I discovered pbskids.org today. You can play games and print out color pages with all of your favorite Sesame Street friends!
Play Number of the Day with The Count!
Zoe’s Great Shape Scavenger Hunt! 
Visit the Sesame Street PBS page to take a look at all of the games.
If you are planning a birthday party for anyone under the age of 4, Elmo is the way to go. I have found dozens of party favors and decorations for any special birthday celebration. They even have a special set just for your baby’s very 1st Birthday!
Check out all of Elmo’s Birthday Stuff!
I have just checked 5 online shopping sites to find Elmo Live available. Looks like Walmart.com is your best bet with a price of $59.88 and only 97 cents for shipping.
Take a look for yourself at Elmo Live’s Online Availability.
In today’s instant gratification world, it is getting harder and harder to teach our children how to eat properly and stay active. Its getting harder every year with fast food restaurants on every corner ready to have an 800 calorie cheeseburger in your child’s hand in 3 minutes or less and video games and tv so easily available to babysit our little ones while we take care of ourselves and our daily duties. We tend to lose site of how easy it is to form these horrible eating habits and how hard it can be to break them. These habits lead to childhood obesity and if they don’t, its almost guaranteed to catch up with them as adults. I speak from personal experience on that one.
Harmful effects of childhood obesity include:
These are just the health problems. That doesn’t even touch the psychological damage we could be doing by not teaching our children how to properly care for their bodies. We only get one!
Now is the best time to start cutting sugar out of your children’s diet. Start substituting sugary candy with fruit and other naturally occurring sugars to keep them satisfied between meals. No more sodas or juices, water is always best.
It is recommended that children get at least an hour of physical activity a day. Many parents find it hard to set aside even just an hour to kick around a soccer ball, throw a Frisbee or just go for a little walk to the park. The newer morning children’s programing is actually quite encouraging in getting kids up off the couch and moving and dancing with the characters. When its too late in the day for that, check into an easy DVD. Since this is an Elmo blog, I recommend Elmo of course. He speaks perfectly with children and Grover is a most excellent teacher as well.
Check out these recommended DVD’s.
Name: Elmo Monster
Scientific Name: Furrius childus
Age: 3 1/2 years
Birthday: February 3
Best Friend: Dorothy, his pet fish. Elmo gets along with everyone on sesame street! 
Favorite Song: Elmo’s Song
Muppeteer: Kevin Clash
Talents: piano, violin, and tap dancing
First appearance on Sesame Street: 1972, 1984 with Kevin
Because all children love Elmo, and we want all children to love to read, what better way to excite them about reading than reading about Elmo! There are dozens of books featuring our favorite little monster.
Look through our selection of Elmo Books!
Build Elmo and his piano! The Elmo K’NEX building set is full of fun, colorful shapes and personality parts that snap together easily. While your child is snapping and clicking to create Elmo, they are doing more than just building a new friend, they’re also building fine motor skills and imaginations as well as experiencing the pride and satisfaction of creating something fun all by themselves. Perfect for kids 3-7 years old, Elmo K’NEX is a toy you can both enjoy!
After you’ve built Elmo, move on to Bert & Ernie, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Super Grover! K’Nex the whole gang!
Find K’NEX Elmo and other Sesame Street K’nex!
Elmo is back and more ticklish then ever, and he’s laughing like he’s never laughed before! T.M.X. Elmo eXtra Special Edition features all the tickling and giggling fun of the original T.M.X. Elmo, plus even more extra-special fun. This new Elmo is packed with hidden silly surprises that can only be discovered when kids play, pose and tickle Elmo in the right sequence. The key is to find the right combination of movements to activate the fun. And, we will provide clues to help make it happen. To start the fun, Elmo comes with the first clue card: A silly surprise can be found – Something with a musical sound! Just lift Elmo’s arm straight in the air. Then find his belly and tickle him there!
Can’t figure it out? While Elmo is standing, raise his right arm up in the air and then press his belly. He’ll fall to the ground in hysterics and start singing a hilarious new song.
But the surprises don’t stop there! There’s more to find. Figure out the combination to give Elmo a funny case of the hiccups. He’s trying hard to laugh, but keeps hiccupping instead. And just when he thinks the hiccups are gone, one last loud hiccup escapes! Check back for a clue.
To help you solve all the silly secret surprises, Fisher-Price will reveal a rhyming clue each week on www.fisher-price.com. On January 2, 2008, you can check back for all the correct combinations needed to unlock all of the furry fun.
You can also check out the official T.M.X. Special Edition website: www.tmxspecialedition.com.
