UW-Madison Center for Financial Security associate and former consumer science professor Karen Holden recently worked on a project with the popular children's television show ""Sesame Street.""
The project is part of the non-profit initiative Sesame Workshop, a 10-year, $100 million program to prepare preschool-age children for educational and social success.
Holden and five other advisers met to discuss lessons the group deemed important to teach children between the ages 3 and 5.
According to the UW-Madison website, Holden was given the opportunity to ""watch a day of filming, meet puppets and their puppeteers, as well as some ‘Sesame Street' humans.""
The initiative ""For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing, and Saving,"" offers free bilingual kits including a ""Sesame Street"" DVD and activity book for children, highlighting positive decision making and valuing people, things, and money.
In addition to the kits, more programs will be available online, including an interactive game starring Cookie Monster.
