Elmo Makes Friends on the Friendship Bench
From Sesame Street
2 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A short Sesame Street segment about a friendship bench for when you have no one to play with. Small, concrete and easy to return to later in the day when the moment actually comes up.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This segment is about a friendship bench for when you have no one to play with.
- What happened in the clip?
- How do you think the characters felt?
- When has something like this happened to you?
- What could you try the next time it does?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: feelings, friend, kind, together.
Try it: Draw or write about one time you did this — or one time you will try to.