Oregon Public Broadcasting

Sesame Street's New Season Premieres August 11

Tune in with your kids at 9am starting Monday, August 11 for new episodes of Sesame Street. The new season brings new cast members, new celebrities, a new focus on math literacy and more. Read on for a glimpse of what's to come…

When to watch:
Weekdays, 9-10am, OPB TV

What's new this season:
Curriculum Focus: Math Literacy
First Indian-American Cast Member
Murray Has a Little Lamb
Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
Featured Celebrities & New Parodies

Related Web Sites:
Sesame Street on PBS KIDS
Sesame Workshop for Kids
Sesame Street Parents  

Curriculum Focus: Math Literacy
While all young children have knowledge about everyday arithmetic, language skills can be a barrier to explaining their mathematical thinking. To help parents and caregivers support the development of math literacy, this season's shows teach children to put their mathematical thinking into words and talk about how they solve problems.

Tune in for new "street scenes" designed to expand a child's mathematic vocabulary, including:

• Max the Magician (played by Will Arnett) performs tricks for Rosita, Elmo, Big Bird and Chris. Max's friends are amazed, yet he cannot reveal his techniques because of the Magician's Code of Honor. In the end, Chris reveals that it's not magic that he's performing -- it's all math!
• Legend has it that the Golden Triangle of Destiny is on Sesame Street and Minnesota Mel (a parody of Indiana Jones) is there on an adventure to find it. It is the rarest, most beautiful triangle in the whole world. Unfortunately, Minnesota Mel is unable to finish his search, but since Telly Monster is a triangle lover, he tries to find it in a series of wacky adventures.
• Chris is doing his laundry at the Sesame Street Laundromat. While he is folding his clothes, he discovers that a sock is missing. All socks come in pairs so he needs to find the matching sock, but when Abby appears and performs her new "two trick," sock chaos ensues in the Laundromat!

Find out more about the new episodes

First Indian-American Cast Member
Leela, a new cast member, is a young Indian-American who embraces her heritage and culture as she begins her life on Sesame Street. Leela has taken a job in the new Laundromat next to Hooper's Store and enjoys singing, dancing and helping her friends.

Murray Has a Little Lamb
This interactive-bilingual segment encourages cognitive thinking skills and exposes children to Spanish as viewers follow Murray on a journey to discover what kind of school, such as karate, cooking or dance, his lamb friend, Ovejita ("little lamb" in Spanish), is taking him to visit. As all of Ovejita's clues are in Spanish, she leads Murray all over the city in search of visual hints which are hidden via hot dog carts, magical trees, moving statues and other unlikely places!

Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
Each episode of the animated "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" begins with Bert's bed tappin' to the rhythm of the opening theme song, transporting the pair into a world of adventure with fantastical environments. These best friends might not always agree, but through their creative imaginations and humorous stories they show children how to take on other's perspectives, cope with emotions, resolve conflicts and most of all, be a friend.

Featured Celebrities & New Parodies
The new season features hilarious segments with A-list celebrities including Will Arnett, Feist, Jessica Alba, David Beckham, Heidi Klum, Brian Williams, Neil Patrick Harris, Sandra Oh, Jack Black, Jenny McCarthy, Feijoo Sisters and Jason Taylor.

Plus, Sesame Street continues in its play on pop culture with all-new parodies including "30 Rocks," "Pre-School Musical" and "Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer?"

Find out more about the new parodies