turns adding on. Before you know it you’ve choreographed your own special dance!

Make up your own dance together! Pick your favorite song and make up a dance move. Practice that move and then take turns adding on. Before you know it you’ve choreographed your own special dance!

Talk to your child about what it means to be a good loser and a good champion. A good loser congratulates her opponent and plays again another time. A good winner, or champion, does not brag, and she tells her opponent that he did a good job. Practice being a good loser and a good champion with your child so that she knows what to do when she is playing a game with friends.

Talk to your child about what it means to be a good loser and a good champion. A good loser congratulates her opponent and plays again another time. A good winner, or champion, does not brag, and she tells her opponent that he did a good job. Practice being a good loser and a good champion with your child so that she knows what to do when she is playing a game with friends.

Brainstorm: The next time you and your child are waiting in line for something, brainstorm ideas of activities you can do to make the time go by such as counting, singing, or playing I Spy. Try out each one, and the wait will be over before you know it!

Brainstorm: The next time you and your child are waiting in line for something, brainstorm ideas of activities you can do to make the time go by such as counting, singing, or playing I Spy. Try out each one, and the wait will be over before you know it!

Observe and report! Read a short book to your child and ask him to pay very close attention to the events in the story. Once the book is over, pretend that you and your child are reporters and talk about all of the things that happened in the story you just read. Make it even more fun by putting on hats, using pretend microphones, and standing in front of an audience of pets or stuffed animals!

Observe and report! Read a short book to your child and ask him to pay very close attention to the events in the story. Once the book is over, pretend that you and your child are reporters and talk about all of the things that happened in the story you just read. Make it even more fun by putting on hats, using pretend microphones, and standing in front of an audience of pets or stuffed animals!

With your child, walk around your home and point out different things that were once innovations such as a computer, microwave, and lights. Talk together about how different things would be without these innovations, and then come up with something new and different that would be fun to have in your home such as a robot that cleans up toys. Help your child make a picture of what her innovation would look like.

With your child, walk around your home and point out different things that were once innovations such as a computer, microwave, and lights. Talk together about how different things would be without these innovations, and then come up with something new and different that would be fun to have in your home such as a robot that cleans up toys. Help your child make a picture of what her innovation would look like.

Build a bridge! Engineer a bridge with your child to explore different ways to reinforce it, or make it stronger. First, place a piece of paper on top of two blocks. Put a toy car on the paper and see what happens. Next, try to reinforce the bridge by taping the paper to the blocks and try putting the car on top again. Next, tape a piece of cardboard under the paper to make the bridge even stronger and place the car on top. Find other ways to reinforce your bridge!"

Build a bridge! Engineer a bridge with your child to explore different ways to reinforce it, or make it stronger. First, place a piece of paper on top of two blocks. Put a toy car on the paper and see what happens. Next, try to reinforce the bridge by taping the paper to the blocks and try putting the car on top again. Next, tape a piece of cardboard under the paper to make the bridge even stronger and place the car on top. Find other ways to reinforce your bridge!"

Kristen Bell explains the word "splatter."

Kristen Bell explains the word "splatter."