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Draw and color yourself as a superhero! Fill in the blanks with a word from the part of speech below.
It was a/an ______day on Sesame Street. adjective Elmo was ______his ______and Big action verb Noun Bird invited all the ______monsters from adjective the neighborhood to a party to celebrate. Mr.
Noodle came, too. Big Bird ______a delicious verb party menu. He ______served sandwiches, adverb ______grapes, crunchy ______and adjective Noun cupcakes for dessert. At the party there were lots of ______. The monsters played ______plural Noun adjective chairs, pin the ______on the monster and Noun hide and seek. Elmo received one very special
______from all of his furry friends. It was Noun wrapped in ______paper with a ______adjective adjective bow. When Elmo ______the gift, he was so verb excited! It was a ______about fish. Noun Elmo ______said thank adverb you to all of his friends! Matching maze
Match the characters on the left with the items on the right.
Curious George Captain Huggy Face
Oscar Nest
Cyberchase Bone
Arthur Dragon badge
Clifford Trash can
Big Bird Pal the dog
Ord Wand
Elmo’s World Man in the yellow hat
Princess Presto Hacker
Word Girl Dorothy the fish COLOR ME! draw RUFF
Draw Ruff Ruffman in these boxes using the grid as a guide. Cryptogram Puzzle
Discover the hidden message! In the table below, fill in the boxes below each letter of the alphabet. A = 1, B=2 ... all the way to the end of the alphabet where Z=26!
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Now that you’ve discovered the hidden message, create your own cryptogram, and give it to a classmate or family member to solve! Tongue Twisters
Try saying one of the following tongue twisters.
Th ed to tickle e tide tri Tim’s toes.
Fa icked thro t fii sh frol ugh sea foam.
The swa lling sea. n s swe wam on the watery wave Will rode wild s.
Now try saying one of them three times in a row. Next try saying them three times REALLY fast. Connect-the-dots
What is Curious George holding? Connect the numbers to find out. Let's draw arthur Let's draw arthur
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Unscramble the names of these PBS Kids characters. Kids PBS these of names the Unscramble Word Scramble Word COLOR ME! Curious George is hungry. Help him find his way to a healthy snack. Here’s what you will need to make them: a banana 1/2 cup of chocolate chips microwave-safe bowl toothpicks wooden spoon butter knife plate covered with waxed paper oven mitts peanut butter, caramel dip or other dip Captain Here’s what you have to do: , 1. Check with a grown-up because Huggy face s you’ll be using a microwave, and wash your hands before you start. fabulous 2. Melt chocolate chips in microwave- safe bowl. The chips take about a ape minute and a half to melt, but you should check them every 30 seconds cookies and stir with a wooden spoon.
3. Use the butter knife to slice the banana into pieces about half an inch thick. Word Girl likes them, 4. Put the banana slices into the melted chocolate and spoon chocolate too! over them.
5. Use toothpicks to take the banana slices out of the chocolate with the toothpicks still in them, and put them on a plate covered with waxed paper.
6. Put the plate in the freezer for an hour or until the Ape Cookies are frozen.
7. After they’re frozen, dip the Ape Cookies in peanut butter, caramel or another favorite dip.
8. Enjoy! COLOR ME! Create your own story with Dot from PBS KIDS! Tell your story by drawing and writing the beginning, middle and end in the spaces below. Beginning Beginning
Middle Middle
End End
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4. D.W. is short for… short is D.W. 4.
3. D.W.’s favorite t.v. show character show t.v. favorite D.W.’s 3.
2. Town where Arthur & D.W. live D.W. & Arthur where Town 2.
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