Go To Sleep, Elmo!
Handling a middle-of-the-night monster moment.
Together with your child, watch this video in which Elmo wakes up after having fallen asleep and needs help getting himself back to sleep. It takes patience and persistence on nights like these!
Notice how his dad Louie uses patience and persistence, speaks in a calm, reassuring voice, and invites Elmo to hum a lullaby to his lovey, Baby David.
To Like or Not to Like
Like most children, Cookie Monster’s niece is a little… choosy. Check out his strategy for helping her try a new food!
Parenting Moment: Describing
The way you talk with children matters! Your words have power.
Parenting Moment: Imitating
Playing is learning! The way you play with children matters… your actions and words have power.
Parenting Moment: Reflecting
The way you talk with children matters… your words have power!
Parenting Moment: Enjoying!
Showing you enjoy your time together with your child builds your special bond. And when you’re being positive, your little one is more likely to do the same.
Sleep Struggles... and Successes
Today, Tonight, and Tomorrow
It takes a special kind of patience to handle children’s middle-of-the-night wakeups! Read about how a Monster-Fairy family manages it.
