Sesame Workshop Toolkits

These Sesame Workshop toolkits help provide valuable information and support to military families, addressing various challenges faced during military life.

• Little Children, Big Challenges: Divorce
  The beloved Sesame Street Muppets provide families and young children ages 2 to 8 with critically needed resources, to help reassure children that they will be cared for, and that together with their families, they can learn ways to cope with the stress and changes associated with divorce or separation and have hope for the future. This research-based initiative offers tools to help young children cope with and understand divorce at an age-appropriate level and aid families in managing the impact of this tough transition.

• Little Children, Big Challenges: Resilience
  This bilingual family guide introduces the skills and strategies that young children, ages 2 to 5, need to build resilience and persevere through day-to-day challenges. Topics include beating the bedtime blues, trying new things, making new friends, and significant transitions and situations, such as mean or aggressive behavior, sibling rivalry or relocation. The guide contains tips and strategies and includes a Sesame Street DVD featuring a Muppet story and music videos with real children and families.

• Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes
  This bilingual multimedia outreach program is designed to support military families with children between the ages of 2 and 5 as they cope with the feelings, challenges and concerns experienced during different phases of deployment.

• When Families Grieve
  This resource kit features Elmo and other Sesame Street Muppets and courageous stories of families who have experienced the death of a parent. The bilingual (English and Spanish) kit includes a DVD, children’s storybook and guide for parents and caregivers.

• Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Resources for Military Families
  These resources provide topics, articles, games and more for military families to help children ages 2 to 6 understand what racism is, learn to practice self-care and grow as upstanders.

• Sesame Street for Military Families: Military to Civilian Life
  This set of resources, such as videos and an eNewsletter, helps families with little ones ages 2 to 5 smoothly make the transition from military to civilian life.

• Sesame Street for Military Families Toolkit
  Use these resources from Military OneSource and Sesame Street for Military Families to help families overcome stress and strengthen their connections.

Get your copy of these free resources designed with input from transitioning service members and their families. Check out other resources for military families available through Sesame Street for Military Families.