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New Collectibles • New Muppet Whatnot and Monster Puppets • 11/10 - Classic Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD Box Set and A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street Book • 11/03 - Fraggle Rock Season 4 DVD, A Merry Fraggle Holiday DVD and Fraggle Rock Complete Series Collection Giftset • 10/06 - Elmo's Animal Adventures DVD • 9/29 - A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa DVD, The Dark Crystal Blu-Ray and Labyrinth Blu-Ray • 9/1 - Elmo's World: All About Faces DVD • Robert Tonner Dolls: Miss Piggy Classic, My Fair Piggy and Miss Piggy Takes Manhattan • 8/1 - Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens DVD and Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club DVD • 7/1 - Muppet Show Comic Issue #4 Miss Piggy's Story and Muppet Robin Hood Issue #2 • 6/3 - Muppet Show Comic Issue #3 Gonzo's Story • 6/2 - Elmo & Abby's Birthday Fun DVD • 5/27 - Muppet Robin Hood Issue #1 • 5/19 - Kermit Culture Book: Critical Perspectives on Jim Henson’s Muppets • 5/19 - Sesame Street Silly Songs CD |
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Sesame Street Season 39 begins August 11 Season 39 highlights include "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures", "Murray Has a Little Lamb" and new Muppet parodies ("30 Rocks" and "Pre-School Musical") Courtesy of Sesame Workshop Sesame Street, now in hi-definition for the first time, will premiere August 11 on PBS KIDS (check your local listings), the new season of the critically-acclaimed preschool series will merge two crucial areas: mathematics and literacy.
Research shows that while all young children have knowledge about everyday arithmetic, language skills can be a barrier for them to explain their mathematical thinking. This language deficit may be one reason why low-income children generally perform lower on tests of mathematical abilities than middle-income children. To address this gap, the 39th season of Sesame Street will put mathematical reasoning into words across the different formats of the hour (street stories, live action films, and animation). "The amount of 'math talk' children are exposed to during the preschool years directly correlates with their future understanding of mathematical language and concepts," comments Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education and Research, Sesame Workshop. "This season's curricular focus is designed to help children put their mathematical thinking into words and talk about how they solve problems."
This season will feature new "street" scenes to expand a child's math vocabulary. For example: Max the Magician (played by Will Arnett) performs tricks for Rosita, Elmo, Big Bird and Chris. Max's friends are amazed yet he cannot reveal his techniques because of the Magicians Code of Honor. In the end, Chris reveals that it's not magic that he's performing, but it's all math! Other new episodes include: Legend has it that the Golden Triangle of Destiny is on Sesame Street and Minnesota Mel (a parody of Indiana Jones) is there on an adventure to find it. It is the rarest, most beautiful triangle in the whole world. Unfortunately, Minnesota Mel is unable to finish his search, but since Telly Monster is a triangle lover, he will try to find it in a series of wacky adventures.
Chris is doing his laundry at the Sesame Street Laundromat. While he is folding his clothes, he discovers that a sock is missing. All socks come in pairs so he needs to find the matching sock, but when Abby appears and performs her new "two trick," sock chaos ensues in the Laundromat! "Sesame Street has been helping children learn to count from day one, but this year we delve deeper into math principles. Of course we do it the Sesame way, with humor and references to pop culture," add Carol Lynn Parente, Executive Producer. "We have exciting new additions to the show that begin with an updated set, the Sesame Street neighborhood now boasts a new and improved Hooper's store as well as the addition of a Laundromat. We also have two brand new formats, "Murray Has a Little Lamb," shot all on location and "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures," done entirely in claymation." Season 39 will also include:
Based on the popularity of last season's "Word on the Street" segments, season 39 will feature additional "Word on the Street" installments to help enhance vocabulary. Each episode begins with Murray interacting with people on the street and introducing new words such as "octagon," "scrumptious," "persistence," "insect" and "compliment." The 26 new words are repeated later as part of the "street" story and in a series of hilarious celebrity segments further defining the meaning of the day's word.
Parents and caregivers will be laughing along with their children as the new season features hilarious segments with A-list celebrities including Will Arnett, Feist, Jessica Alba, David Beckham, Heidi Klum, Brian Williams, Neil Patrick Harris, Sandra Oh, Jack Black, Jenny McCarthy, Feijoo Sisters and Jason Taylor. Sesame Street continues in its play on pop culture with all new parodies including: "30 Rocks," "Pre-School Musical" and "Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer." Later this fall, www.pbskids.org will be updating its virtual Sesame Street neighborhood at www.pbskids.org/sesame. Children will find a more immersive Sesame Street feel, more character games, "Word on the Street" clips and other new content to extend the learning experience.
Season 39 of Sesame Street is funded in part by a grant through the Public Broadcasting Service and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Sesame Street is underwritten in part by the McDonald's Corporation, Beaches Family Resorts, Earth's Best, New Balance and American Greetings. Furthermore, after two years of extensive research and development, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, will be launching an all new totally re-designed web site, www.sesamestreet.org, August 11th. With more preschoolers going on line, and in an effort to make sure that the internet and other media platforms are reliable for children, Sesame Workshop has created a media experience designed to engage and educate children and their caregivers.
Sesame Street Season 39
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