Learn About Feelings with Elmo and Friends
Meet the app that helps kids 2–5 navigate big feelings with the help of their Sesame Street friends!
Build a Strong Emotional Toolbox
By playing games about feelings and kindness with favorite Sesame Street friends, your child can build compassion and empathy that transfers to real life!
What They’ll Explore
- Identifying emotions in themselves and others
- Connecting emotions to expressions, body language, and physical cue
- Understanding people can feel different emotions about the same situation
From belly breathing to counting to three, your child will learn important strategies for regulating their emotions. Joining Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and friends, they’ll build a strong toolbox for managing big feelings.
What They’ll Explore
- Understanding emotions through body cues
- Using words to describe their emotions to others
- Strategies for managing feelings like anger, fear, and sadness
Through games and stories featuring Sesame Street friends, your child will practice taking turns, which helps them connect with peers, play cooperatively, and build healthy relationships.
What They’ll Explore
- Turn-taking strategies like counting or using a timer
- Talking about turns with friends
- Navigating conflict when emotions are big
Disagreements about who’s using what often bring up BIG feelings. Bert and Ernie will show your child how to pause and look for a compromise.
What They’ll Explore
- Strategies for emotional regulation like deep breathing or taking a break
- Setting up rules when playing with others
- Communicating about conflicts during playtime
Why Social-Emotional Learning Matters
It's Where Compassion Begins
Instills a Solid Foundation
Builds Essential Skills for Life
How We’re Different
Familiar Sesame Street friends help kids explore emotions fully and safely
Quick, simple videos and tips help families navigate big feelings together
Activities build social-emotional skills kids use throughout their lives
Pair the App with Hands-On Kits
Includes:
Unlimited app access
3 exclusive Learn with Sesame Street kits
Offline activities, self-paced classes, and printables
Grown-Up Guide by Begin for practical support, play tips, and ideas
ParentsLoveLearn with Sesame Street
Parent of a 3-year-old
When him and his sister are fighting he’ll come to me and say, “Mom I need help. I feel frustrated. He’s definitely more communicative and learning skills when we come across those times that we are frustrated or scared…It’s opened up these conversations.
Parent of a 5-year-old
She is able to translate what she learned from the app or the story and then apply it to real time… like she'll come home and she’d say, ‘I know that a real friend is kind and shares’...she says at school when someone isn’t playing nicely she will repeat back, ‘A good friend is kind, a good friend is caring…
Parent of a 3-year-old
He has been a lot more verbal at communicating when he is upset. He’s pretty good at saying when he is happy but now more often than not he will articulate ‘I’m mad’ or ‘I’m angry’
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Does the Learn with Sesame Street app require parent involvement?
The Learn with Sesame Street app is designed to be intuitive and easy for kids to use on their own! The neighborhood format is easy to navigate with familiar Sesame Street characters as guides.
Learn with Sesame Street also supports parent involvement! Along with the app, you’ll receive access to an online Grown-Up Guide by Begin that includes videos to watch, questions to spark family conversations, web classes and play tips from our learning experts, and more.Does Learn with Sesame Street work? Where’s the proof?
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