Sesame Street

Colourful characters and zany animations make letters and numbers fun for the young., Brand new season of Sesame Street., Even after 30 years on the air, Sesame Street remains the most influential children’s television program. Winner of 68 Emmy Awards (and counting), Sesame Street was the first truly multicultural children’s program including cast members of all ages and races. Bilingual counting, the alphabet, and words are integrated into every program. Even the Muppets are a diverse group of monsters, animals, and people of all shapes, sizes, and colors and never in the traditional “red and yellow, black and white.” Puppetry genius Jim Henson was the mastermind behind the creation of the Sesame Street Muppet characters. Sesame Street is a model urban community in which the world is presented to its preschool audience with lovable characters, song and dance, and simple “real life” situations they can understand. Sesame Street offers the perfect blend of humorous Muppet/person interaction with live-action and animated educational short films. Starting in the mid-’80s, Sesame Street became a showcase for celebrity guest stars such as Michael Jordan, Garth Brooks, Linda Ronstadt, and Rosie O’Donnell to teach Big Bird, Oscar, Grover, Elmo, and the rest of the gang songs or to help them with childhood dilemmas. Although in recent years the show has come under fire for commercialization, the integrity of Sesame Street remains intact as it continues to provide the highest quality children’s educational programming., Sesame Street, the hugely popular award-winning series from the Children’s Television Workshop, not only introduced such characters as Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, but has also helped millions of children to read and count. It’s an unique mixture of education and entertainment loved all round the world., A landmark series set in an ethnically diverse urban neighbourhood where every day is a sunny one. It features songs, skits, animation and, of course, Muppets to teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts., On a special inner city street, the residents, both human and puppet, teach pre-school subjects through comedy, cartoons, games & songs., Muppets teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts., Plaza Sésamo features colorful Muppet characters such as Abelardo, Big Bird’s Spanish -speaking cousin, Pancho Contreras and Lola, all of which were specially designed by Jim Henson Productions, Inc. for this Spanish adaptation of the well loved children’s program, Sesame Street. Plaza Sésamo addresses the educational needs of Latin American preschoolers who share a common language. In addition to traditional educational goals such as teaching the alphabet and numbers, Plaza Sésamo also incorporates an innovative curriculum, which focuses on health, hygiene, safety issues, and the environment. The program features lively songs, music, and a playful set., A landmark series set in an ethnically diverse urban neighborhood where every day is a sunny one. It features songs, skits, animation and, of course, Muppets to teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts. A public-television gem that’s older than PBS itself, ‘Sesame Street’ debuted in 1969 on National Educational Television. Since that time, this influential show has won more Emmys than any other in TV history and can be seen in more than 140 countries., Lulu, Elmo and Miles write a story together about a woman with long hair. Elmo’s World features babies and baby animals.