When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
From Sesame Street · 2018
48 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A mysterious Wish Pickle begins granting the wishes of Elmo, Abby, and Bert -- but as each wish comes true, they discover they didn't need magic to be brave, kind, or exactly who they want to be. A playful, musical special about imagination and believing in yourself.
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Discussion
The friends wished for all kinds of things -- but found they already had what they needed.
- If you had one wish, what would it be? Why?
- Elmo learned he could be brave without any magic. When have you been brave on your own?
- What is something you are already really good at?
- Do you think the wishes made the friends happier? What actually made them happy?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: wish, imagine, brave, proud.
Try it: Finish this sentence out loud or on paper -- "I don't need magic to ______." Then share one thing you'd like to get better at.