Sesame Street in Communities

Difficult Times & Tough Talks

Community Violence

When children are exposed to traumatic events within their own neighborhoods, communities, or across the world, you can help them feel safer and more secure…and build hope for a more peaceful, kinder future.

Coping With Incarceration

With adults’ love and support, kids can cope with the incarceration of a loved one.

Dealing With Divorce

Separation or divorce mean lots of changes, but love, comfort, and care can help children adjust and cope.

Family Caregiving

A parent’s injuries can affect routines and responsibilities, but family teamwork can help you face these changes and thrive during them.

Family Homelessness

Losing one’s home brings enormous challenges. And yet families are incredibly strong and determined to create a better future.

Foster Care

As an adult involved in foster care, you have an enormous job: building and rebuilding family structures and children’s sense of safety.

Handling Emergencies

Your family can prepare for emergencies together in easy ways.

Health Emergencies

A health emergency brings many changes and uncertainty for young children and families. But there are things we can do to face each day with optimism.

Helping Kids Grieve

Coping with the loss of a loved one brings enormous challenges. With love and support, children can start to heal.

Offering Comfort

In the face of challenges big and small, little ones need lots of help from caring adults to grow and thrive. Comforting, nurturing touch is actually necessary for healthy brain development!

Parental Addiction

Resources and support for families struggling with parental addiction.

Resilience

Giving children tools to overcome both little and big challenges will help them to learn and grow.

Traumatic Experiences

Grown-ups hold the power to help lessen the effects of traumatic experiences.

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

Autism

Share the amazing by celebrating and supporting the uniqueness of every child, including those on the autism spectrum.

Caring & Sharing

It’s a big world—children need to learn how to build relationships with the people all around them.

Caring for Kids

Family, friends, and neighbors make up a circle of care and support, filling children’s days with learning and love.

Eating Well

Fresh, healthy foods build strong bodies and minds.

Exploring Emotions

When you help children to understand and express their emotions, you help them grow and thrive.

Family Bonding

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and each is unique in its own way. But one thing all families have in common is love.

Handling Tantrums

Big emotions can be hard for little kids to handle. Tantrums are tough for kids and parents, but there are ways to help everyone cope with those difficult moments.

Learning Through Play

Play helps kids develop the skills needed for school and life.

Learning Through Routines

Everyday moments are learning moments!

Managing Asthma

You can help children with asthma by understanding what it is and how to be prepared.

Milestones

Your presence, love, and care helps support children’s healthy development each and every day.

Moving Our Bodies

Children naturally love to move, but it’s not always easy to direct that energy or to find places kids can move freely. Set the stage so you can have fun moving with them every day!

Staying Healthy

Healthy routines help the whole family thrive.

You Matter Most

You are the most important factor in your child’s growth and development.

ABC’s & 123’s

Building Language Skills

Talking thoughtfully with kids—and listening carefully to them—helps lay the foundation for school success!

Developing Math Skills

Math is all around us—and both kids and grown-ups use it every day.

Financial Education

Help kids understand money and learn to make good financial decisions.

Learning Through Art

Creating art gives children an opportunity to express themselves. Art can help bring science, math, and literacy concepts to life, and help kids develop important self-regulation skills.

Reading & Writing

Read books and share stories with children every day!

School Readiness

Use these resources to turn everyday moments into brain-building adventures.

Science

Kids learn science by exploring the world around them. That’s why everyday moments are perfect opportunities to build science skills.