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Sesame Street: Elvis Costello & Elmo – Monster Went and Ate My Red 2

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Elvis Costello sings about a monster eating his red 2.

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Pop Goes the Weasel – Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video

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“Pop Goes the Weasel” Lyrics:

Round and round the cobbler’s bench,
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought it was all in fun.
Pop! Goes the weasel.

A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle.
That’s the way the money goes.
Pop! Goes the weasel.

Historical Background
Dating back to the 1700s, “Pop Goes the Weasel” originated from Cockney Rhyming Slang, a system of cryptic phrases used by Cockneys and poor Londoners. Rhyming Slang is created by finding a rhyme for a given word, identifying a synonym for the rhyme, and then substituting the synonym for the original word. For example, “head” rhymes with “bread,” and the Cockney Rhyming Slang for “head” is “loaf.” Cockneys created the secret slang because of their suspicion of strangers and strong dislike for the police. “Pop” is the slang word for pawn, and “weasel” originates from “weasel and stout,” meaning coat. During difficult financial times, poor commoners would pawn their suits on Mondays and reclaim it before Sunday in order to be properly dressed for church. Thus, the birth of the saying “Pop Goes the Weasel.”

Happy to Be Me: An Anti-bullying Discussion 5: Final Thoughts

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Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop, Big Bird, Blue Jay, Rosita and the expert panelists wrap up the discussion and provide their key messages to parents, caregivers and educators about how to address bullying behaviors and how to provide children with the proper tools to combat the issue.

Panelists include Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence; Mia Doces, Curriculum Developer at the Committee for Children; Trudy Ludwig, Children’s Advocate & Author of My Secret Bully and Confessions of a Former Bully; Dr. Jamie Ostrov, Associate Professor of Psychology at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Dr. Joseph Wright, Senior Vice President of the Child Health Advocacy Institute.

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Happy to Be Me: An Anti-bullying Discussion 4: The Child’s Perspective

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Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop, brings in some of her friends from Sesame Street to provide the child’s perspective when dealing with bullying. Big Bird, Rosita and Blue Jay ask questions about this difficult topic, and appropriate adult responses are modeled.

Panelists include Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence; Mia Doces, Curriculum Developer at the Committee for Children; Trudy Ludwig, Children’s Advocate & Author of My Secret Bully and Confessions of a Former Bully; Dr. Jamie Ostrov, Associate Professor of Psychology at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Dr. Joseph Wright, Senior Vice President of the Child Health Advocacy Institute.

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Happy to Be Me: An Anti-bullying Discussion 3: What do I do?

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Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop, and expert panelists discuss how to stop bullying when it’s happening and how to prevent it from happening in the first place, giving parents and caregivers tools to effectively work through the issue of bullying with their children.

Panelists include Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence; Mia Doces, Curriculum Developer at the Committee for Children; Trudy Ludwig, Children’s Advocate & Author of My Secret Bully and Confessions of a Former Bully; Dr. Jamie Ostrov, Associate Professor of Psychology at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Dr. Joseph Wright, Senior Vice President of the Child Health Advocacy Institute.

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Happy to Be Me: An Anti-bullying Discussion 2: What is bullying?

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Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop, and expert panelists continue the bullying discussion answering the question, “What is bullying?” Parents and caregivers will get a clearer understanding of what bullying is, and how to identify if a child is being bullied or is bullying other children.

Panelists include Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence; Mia Doces, Curriculum Developer at the Committee for Children; Trudy Ludwig, Children’s Advocate & Author of My Secret Bully and Confessions of a Former Bully; Dr. Jamie Ostrov, Associate Professor of Psychology at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Dr. Joseph Wright, Senior Vice President of the Child Health Advocacy Institute.

For more resources and tips visit: www.sesamestreet.org/bullying