Sesame Street Podcast

Mark Ruffalo helps Murray learn all about the word "empathy."

Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber help Murray and Elmo learn all about the word "exchange."

Jesse Tyler Ferguson helps Murray and Elmo learn all about the word "fragile."

Sofia Vergara helps Murray and Elmo learn all about the word "baile."

Johnny Galecki helps Murray and Abby learn all about the word "transform."

Jerry O'Connell helps Murray learn all about the word "observe."

George Lopez helps Elmo and Abby learn all about the word "liquid."

Create your own experiment at home! First come up with a question such as, "Will this lemon sink or float in a container of water?" Then, make a hypothesis or guess about what you think will happen. Do the experiment and see if the result is similar or different than your hypothesis.

Build a boat! With your child, design and build a boat that will make a rock float in the bathtub. First, gather a few sheets of aluminum foil and pencils. Then, on paper, design the boat you want to build. Finally, using your blueprint as a guide, engineer the boat. Place the boat in the water. What do you notice? What happens to the rock?

Connect the dots! Encourage your child to draw 19 large dots on a piece of paper and count them out loud as she creates them. Together, number the dots 1-19. Then, connect the dots in numerical order to create art. Do the activity again and place the dots in a different arraignment. See how different your pictures with 19 dots can be!

Count to 18! Play a game where you and your child try to find 18 of something. At the grocery store count 18 apples. Or count eighteen crayons. Then, point out that eighteen is always eighteen! Split the objects into two groups, such eight and ten or nine and nine and add the two groups together. Point to the objects while counting out loud until you reach 18!

Make art! Have your child draw a picture that has 17 of the same item such as a tree with 17 apples, a pond with 17 fish, or card with 17 hearts. Once the picture is complete, count the items and write the number on the top of the page.

Start your day right! With your child, choose a simple movement such as jumping, clapping, or twisting from side to side and then count out loud as you do the move 16 times. Do the move 16 times every morning to get you up and active at the start of each day.

Count by 5�s! Draw three starfish on a page then count the five points on each star fish. How many points are there all together? Make three handprints and count how many fingers all together. Create three flowers with five petals each and then count how many petals all together. Once you have counted each thing individually, practice counting by 5�s to get to 15.

Make a collage! With your child, pick a category like food, animals, or people and flip through a magazine to find fourteen different pictures of things from that category. Then, cut them out and paste them on to a piece of paper or cardboard. Count the items together and write the number 14 on the collage.