Sesame Street Activity for a Baby

"Sesame Street" is a popular show for young children, with colorful characters and educational content. Babies can get into the Sesame Street spirit, too, with a number of activities geared around the show and various learning exercises for little ones. If you have a baby you want to introduce to Sesame Street, learning some fun, age-appropriate activities can help.

  1. Touch and Feel

    • Do a touch-and-feel activity with babies, based on the characters from the show. There are a number of Sesame Street books for babies and you can try to find one that incorporates touch association or make your own. Get a Sesame Street coloring book from a toy store and cut out and color in characters, then glue a patch of fabric to their torsos. For example, put yellow feathers on a Big Bird picture to replicate his feathery feel, red fur on an Elmo picture and brown felt on Snuffleupagus.

    Video Time

    • Video time with Sesame Street can be relaxing for babies as they sit and watch the colorful characters and hear the songs. Find Sesame Street DVDs at video or toy stores. If you have a television and get a PBS station on which the show airs, look up times when it's on and get into a routine of watching with baby. Make sure and interact with your baby as you watch, pointing out characters and singing along to songs so that your baby gets one-on-one stimulation.

    Reading

    • Read Sesame Street books to your baby. According to KidsHealth.org, reading to babies helps teach communication, as well as improves listening and memory ability. Books with vivid colors, like the characters in Sesame Street, also help stimulate the mind. Your baby will enjoy hearing the sound and rhythm of your voice as he takes in the colorful pictures and begins to acquire language skills. Find books at your local book or toy store.

    Playing With Blocks

    • Help your baby learn colors and characters with Sesame Street blocks. Blocks are also good for helping babies hone their grasping skills. Find Sesame Street blocks at a toy store or make some. You can find blank wooden blocks at craft stores. Cut out images of characters and seal them onto blocks with nontoxic decoupage adhesive, or paint them on yourself with nontoxic paint if you are a skilled artist. Babies will play with blocks as they view beloved characters in a variety of colors including red Elmo, blue Rover, green Oscar, yellow Big Bird and brown Snuffleupagus.

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