Sesame Street Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    Just in time for Sesame Street’s big 40th anniversary, KOCH Records and Sesame Workshop are proud to present the Sesame Street: Old School – Volume 1 music collection, a collectible reissuing of three early Sesame Street albums. This new CD collection features three classic albums – “The Original Cast Record”, “Big Bird Sings”, […]

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Halloween Poems and Songs

It’s Halloween!   It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright And we shall see what can’t be seen On any other night.   Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels, Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms.   In masks and gowns we haunt the street And […]

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Hand-Made Band

  A fun, eco-friendly activity that uses recycled goods from home to create shaker and string instruments that allow for the exploration of rhythm and sound.     •  Use recycled materials to create a creative instrument. •  Learn about rhythm and sounds created by different instruments. •  Work together to create unique sounds when […]

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Rhymes and Chants Teach Baby to Transition

Little babies are not big fans of change. In fact, they often have trouble dealing with transitions like going from being warmly and snuggly dressed to being half naked for a diaper change. Singing rhyming songs can help your baby tolerate and even learn to anticipate transitions.   Diaper changes aren’t the only events that […]

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Alphabet Poem

Aa A is for alligator. A is for ants. A is for apples  on my pants. Bb B is for bear.    B is for boat. B is for buttons on my coat. Cc C is for cow. C is for cat. C is for caterpillar on my hat. Dd D is for dinosaur. D […]

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Movement Using Scarves

Age range: Grades K–2 (Extension: grades 2–4)   To get the children moving, demonstrate that dance is a way to communicate, and show how modern dance is different than other forms of dance. Students will learn about body language and moving through space in new ways.   • A “scarf”(piece of colored fabric) for each […]

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Child Friendly Living Room

Instead of spending money on activity gyms for your living room, position two sturdy wooden chairs back to back about 4 feet away from each other.  Insert a broom through the rails of the chairs so that that broom handle rests on the seat of one chair and the brush side sits on the other.  […]

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Learn the Alphabet Arts n Crafts – A

1. Draw a letter A to show your child.  Introduce the idea that an A makes different sounds when it is in a word.  One sound is the name of the letter — see if your child can come up with any examples of words that start with that sound, such as apron, acorn, April, ace, […]

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