Meghan Markle officially ended her maternity leave a few weeks ago and now she and Prince Harry are traveling to parts of Africa on official royal business. The Duke and Duchess have taken their 5-month old Archie along with them. The first leg of the tour has the couple visiting South Africa Africa, where they …
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Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast Has Sesame Place Specials
Sesame Place has named Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast the official Sesame Street Place hotel. Sesame Place is the Sesame Street themed amusement park located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Their official hotel, Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast, is located in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Based on directions from Google Maps, the hotel and theme park are about 12 minutes away …
Deadline for PBS Spout Host Submissions at the End of This Month
Guess what? PBS Sprout is looking for a new host to join its morning host team. If you watch Sprout with you child you probably have seen the promos requesting video submissions from prospective hosts. Well, if you are interested in applying the deadline is right around the corner. You have until August 31st to …
Sesame Street Used as Part of Brain Study
A recent study used Sesame Street videos as a research tool in discovering how children brain change and develop as they learn. Part of the study consisted of using function magnetic resonance imaging while the children watched clips of Sesame Street. The study was able to found that children that had brain maps similar to …
Libraries with Sesame Street e-books
Many Library patrons have been taking advantage of the electronic resources offered by their local library. Libraries that subscribed to the Ingram e-books have the option of now adding Sesame Street e-books to their current selection. The current inventory of Sesame Street books includes 150 different offering of interactive e-books. These will be free to …
Elmo to Visit NASA During Final Shuttle Launch
This week marks a new chapter in space exploration for NASA. Friday will see the final launch for the space shuttle program. During this week Elmo will be at NASA as part of a filming for Sesame Street programming to learn more about NASA and space exploration. On Thursday Elmo will join selected NASA twitter …
Sesame Street Tweeting with BronxZooCobra
Last week a cobra in the Bronx Zoo disappeared from his quarters. Earlier this week tweets from BronxZooCobra were made about his so call escapades across New York. He and SesameSreet on twitter exchanged tweets about how to get to Sesame Street. One tweet from SesameStreet said :The @bronxzooscobra is visiting places around New York …
Sesame Street Head Writer Tells the Story Behind I Love my Hair
I Love My Hair has become a viral hit, now the creator tells us why he created the song. Joey Mazzarino, head writer for Sesame Street, wrote the song for his daughter. Mazzarino and his wife,Kerry Butler are a Caucasian and their daughter was adopted from Ethiopa. Mazzarino wrote the song to help his daughter …
Sesame Street Live Actor Perform in His Home Town
Taylor Morgan is excited to play his hometown of Knoxville in the Jan. 1-3 Sesame Street Live stage production of “Elmo’s Green Thumb.” But friends from his Farragut High School theater days won’t recognize the 26-year-old. The son of Dennis and Shirley Morgan portrays Bert, the quirky, fretful “Sesame Street” character and pop culture icon, …