Bird Family Song (Little Children, Big Challenges)
From Sesame Street
3 minK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A gentle song from Sesame Street's divorce toolkit: families change shape, and the feelings that come with that are allowed. Made with counselors for children whose parents are separating.
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All agesEmotional themes
Made for children whose parents are separating — warm and reassuring, but preview it and know your class before you show it.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This song is about a family that changes.
- What feelings did the song name?
- Who helps when you have a big feeling?
- What stays the same even when a family changes?
- What would you tell a friend going through this?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: family, feelings, change, talk to someone.
Try it: Draw the people you can talk to when you have a big feeling.