Season 51 focuses on demonstrating playful problem solving.
Aired: 11/12/2020
Elmo and Rosita want to race their ping-pong balls, but the only ramp on Sesame Street is being used. This is a problem! They wonder if they can make another ramp. What if they use cardboard? Let’s try! It works. With Julia’s help, Elmo and Rosita didn’t give up, and they built two long ramps. They all get a chance to race their ping-pong balls – Julia, too!
Aired: 11/19/2020
Abby, Rudy, Elmo, and Charlie are camping out on Sesame Street. They’re just about to toast marshmallows when the sweet treats suddenly disappear! Together, the friends look and listen for clues to find out where their marshmallows have gone.
Aired: 11/26/2020
Nina is using a smiley face growth chart to measure how tall Elmo and Rosita are. Big Bird wants to see how tall he is too, but Nina is all out of smiley faces. What else can they use to measure their tall friend? After trying a few ideas, inspiration strikes. What if they make their own smiley faces? It works! Because they didn’t give up, all the friends—including Big Bird—could be measured.
Aired: 12/3/2020
Boo-Boo Busters Elmo and Abby go around Sesame Street in search of friends who need help making their boo-boos feel better.
Aired: 12/10/2020
Issa Rae is a Queen who doesn’t have enough bricks to build a play castle for her daughter. This is a problem! Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Rosita wonder: can they use something else to build the castle? What about cardboard boxes and tubes? The three friends give it a try—and it works. Because they didn’t give up, they built a cardboard castle fit for a Princess!
Aired: 12/17/2020
It’s holiday time on Sesame Street! When their parents run late from the holiday concert, Elmo and Baby Bear stay with Alan and Nina at Hooper's Store. But they are disappointed not to celebrate Christmas Eve and Hanukkah as they had planned. Elmo, Baby Bear, Nina, and Alan sing carols, eat latkes, and make lots of decorations. They create a wonderful holiday celebration all by themselves—and Elmo and Baby Bear realize that the best part of holidays is being together with friends and family.
Aired: 12/24/2020
Elmo wonders what amazing and exciting act he can perform for Sesame Circus, but he's struggling to figure it out. Then he has an idea! What if he rides his tricycle down a ramp and through a hoop? Let's try!
Aired: 12/31/2020
When the gingerbread house from "Hansel and Gretel" falls, the Fairytale Helpers wonder what might hold the walls together. What if they use frosting? Let's try!
Aired: 1/7/2021
Grover wishes he didn't have a cold in the Fall, so Rudy uses Abby's wand to change the season. Now every time Grover sneezes, the seasons keep changing.
Aired: 1/14/2021
After Chris reads the story of the Three Little Pigs, Elmo wonders if they can change the story so the wolf isn't mean.
Aired: 1/21/2021
Elmo, Abby, Grover, and Nina want to make an obstacle course on Sesame Street. But they don’t have anything to go over, under, around, or through. They wonder what they can find around them to make these obstacles. What if they use a broom to go over, a blanket to go under, pool noodles to go around, and a cardboard box to go through? It works! The friends made the best monster obstacle course ever.
Aired: 1/28/2021
Here is a long line at Hooper's and Elmo and Rosita are feeling frustrated; they don't want to wait for their turn. This is a problem!
Aired: 2/4/2021
The healthy Super Food Super Heroes help Elmo and his friends find and try new, colorful healthy snacks and learn that breakfast is the most important meal, giving them the energy they need for the day.
Aired: 2/11/2021
The Count leaves his counting booth in the hands of an excited Elmo and Abby, who learn how to count in different ways.
Aired: 2/18/2021
When Elmo's, Rosita's, and Bert's toys get stuck in different places, Charlie and Super Grover wonder what tool might help them reach all their friends' things. What if they use a baton? Let's try!
Aired: 2/25/2021
Nina is feeling frustrated as she tries to fix her scooter. Elmo and Grover wonder how they can help Nina calm down. What if they make her glitter jars? Let's try!
Aired: 3/4/2021
Rosita helps Abby and Zoe think outside the box to imagine the best fairytale ever!
Aired: 3/11/2021
Zoe and Rosita want to draw with chalk outside but it's raining! They become scientists and try a couple ideas, and wonder if there's something they can use that would keep them dry in the rain. What if they use art smocks that keep them dry when they paint? Zoe and Rosita didn't give up and they used the art smocks to keep the sidewalk dry. Now Zoe and Rosita can draw outside with chalk!
Aired: 3/18/2021
To help attract new customers to the bike shop, Nina and her friends make musical instruments out of bike parts.
Aired: 3/25/2021
Elmo, Abby, Cookie Monster and Gover want to bring vegetable lasagna to Sesame Street's potluck party, but they don't have the right ingredients and their oven is broken.
Aired: 4/1/2021
Aired: 4/8/2021
Aired: 4/15/2021
Aired: 4/22/2021
Aired: 4/29/2021
Aired: 7/8/2021
Aired: 5/6/2021
Aired: 5/13/2021
Elmo, Abby, Rudy and Chris run out of cardboard while making a pretend airplane.
Aired: 5/20/2021
Aired: 5/27/2021
Aired: 6/3/2021
Aired: 6/10/2021
Aired: 6/17/2021
Aired: 6/24/2021
Aired: 7/1/2021
