“It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” ~African Proverb

C is for Cookie

Parts of the Body Eyes-To See Eyebrows Nose-Smell Hair Head Face Ears-Hear Mouth-Talk

The Great Shape Scavenger Hunt Shapes by Ivan Bulloch Published by Thomas Learning

Friendships Do You Want to be My Friend? by Eric Carle Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Spanish with Rosita La Escula El Sol El Nino La Nina La Nina El Nino

Happy Healthy Songs on Sesame Street I eat the Colors of the Rainbow- http://pbskids.org/sesame/songs/hhs_songpage_ietcotr.html I Love Fruit- http://pbskids.org/sesame/songs/hhs_songpage_ilf.html Mango Tango- http://pbskids.org/sesame/songs/hhs_songpage_mt.html Peaches and Pears- http://pbskids.org/sesame/songs/hhs_songpage_pap.html A Cookie is a Sometimes Food- http://pbskids.org/sesame/songs/hhs_songpage_ciasf.html

This is the time This is the place Elmo's World La la la la La la la la Elmo's World It's Elmo It's Elmo's World It's Elmo It's Elmo's World La la la la La la la la Elmo's World La la la la La la la la Elmo's World

Elmo's has a goldfish His crayon, too That's Elmo's World This is the time This is the place Big Bird's World La la la la La la la la Big Bird's World It's Big Bird It's Big Bird's World It's Big Bird It's Big Bird's World La la la la La la la la

Big Bird's World La la la la La la la la Big Bird's World I've got a stuffed bear Not Slimey too That's Big Bird's World This is the time This is the place Snuffy's World La la la la La la la la Snuffy's World It's Snuffy It's Snuffy's World It's Snuffy It's Snuffy's World

La la la la La la la la Snuffy's World La la la la La la la la Snuffy's World Snuffy's a mammoth That's wooly too That's Snuffy's That's Big Bird's That's Elmo's World Oh, Yeah!

Reflection When Jim Henson created the Muppets and Sesame Street, he became an immediate celebrity with adults and children world wide. His idea of using puppets and television to educate children has been the best way for educating for over 39 years. Sesame Street is viewed in more than 170 countries all over the world. Who would have ever thought that you can have fun while educating a child; Jim Henson the greatest teacher of all time did. This PowerPoint was created for the beginning ESL learner in grades Pre-K-1. I was brought up by the African proverb, that “It takes a Village to Raise a Child”. If people can teach our children, why can’t the characters from Sesame Street do the same. This PowerPoint presentation can be to first step to teaching students that have a native language other than English.

The constructivist approach foster’s a critical way of thinking The constructivist approach foster’s a critical way of thinking. They believe that their way of educating creates active and motivated learners. When teaching young children it is imperative to embed information that they will need for their future education. For second language learners; it is more important that the information that they are being taught is embedded right away. As a teacher it will be my responsibility to be open and flexible to a new way of teaching. If it means small group and individual work, then so be it. I chose to use Sesame Street, because I know that is what will get native English speakers and ESL/ELL students interested and engaged in the lesson. I also chose the Sesame Street has a way of speaking and teaching the youngest to the oldest child in all of us.

References http://icons.iconator.com/57/ICONATOR_5236c5ee20715fa51ef810711fc084dd.gif http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/characters/zoe http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snuffleupagus http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/3255/elmo.htm http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/index.html http://toons.artie.com/alphabet/numbers/arg-1-50-trans.html http://toons.artie.com/alphabet/numbers/arg-2-50-trans.html http://toons.artie.com/alphabet/numbers/arg-3-50-trans.html http://www.freefever.com/animatedgifs/cartoons/sesamestreet.html http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/sesamestreet.mp3 http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/af-prov2.htm

References http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wcs.k12.va.us/users/honaker/sesame4.jpg http://pbskids.org/sesame/zoe/index.html http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/eecabral/OOPSand.NET211102005075520AM/Images/shapes.jpg http://www.thinkingfountain.org/i/icshapes/icshapes.html http://www.thinkingfountain.org/books/shapes.html http://www.meddybemps.com/9.2e.html http://pbskids.org/sesame/number/index.html