Sesame for Families
Everything you need to help children grow smarter, stronger, kinder
Scroll to discover printables, videos, and more on topics important to your family or the families you work with.
Outdoor Play in Every Way
Engaging with nature is an opportunity for wonder, hands-on discovery, and creativity — all building blocks for healthy development and future learning.
Caring for Nature: Let’s Color Together
Children can find awe, delight, joy, and pride by noticing and taking care of the nature around them.
Watch and Play: Elmo’s Toy Swap
Watch this episode and explore ways to extend the learning at home.
Watch and Play: Abby’s Magical Dragons
Watch this episode and explore ways to extend the learning at home.
Watch and Play: Elmo’s Awesome Bike
Watch this episode and explore ways to extend the learning at home.
Watch and Play: Elmo and The Great Cookie Stack
Watch this episode and explore ways to extend the learning at home.
Here for Each Other: Blizzards
Help little ones feel safe and calm at home during severe winter weather.
Sun’s Up, Sun’s Down: Healthy Families & Healthy Days
A storybook about all the healthy habits that make up our daily routines!
Featured Resource Categories
Discover tons of resources that help kids (and parents!) with what matters most in young lives: health and wellness, social-emotional skills, and school readiness.
Healthy Minds and Bodies
Help children build healthy habits to last a lifetime.
ABCs and 123s
Build vocabulary, spark curiosity, and help children think critically, preparing them to succeed in school and in life.
How to Talk to Kids about Tough Topics
Caring adults can help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques to help them face tough challenges like divorce, foster care, grief, and more.
Put in some professional development hours by taking an online course
Small Steps, Healthy Wins
A course for clinicians that offers evidence- and strengths-based guidance to aid in your work supporting families in building healthy habits that last a lifetime.
Welcome to SesameWorkshop.org!
Join us for a walkthrough of SesameWorkshop.org, and discover helpful resources for families, caregivers, and professionals who support children’s learning and development.
We’re here to support pediatricians, nurses, promotores, and nutritionists just like you.
Milestones: Your Two-Year-Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
Toddler Tips: Meltdowns
Strategies for during and after a meltdown…and even some ways meltdowns might be avoided.
Elmo’s Magic Blanket
When Elmo is sick and has to stay in bed, he plays pretend with his blanket or sheet.
Descubra imprimibles, videos y otros temas para ayudar a las familias con las que usted trabaja.
La naturaleza está en todas partes
La naturaleza está a nuestro alrededor, incluso en una cuadra en la ciudad donde vivimos podemos notarla, descubrirla, observarla, admirarla y disfrutarla.
Niños que son “quisquillosos” con la comida
Un artículo con consejos acerca de cómo alimentar a los niños que son quisquillosos con la comida.
Conexión mente, cuerpo y corazón
Los niños dependen del amor de todas las personas que los rodean para aprender y progresar en todos los sentidos.
Sale el sol, se pone el sol: Días saludables en familia
Un cuento sobre los hábitos saludables que son parte de nuestras rutinas diarias
El desafío de la familia Monstruo-Hada
Abby y Rudy alegran el tiempo en familia con un juego que pueden jugar en cualquier momento y lugar.
Monstruos atentos: Guía para el podcast Por la paz
Una guía con consejos para usar con la serie de podcast de Monstruos atentos
Play time and reading time are great times for learning.
Making It Work
An interactive game that helps children build flexibility.
Grow Your Colors
Grow healthy, colorful foods with Grover and Rosita.
Sun’s Up, Sun’s Down: Healthy Families & Healthy Days
A storybook about all the healthy habits that make up our daily routines!
Play I Notice, I Feel, I Can
Children can help their Sesame Street friends manage their big feelings with a three-step strategy.
Feelings, Feelings, Everywhere
Everyone has different feelings, at different times, for different reasons—and all our feelings have a place.
C is for Choice
A game about making choices, big and small.
Abby’s Letter Garden
Prepare children for school success by exposing them to uppercase letters.
Resources to support children and families… and you!
Building Resilience in Children and Families
Give children tools and coping skills to overcome both little and big challenges to help them learn and grow.
Roads to Resilience
A course highlighting some of the best assets from topics across SesameWorkshop.org with customized approaches, and tips and tricks on using these resources in your work with caregivers and their children.
Traumatic Experiences: First Steps to Hope (Part 1)
Part one of an interview series with Ann Thomas from The Children’s Place.