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Kids may be out of school for the summer, but there’s still plenty of ways to keep on learning. KidVision and PBS continue to educate young viewers in fun and exciting ways. Among the highlights - Jon Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres will visit Sesame Street!
What's the Word on the Street? Starting August 13, the word on SESAME STREET is "literacy." SESAME STREET’s 38th season addresses the ongoing need for early literacy skills such as vocabulary, rhyming, and letter sounds. Each new episode begins with a "'What's the Word on the Street?" interview with people and animals of all ages who introduce and define the day's "Word on the Street." These words, such as "tricycle," "predicament" and "squid" are repeated later in the show as part of the “street” scene and in a series of hilarious celebrity clips in which stars such as Jon Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres help explain the meaning of the day's word.
As always, new episodes of SESAME STREET also embrace pop culture with comic parodies such as "A's Anatomy," and "Meal or No Meal," and well known celebrity guests including Grammy nominated hip-hop artist, Chris Brown and CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper. All new street scenes such as "Amazing Alphabet Race" and "The Letter P Game," music, animation and live action films add to the mix -- all designed to educate, delight, and help children be better prepared for school.