The Big Moving Adventure 2.2

This is an app designed to assist families adjusting to a recent or upcoming move. Sesame Street's The Big Moving Adventure offers an engaging and educational experience that will help your child understand the process of relocating.

The app allows young children, ages 2-5, to create their own personalized Muppet friend who will accompany them on their moving journey. The various stages of the move, including receiving the news, packing belongings, bidding farewell, expressing emotions, traveling, exploring the new home, and making new friends, are all covered in an interactive and entertaining manner. Furthermore, the Parents Section provides valuable tips and suggestions on these topics to support families during their relocation process. Additionally, photographs of real places can be taken within the app, reinforcing the idea that their community expands with each move.

Features:

• Customize a Muppet friend and guide them through the move to a new home.
• Select toys and books to pack in a box and choose special comfort items for the journey in a backpack.
• Utilize an interactive photo tool to capture memories and say goodbye to people and places.
• Explore different ways of bidding farewell to familiar surroundings.
• Help your Muppet friend navigate their emotions related to the move.
• Engage in a coloring activity featuring a postcard from toys traveling on a moving truck to the new house.
• Unpack toys and books from the moving truck and familiarize yourself with the new home.
• Embark on an American flag scavenger hunt.
• Meet new friends in the new community, including beloved Sesame Street characters.

What you'll learn:

The average military child experiences 6 to 9 moves between kindergarten and high school. Relocations can be challenging for all members of the family, particularly for children who are more susceptible to disruptions in routine and environment. The Big Moving Adventure app was created to help children prepare both physically and emotionally for any type of move.

• Teaches children about essential moving tasks such as packing, long-distance travel, and adjusting to a new room.
• Demonstrates different ways to say goodbye to people and places.
• Assists children in exploring their feelings associated with moving.
• Introduces strategies for establishing new friendships.

Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization renowned for its groundbreaking contributions to children's media, including the iconic Sesame Street. For more information, visit www.sesameworkshop.org.

This app is part of Sesame Workshop's ongoing commitment to supporting military families.