Count The Ways Sesame Street Helps Educate Kids — Dave’s Diary

I saw a commercial the other day for the new Muppets TV show coming this fall.  Who doesn’t love the Muppets!  A new study now shows all the time our kids were watching them on Sesame Street they really were learning, not just being babysat by the TV.University of Maryland researchers found that toddlers who watched the show, particularly those from low-income areas, boys, and African-Americans, were much more likely to keep up with an appropriate grade level for their age.  “A” is the letter for awesome!

Kids who watched Sesame Street were 14 percent less likely to be behind school, which is comparable to the benefits young children get from the preschool program for low-income kids known as Head Start.

The researchers say Sesame Street works because it includes preschool-level reading, math and life lessons in entertaining sketches and stories many of which are charmingly told by the Muppets.

I’m a Count man myself. One great attaboy for Sesame street. Ah,ah, ah. Two, TWO great attaboys for Sesame Street! Ah, Ah, Ah! (Daily Mail)