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 Season 38 of Sesame Street premieres 26 new episodes and includes a new segment called “What’s the Word on the Street” that focuses on early language development. The new season also includes celebrity appearances from Ellen Degeneres, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachael Ray and Anderson Cooper. Sesame Street’s newest star, Abby Cadabby, will appear in every episode this season.
For 38 years, Sesame Street has sought to meet the critical needs of children while preparing them for school and for life. In addition to literacy, numeracy and science, Sesame Street, the world’s largest informal educator of children, tackles an issue facing many families today: children’s health. The new season features a curriculum designed to address the importance of establishing an early foundation of healthy habits.
 Sesame Street’s newest curriculum is part of a larger Sesame Workshop company-wide initiative, “Healthy Habits for Life,” created in response to the growing crisis of childhood obesity. The preschool years are a crucial time in children’s lives to foster healthy habits. Recent data reflect both the immediate and long-term consequences of poor dietary behaviors. Tackling the critical issues of health and well-being, Sesame Workshop continues to set the benchmark in educational television with Sesame Street storylines that guide preschoolers and their caregivers through lessons related to healthy eating, the importance of active play and other key activities such as hygiene and rest.
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