Sesame in Communities

Language to Literacy is a part of Every Day is a Reading and Writing Day, a multimedia early literacy initiative designed to model simple things grownups can do every day to help children become readers and writers.

Oscar, Elmo and Rosita learn how to protect themselves from the dangers of lead. Presented by Sesame Street.

Talk, Listen, Connect: Homecomings provides support and resources for military families with children aged two to five. Elmo's dad returns home from working far away, and the whole family works together to adjust.

This Sesame Street program helps military families cope with deployment.

Approximately two out of three middle class families are at high risk of sustaining or losing their economic security. Too often, parents are being forced to make difficult decisions that affect their childrens well-being.

In response to these recent changes in family economics, Sesame Street has produced a primetime special, Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times. This hour-long special, hosted by Al Roker, Deborah Roberts and Elmo, aims to help families with children, ages two to eight, experiencing difficult economic circumstances by offering strategies and tips that can lead to positive outcomes for their childrens physical and emotional well-being during this tough economic climate.

Elmo and Rosita learn what to do when their friend has trouble breathing. Presented by Sesame Street.

Deployments, Homecomings, Changes provides support and resources for military families with children aged two to five. Rosita's father comes home in a wheelchair, and Elmo helps Rosita cope with her emotional response to this sudden change of events.

Grover and Rosita show children and parents fun and easy ways to prepare for an emergency.Sesame Workshop, along with PSEG, has created Let’s Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies, which offers advice, activities and ideas to help the whole family prepare for the unexpected.

Little Children, Big Challenges provides much-needed resources for families with young children (ages 3 – 8) as they encounter the difficult changes and transitions that come with a parent's incarceration.

When Families Grieve is designed for families with young children who are coping with grief. Watch Elmo and his family as they find new ways to talk about their feelings after the death of Uncle Jack. Real families discuss how they cope with their emotions, find ways to remember, and move forward after experiencing the death of a parent.