Tag Archives: Cookie Monster

App Alert, Family

App Alert: Cookie Monster’s Challenge

Cookie Monster App

My newest app tester is my son Andrew. We received a download code for the new app, Cookie Monster’s Challenge to play with and test. Opinions of the app are 100% my own. Andrew is a fan of this game and has been playing it often. The app holds his interest and is exciting for him each time. The app was created to get pre-schoolers back into the swing of school. Andrew won’t be seeing school for another year but it is a good primer for him.

One of the lessons that Cookie Monster is used for to teach is that of impulse control. When I was a kid Cookie Monster tore through plates and plates of cookies in a wanton manner. Now, he has to be responsible. Poor Cookie. Sure, he still gets his cookies but now he has to wait for them patiently. Great lessons that kids need to learn but bad break for a Cookie Monster. In the app kids do a bunch of mini games to help assemble a Rube Goldberg sort of machine to deliver a cookie to Cookie Monster. Continue reading App Alert: Cookie Monster’s Challenge →

Conferences, PBS Kids VIP, Photo-A-Day, Travel

Meeting Cookie Monster and David Rudman


Photo-A-Day #3322

Today I flew to San Francisco California for the PBS Annual Meeting. As one of the PBS Kids VIPS (Very Involved Parents) I get to attend the PBS Annual Meeting and it is so much fun. This is my third time attending the annual meeting and I was looking forward to catching up with my fellow VIPS. I was blown away by our chance to meet the amazing Cookie Monster. We also met the puppeteer/actor for Cookie. That man is David Rudman and he is pretty darn amazing. As soon as he begins to operate Cookie you see only Cookie Monster and Cookie Monster is who you speak with, it is a strange but cool thing.

This year there is going to be a full on Cookie Monster special. I think that the popularity of all of the Cookie Monster movie parodies has made this Muppet even more popular than ever. Of any Muppet ever he was the one I was so excited to meet, and I did, so cool.

I have a video that Cookie Monster made for my kids. I just have to edit it a little bit but I will post soon.

During the day I learned a lot about a great new app for parents called Super Vision. This app allows parents to see what their kids are learning, in real time, on PBS Kids.org.

We met with more people from PBS and they were great. We then had a little free time so I took a shower and got ready for dinner. Dinner was excellent. So much good food and conversation. I spent a lot of time talking all sorts of things with The Rock Father.

I also caught up with one of my fellow Imageloggers, Leticia! She is so much fun!