Sesame Street: Creativity and the Arts

Here's a great way to combine environmental science with art. Kids use recycled materials to create their own Gawu, a tapestry made of discards. Although designed for special education classrooms, the activity is sure to engage all...

Sesame Street residents sing a song about their neighborhood. It has a terrific song that inspires everyone to sing along.

Seth Green describes his favorite Sesame Street movements and describes how it kick started his interest in acting. You can use this video as a way to begin a discussion about using one’s imagination.

This video is a compilation of highlights from Sesame Street's Season 40. There are songs, famous people, and a lot of fun. This film could be used as a filler activity when pupils are done with their daily work.

Exposing younger students to fine art enriches their learning experience and opens them up to a different mode of self-expression. Elmo and Zoe attend and narrate a ballet at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Show your class a similar ballet...

Children share their favorite artwork. The examples are beautiful and creative. It demonstrates how learners can use their imaginations to create wonderful works of art.

With the help of Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, Sesame Street characters work out a problem involving sharing. The characters are having difficulty deciding who will sing the alphabet song. Annan gives the...

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!

What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "sculpture." [0:30]

Let's make colors! Your class will participate in a creative art project that introduces them to the concept of color blending and allows them to discover color combinations through exploration, trail, and error. First, the teacher will...