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...going to be an electronic babysitter whether anyone liked it or not, Jim Henson and his Muppets provided a friendly haven that spoofed the media world kids were immersed in when the show wasn't on. From Kermit's news reports and Guy Smiley's game shows to "Elmo's World," Sesame Street has been filled with shows within shows, which take the commercial-TV world's come-ons and apply them to educational building blocks. Along the way, kids have learned about friendship, cooperation and even (through Mr. Hooper) death. The show's format has evolved over the years...
What's wrong with the toys? It varies. Some of Mattel's Polly Pocket and Batman figures have tiny magnetic pieces that children can swallow. Such toys as Elmo and Thomas & Friends train sets may be coated in paint with toxic levels of lead...
...early August, Mattel's Fisher-Price division and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 967,000 toys, featuring characters like Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer, because of excessive amounts of lead paint. The toys had been manufactured this spring and summer by Lee Der in Foshan...
Explaining to the youngest children why a parent is leaving home is often a difficult task. That's why the military paired up with Elmo and friends for a Sesame Street DVD called "Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families Cope with Military Deployment." More than 250,000 copies have been distributed to families since it was released in August 2006, and a follow-up study conducted by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University reports that the video helped kids interact more constructively with their families, and helped parents feel less depressed about their spouse's deployment...
...very back, I saw what frightened me beyond comprehension: a (very) young dad with not one, but TWO, (very) young toddlers, the three of whom were occupying not only 24D and F, but most of E as well. As I squeezed myself between them, navigating a backpack, stuffed Elmo toys, and even a two-year-old climbing over my lap to get his ninja sword, I resigned myself to my fate. Forget dreams of that hot romance instigated in JetBlue row 24. Hell, forget even catching up on some of that forgotten homework. My only option: sleep and pretend this...