Today is going to be so much fun.

We are finding out about games.

There are all kinds of games,

like board games, card games, sports,

computer games.

There are even games you play with dogs like fetch.

Are you ready to play fetch, Wolfy?

- Oh, you bet.

Go fetch, Grover.

watch for more games today on "Sesame Street."

Oh, good boy.

♪ Ooh, oooh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunny days sweeping the clouds away ♪

♪ On my way to where the air is sweet ♪

♪ Where the air is sweet ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ Sesame Street ♪

- [All] Five, six, seven.

(Elmo laughing)

- Let's see what we got.

Ah, free samples at the store, win two points.

Woohoo.

- Good job, Chris.

- Thank you, thank you.

- Oh hi.

Welcome to Sesame Street.

- We're playing a game.

- Yeah,

and it's my turn.

- Would you like me to do the honors?

- Yes, please.

- Oh yes, yes, the official spinner, Chris.

- A-ha.

- Three.

- [All] One, two, three.

- Oh boy, what's it say?

- It says, ooh, stuck in the mud, lose turn.

- I don't wanna lose a turn.

- Well, that's where you landed.

- But that's not fair,

how come I have to lose a turn?

- Rudy, that's just how the game is played.

- Well I don't like this game.

I don't wanna play anymore, okay?

I give up.

- It's just a game.

- I'm not going to play this game anymore

because, because I've having a meltdown, okay?

- Hey buddy, Rudy, Rudy.

Hey, why don't we just take a deep breath together

and calm down?

- Yes.

- Okay?

- Just take a breath.

There we go.

- I took a breath.

- Good.

- But I still give up.

- What?

No.

Don't give up.

Hey, I think I have an idea how to make this game

really fun so Rudy won't wanna give up.

Come here, Chris.

- Oh, wow, that sounds like a fun new way to play the game.

- What?

What's fun?

- Here we go.

Red light, green light, stop and go,

change this game and make it grow.

Zippity zap.

(Elmo laughing)

- [Elmo] This is amazing, Abby, look at the gumball machine.

- [Rudy] So cool.

- Good job, Abby.

Boy, Elmo thinks Elmo's gonna like this game. (laughing)

- Welcome to Sesame Stop Light,

the game where contestants face challenges

while trying to keep their cool.

- Is it Chris?

- That's right, I am your host,

and you three are going to play for the same team,

right Abby?

- That's right, Chris.

(Elmo laughing)

So what do you say, Rudy, we can all play together.

- Well, I guess.

Okay, I'll play.

- Oh yeah, Elmo too.

- These are the rules for the game.

- Okay.

- If you need help, just yell red light.

This will give you a chance to stop

and take a deep breath.

Next the light will change to yellow.

This will give you a chance to think of a plan

to solve the problem.

- Okay, then what?

- When you're ready to try your plan,

just yell green light and go.

Got it?

- [All] Got it.

- All right then, it's time for our first challenge.

Abby, would you like to spin the wheel?

- Yes.

Okay, and...

(bright music)

- Shape shopping.

Follow me.

A-ha.

- The store, oh.

- Now the rules for shape shopping are simple,

you have to run into the store,

and come back with three triangles

before time runs out.

Are you ready?

- Yeah.

- Set.

Go.

Our contestants can grab anything they like

as long as it's a triangle.

- Ooh, cookies.

- Pie, awesome.

- Hey, you guys, are those triangles, huh?

- Well,

maybe Elmo can eat all of the pie

til there's just a little triangle left.

- Elmo, we have to find triangles.

- Oh, okay.

- But I can't find any triangles, it's too hard.

- Rudy's frustrated.

They haven't found one triangle yet.

Will they make it in time?

- I don't like this game, I'm frustrated.

I'm going to give up.

- Red light.

(whistle blowing)

- Red light means stop

and take a deep breath.

- Hey, it's okay, Rudy,

just calm down and take a deep breath.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Yellow light means think of a plan

to solve the problem.

- Okay, well we don't have much time left.

- There's too many things in the store.

- What if we each took a side of the store?

- That's a great idea, Elmo.

We need to focus and look for triangles.

- Well how do we do that?

- A-ha, Elmo knows.

What if we say to ourselves look for a shape

with three sides?

- Okay, got it.

- Okay, Rudy, you take this shelf.

Elmo, you look behind the counter,

and I'll check out the freezer.

- Hey, that sounds like a plan.

Are you guys ready to try?

- Yes, we're ready, we're ready.

- Green light.

- Green light.

- Look for a shape with three sides.

Look for a shape with three,

I found one.

- A shape with three sides,

a shape with three sides. (laughing)

One, two, three.

Three sides.

It's a triangle.

Elmo got a triangle.

- A triangle.

- Time is running out.

- Thanks guys.

- Yeah.

- Let's work shape, okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

- [Elmo And Rudy] One, two, three.

- I got it.

- Here you go.

- That's one triangle.

That's two.

That's-

- Here you go.

- Three triangles, you did it.

You completed our first challenge.

(Elmo laughing)

So it's on to our next challenge.

Are you ready?

- [All] Ready.

- Rudy, would you like to spin the wheel?

- Ooh, sure I would.

- (indistinct)

- Okay, here we go.

(gentle music)

(Elmo laughing)

- Gumdrop, ooh.

Follow me.

To play gumdrop, all you have to do

is hit the bullseye with one of these beanbags.

- [Abby] Wow.

- And if you do I get rained on by gumballs.

(Elmo laughing)

- I like this game.

- Now, you get three tries to hit the bullseye.

Who wants to go first?

- Me, me.

- Rudy.

- Okay.

- Good luck, Rudy.

- Thank you.

Here goes.

Missed.

- So close.

- One miss.

Your team still has two more tries.

- Your turn Elmo.

- All right.

Okay, Elmo get a ball and throw.

Oh, so close.

- Oh, one last try.

Looks like it's all up to Abby.

- Here we go.

- Good luck.

- Okay.

- This one is for the game, Abby.

Good luck.

- Wait, oh no, it's too much pressure.

I give up.

I don't wanna do it.

- Red light.

- Red light means stop and take a deep breath.

Yellow light means think of a plan

to solve the problem.

- You can't give up, Abby.

- But I don't wanna miss

and lose the game for everybody.

- Yeah, but Rudy's right,

it's just a game.

It's just for fun, Abby.

- Yeah, maybe you need to do what we did before,

focus and tell yourself that you can do it.

- Well, you two are right.

Okay.

Okay, I can do it.

- You got this.

- Green light.

- Green, go.

You can do it.

Hit the bullseye.

- I can do it.

I can do it.

(bell dinging)

- (laughing) Wow.

You did it, Abby.

- Good job, Abby. (laughing)

- It looks like you completed the competition

and won the game.

(Elmo laughing)

Oh and best of all you worked together as a team,

and didn't give up.

- Great.

It was fun to play together in a new way.

- Yeah.

- Well that's it for today's game of Sesame Stop Light.

See you tomorrow.

- Oh.

Careful. (laughing)

- Are you okay?

- Elmo's fine. (laughing)

♪ All across America ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Kansas City, Missouri ♪

♪ Here we go ♪

- (laughing) Big Bird's video calling from his road trip.

Let's meet one of Big Bird's new friends.

Hi.

- This is my friend Karov.

- Hi.

- And we're here in Kansas City, Missouri.

Hey, Karov, do you live in a house

or an apartment?

- I live in a house.

It's a 90 year old house.

- Oh wow.

- It's three stories tall.

- What are some favorite things

you like to learn in school?