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 "Elmo's World News," airing over the next few weeks in 13 languages
across Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Middle East,
will share activities, play, and advice on how to manage "big
feelings" like frustration and sadness.
"Children are at home spending a lot more time indoors than before
and families are really struggling with how to help them keep
learning, keep engaged, how to play in new ways," said executive
producer Scott Cameron.
In the 25-minute special, Elmo hosts a news show from his bedroom,
with Cookie Monster playing a special correspondent showing his
"Things That Make Me Happy" activity box.
Grover plays a weather reporter who learns how to play inside, while
Basma and Jad, the stars of the "Ahlan Simsim" Arabic version of
"Sesame Street," show how to manage feelings with dance.
Schools and daycare centers have been closed for months in multiple
nations because of the coronavirus, cutting children off from
friends and leaving parents and family members in the role of
teachers.
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Cameron said the universal message of the show was the importance of play.
"Playing helps you manage some of the big feelings that are coming up for
children and caregivers, because play is such a powerful way for kids to express
things that they might not otherwise be able to express," he said.
"Elmo's World News" follows a "Sesame Street" coronavirus special aired in the
United States, Australia, Canada and the UK in April that featured guests
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hathaway and Tracee Ellis Ross.
"Elmo's World News" is a collaboration with the Lego Foundation.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Nathan Frandino, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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