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Adrian Grenier: Season
Elmo and his friend Adrian define what seasons are. To enhance their definition the Season Bot 3000 shows each season. This is fairly clear and nicely illustrates the four seasons.
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Elmo In The Sky
Elmo asks the sun about things he finds in the sky. Miss Sun describes herself then the moon comes up and describes himself too. Dorothy the fish imagines Elmo dancing on the moon. Elmo sits on a rainbow and the moon explains what a...
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Song: I Love My Hair
You have to love yourself the way you are. In this video a Sesame Street character sings about loving her hair. This film could be used to introduce the idea of accepting yourself, and others. Children could name the things they love...
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Mike Rowe's Dirtiest Jobs
Mike Rowe does a dirty job with Oscar the Grouch in this video. Rowe has to find the stinky cheese in Oscar's garbage can and count it. He then has to pile up trash and sort it.
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Twiddlebug Outing
The Twiddlebugs learn about wheels in this film. They try to replace a busted wheel with a square shaped cracker and a triangular nacho, but soon realize that the only solution is to use a round object. This is great lesson on problem...
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Egg Layer Game Show
It's time for the Egg Layer Game Show. The chickens help the contestant answer simple addition problems. Problems include: 2+1 and 3+3.
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Letter V Salesman
If you love Grover, you'll love this exploration of the letter V. Grover tries to offer a series of things that begin with V to a gentleman on a park bench. It is a funny and interesting presentation.
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Kids Talk About First Time
Children talk about the first time they did something and how it felt. They discuss the importance of practicing and perseverance when learning a new skill. It's important that learners know from an early age that people aren't born...
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Twiddlebugs: Paperclip
A paperclip becomes a music stand, mixing tool, and a snowshoe in this film featuring the Twiddlebugs. The family uses critical Language Arts to solve problems throughout this feature. For example, when the mother doesn't have a spoon to...
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Two-headed Monster Shows 14
A two-headed monster tries unsuccessfully to count to 14 using cows, chickens, and more. Eventually, the character adds all of the animals together to reach 14. This is a great way to introduce this number, and highlight addition skills.
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Laurence Fishburne: Toothbrush
Providing a lesson on brushing teeth properly, this video featuring Laurence Fishburne and a couple of Sesame Street regulars, could be used in a pre-school or kindergarten classroom. This would be a fun way to cover this topic.
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Pretend Teeth
Elmo and Abby demonstrate the proper method for brushing teeth in this video. The characters use imaginary toothbrushes to show the appropriate techniques. It's a fun way to introduce this topic.
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Zero Is Delicious
Cookie Monster shows us the number of the day: zero! He uses his favorite treat, cookies, to demonstrate what zero looks like. Use this as an introduction to your math lesson.
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Abby And Elmo Pretend
Elmo asks Abby if she wants to play, they decide to play monkeys from space. Abby wants to actually turn Elmo into a monkey, but Elmo prefers to use his imagination. He explains how to pretend and why it's so much fun. This is a great...
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Irish Step Dancing School
Murray visits an Irish step dancing school in this film. Learners will love talking about this interesting form of dancing. They can even give step dancing a try.
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The Elmo Slide
Everyone does the Elmo slide, including celebrities, people on the street, and children. This resource could be shown to teach children about Social Studies or learning to dance. Everyone watching will want to do the Elmo slide!
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Murray Soccer School
Murray and Lamb go on an adventure to soccer school. Murray has to guess where he is going using clues in Spanish. The video would be a great way to discuss the importance of exercise and Health .
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Ellen And Elmo
Ellen tells Elmo that their names are similar, he doesn't agree. She repeats the two names until he hears the /ell/ sound at the beginning of each name. This could be useful prior to a lesson on sound or word chunking.
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Murray Lamb: Karate School
Murray sings a new version of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” gets clues in Spanish to figure out the location of the secret destination, and goes to karate school. This could be part of an introduction to a discussion of...
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Letter G Game
As a review of the letter G, this resource would be a motivating addition to a language arts lesson. The video not only explores the sound of the letter G, but focuses on words that begin with the letter. What learner won't love the...
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Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat
Amy Tan tells the story of Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat. This story, written by Tan, has beautiful pictures and descriptive words that make it an engaging experience. As part of a discussion of reading appreciation, a teacher could...
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SAT Prep: Test 8 Section 8 Part 1
Bringing the Khan Academy SAT video series to an end, Sal uses The Official SAT Study Guide to complete the final 16 problems (page 867). In this video, he solves problems 1-7 quickly and proficiently.
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SAT Prep: Test 4 Section 4 Part 3
Math students who have a hard time with the speed of their problem solving will benefit from this video. Sal tackles increasingly complicated geometry and algebra problems in a way that shows them how to find the correct answer - quickly.
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Word Problem Solving Plan 1
Word problems are a problem no more with this helpful and informative video. Sal demonstrates different ways to solve typical algebraic word problems (and one geometry problem), especially how to translate the word problem into an...