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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Vote Counts!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students build an election campaign around their favorite TV characters. They acquire knowledge about candidates, slogans, qualifications, and voting using the activities in this instructional activity. Thus, they simulate the election...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Songwriting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students watch the "The Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A to Z" video and brainstorm what the songs may be about. They choose a theme for a song, write a short topic-related poem, and compose music for it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sesame Street Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Sesame Street word search activity, students read the names of 9 characters from the children's TV show. Students find them in a word search puzzle.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Kids: Sesame Street Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Welcome to the online world of Sesame Street! Full of fun yet educational games, activities, and videos starring all your favorite characters from the PBS series.
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Website
Sesame Street

The Sesame Workshop: The Sesame Street Story Corner

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An excellent interactive site for children, including stories by Elmo, Big Bird and others. Dozens of stories and storybooks for children to read while learning essential skills.
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Website
Other

The Jim Henson Company

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jim Henson Company has provided a wonderful site regarding the company's productions and latest news. Follow links to detailed productions or even apply to work with the Jim Henson Company!
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Interactive
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Games: Rhyme Time

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Come aboard the Rhyme Time Express and learn about rhyming words!
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Interactive
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help the Sesame Street characters while completing various early learning tasks. Students will develop language, reasoning skills, and independence as they play the games provided.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Sesame Street: Science

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of interactives, videos, and documents on a variety science concepts.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ernie's Dinosaur Day Care

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"Help Ernie keep his dinosaur friends healthy and happy while learning about life science by making sure they are eating the right foods, getting exercise, staying clean, and getting enough rest."
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Triumph of the Nerds

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is the companion website to the PBS television special, Triumph of the Nerds. Coverage includes a history of the computer, a who's who, and a television transcript.
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Handout
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Life Inside Big Bird

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Joan Ganz Cooney

For Students 9th - 10th
She invented fun, educational television for preschoolers -- creating an institution with a measurable, positive impact on millions of children.
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Website
Sesame Street

Sesame Street Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization with games, stories, coloring pages, plus more, with all the Sesame Street characters.
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Article
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Creativity and the Arts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Advice for parents of preschool-age children, but pertinent to anyone interested in early child development, for using the arts to prepare children for school success.
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Interactive
Sesame Street

Sesame Street Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These interactive games allow young children to explore the jungle, the oceans and the arctic regions. Children can look for animals in that area of the world.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Monster Music

For Students K - 1st
Play music with some of your favorite Sesame Street friends.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

For Students 9th - 10th
A traveling exhibit is sweeping across America in 2009 bringing the colorful world of Jim Henson and his Muppets to cities everywhere. Even if you aren't able to make it to the show visiting this site will give you a taste of what you...
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Website
Other

University of Utah Kued: Kids!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource offers access to the websites of its children's programs. It includes games and activities for kids.