Summary
A short Sesame Street segment about what makes people a family. Concrete and close to home — a good opener before students look at their own street or family.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This segment is about what makes people a family.
- Who did you see, and what were they doing?
- How is that like our neighborhood? How is it different?
- Who does this job or plays this role where we live?
- What would you want to ask them?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: community, neighbor, job, family, tradition.
Try it: Draw one person who helps in your community and write what they do.