Sesame Street® “Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” Program
"Happy, Healthy, Ready for School" is a school readiness initiative developed by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street®, in partnership with PNC Grow Up Great. The initiative is designed to help ensure that all children have a chance to start school with the skills necessary to thrive. Available in English and Spanish, "Happy, Healthy, Ready for School" offers three free kits with original Sesame Street® stories, parent and caregiver guides, and special children's publications.
Sesame Street® “Happy, Healthy, Ready for School: Math Is Everywhere” Kit and NEW! Math On-the-Go! Cards
Math Is Everywhere provides parents, caregivers, and educators with strategies and resources to turn everyday experiences into math moments – at home, in school, and on the go.
The free bilingual, multimedia kits include a Magazine for Parents and Caregivers, a Children’s Story with activities, and an original Sesame Street® DVD that follows Abby Cadabby and her friends as they discover that math is a part of so many different things! Educators can also download a guide that can help them incorporate math activities into their programs.
- You can download the entire kit, or pieces of it:
- Magazine for Parents and Caregivers
Children’s Story - Educators, download the Educator’s Guide that can help incorporate math activities into your programs.
- Educator's Guide (English)
- Supplementing the Kit are Math On-the-Go! Cards, which offer fun ways for you and your child to explore math in your everyday routines. Try the activities on the double-sided cards as you go about your day.
Download the cards in color
Download the cards in black & white
NEW! Math-on-the-Go! Cards
Kits and cards are also available for free at any PNC branch, or can be ordered over the phone at 1-877-PNC-GROW (1-877-762-4769).
Watch the Math Is Everywhere video
Sesame Street® "Happy, Healthy, Ready For School: Learning is Everywhere" Kit
Learning is Everywhere helps parents turn everyday experiences into learning opportunities. It provides tools to help children learn through discovery by asking, doing, and exploring throughout their everyday routines.
The free bilingual, multimedia kits include a magazine for parents and caregivers, a children’s activity book and cards, along with an original Sesame Street® DVD that follows Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their friends on a learning adventure through the everyday moments they have at home and on the go.
- You can download the entire kit, or pieces of it:
- Children’s Activity Cards
Children’s Activity Booklet Filled with Fun Activities for Your Child
Magazine for Parents & Caregivers with Everyday Learning Tips
Kits are also available for free at any PNC branch, or can be ordered over the phone at 1-877-PNC-GROW (1-877-762-4769).
Sesame Street® "Happy, Healthy, Ready for School" Kit
Happy, Healthy, Ready for School provides simple ways to create teachable moments that develop children’s physical, emotional, and cognitive skills. It promotes the importance of school readiness as well as empowers parents as a child’s first and most important teacher. The Happy, Healthy, Ready for School kit materials include two special publications.
- You can download the entire kit, or pieces of it:
- Children’s Activity Booklet Filled with Fun Activities for Your Child
Magazine for Parents & Caregivers with Everyday Learning Tips
Take a sneak peak at the Happy, Healthy, Ready for School video
