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2nd Sesame Street Place park opening in San Diego

October 23, 2019 By Associated Press

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There are plenty of sunny days to sweep the clouds away where SeaWorld is opening its next theme park.

Officials with SeaWorld Entertainment and Sesame Workshop announced Monday that they are opening the country’s second Sesame Place park in San Diego in spring 2021. The first Sesame Place theme park opened almost 40 years ago outside Philadelphia.

The announcement continues a pivot by Orlando-based SeaWorld away from live animal shows.

This undated artist rendering provided by PGAV Destinations shows a depiction of the new SeaWorld and Sesame Workshop theme park, which is scheduled to open in San Diego in 2021. The new 17-acre Sesame Place park will be adjacent to their Sea World San Diego location. (PGAV Destinations via AP)

The new 17-acre (6.5-hectare) Sesame Place will be located south of SeaWorld San Diego. The space is currently occupied by the water park, Aquatica San Diego, which will have its final season next year.

Monday’s announcement is part of an expanding partnership between SeaWorld and Sesame Street, which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. SeaWorld’s Orlando park opened a Sesame Street section earlier this year. Officials wouldn’t disclose the cost of the park.

Steve Youngwood, president of media and education and chief operating officer of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, said the two brands have common objectives.

“We want to engage and educate families. We mutually respect each side’s expertise and we collaborate together to make it work,” Youngwood said.

SeaWorld announced the end of its breeding program in March 2016, after years of pressure from animal rights advocates and shifting public opinion about orcas being held in captivity.

The protests intensified after the release of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish,” which focused on the life of Tilikum, a killer whale responsible for killing a trainer when he dragged her into a pool in front of shocked visitors in 2010.

The company in the past year, though, has seen a reversal of fortune. Attendance was up 8.6% during the 2018 fiscal year, as was revenue. For the first half of this year, attendance was up 1.7%.

In the past year, SeaWorld also has been offering specialized services at its parks for visitors with autism, and Sesame Place San Diego will also offer those services.

The San Diego park will be slightly larger than the Sesame Street park outside Philadelphia. Construction will start in Aquatica’s offseason and resume after Aquatica closes for the season next year.

The park’s opening in San Diego will open the Sesame Street experience to the western U.S., as well as to visitors from south of the border, said Marilyn Hannes, president of SeaWorld San Diego.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, News, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers, Youngsters Tagged With: entertainment, theme parks

Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits

April 12, 2019 By My SD Moms

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — The number of young kids who went to U.S. emergency rooms because they swallowed toys, coins, batteries and other objects has nearly doubled, a new study says.

In 2015, there were nearly 43,000 such visits among kids under 6, compared with 22,000 in 1995, according to the study published Friday in the journal Pediatrics. The rate jumped from almost 10 per 10,000 ER visits to 18 per 10,000.

FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, a lawyer holds a battery that was removed from a toddler’s esophagus at a news conference in Jacksonville, Fla. A study published Friday, April 12, 2019 in the journal Pediatrics found a sharp increase in emergency room visits involving swallowed objects by kids under age 6. (Bruce Lipsky/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

The increase “rang some alarms,” said Dr. Danielle Orsagh-Yentis, the lead author and a gastrointestinal physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Orsagh-Yentis noted that an increasing number of consumer products use potentially dangerous button-sized batteries, including TV remotes, digital thermometers and remote-controlled toys, which likely contributed to the increase.

She said her interest in studying the trend began during her training, “when we were all being called in in the middle of the night at odd hours to remove foreign bodies from either the esophagus or stomachs of children.”

Her research team analyzed a nationwide database of non-fatal emergency room visits for children younger than age 6. Almost 800,000 children were treated during the study years after swallowing foreign objects. Coins, batteries and toys accounted for most of the visits.

While 90% of treated children were sent home without hospitalization, severe internal injuries and deaths have been reported. Batteries and small high-powered magnets often marketed as desk toys for adults are among the most dangerous objects.

When kids swallow more than one powerful magnet, the objects can attract each inside the intestines, boring holes into the abdomen that can lead to life-threatening blood poisoning.

In recent years, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued safety warnings and orders to stop sales of some magnets, citing dozens of hospitalizations and at least one toddler death.

The agency also has warned about dangers from button-sized batteries, which when swallowed can trigger a chemical reaction that can burn holes through tissue inside the throat.

Children who swallow batteries or magnets may vomit or complain of abdominal pain. They “should be brought to the emergency room as quickly as possible,” Orsagh-Yentis said.

Morag Mackay of Safe Kids Worldwide, an injury prevention advocacy group, called for more research to understand why the incidents are on the rise. She said parents and caregivers need to be vigilant.

“Try to see the world from a child’s point of view by getting on the floor so that you are at your child’s eye level. Keep small objects such as coins, batteries, magnets, buttons or jewelry out of reach and sight,” Mackay said.


Follow AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner on Twitter at @LindseyTanner .


The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.


This story has been corrected to show that the number of emergency room visits has nearly doubled, not more than doubled.

Filed Under: Child Safety, Health & Nutrition, News, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers Tagged With: health, safety, tips

Great Idea! Recycle Those Markers!

January 29, 2019 By My SD Moms

Did you know you can recycle your used markers? 

Over on Facebook, we happened to stumble across user Jo B Phillips who recently posted about Crayola’s recycle program. The program accepts Crayola brand markers, but they will also take in other brands and types or markers.

Turns out there are other ways you can get your kids involved with recycling their old markers.  And the postage won’t cost you a thing!

You’ll find more information about the program here.

Pretty cool!

Filed Under: Education, From The Web, News, Public Service, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers, Youngsters Tagged With: recycling

SeaWorld San Diego Offers Unlimited 2019 Admission for Pre-Schoolers, Teachers

January 11, 2019 By My SD Moms

SeaWorld San Diego is offering some fun advantages to attract more visitors – unlimited admission passes for local pre-schoolers and teachers!

Parents with kids ages 5 and under living in San Diego and Orange Counties can take advantage of the offer called the SeaWorld Preschool Fun Card. Priced at $20 for a limited time only, the Preschool Fun Card allows kids to ride, climb, splash and play all year long at SeaWorld. The pass doesn’t include parking or separately ticketed special events and there are some 2019 blackout dates: May 26, July 4-5, July 27, August 3, August 10, Sept. 1, and Dec. 29, 2019.

Dolphins at SeaWorld San Diego
Image © SeaWorld

With tons of seasonal events geared toward youngsters in 2019 (including the Sesame Street Party Parade, SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular and Christmas Celebration), a Preschool Fun Card is a no brainer!

Parents interested in getting more information and registering can visit this page on SeaWorld.com. Guests should then print and bring the confirmation along with a valid form of ID for the child (a copy of a certified birth certificate or travel passport) to any ticket window at SeaWorld.

Redemption and first use must occur by April 30, 2019.

Filed Under: Education, News, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers Tagged With: family, theme parks

Puppeteer who played Big Bird on ‘Sesame Street’ retiring

October 18, 2018 By My SD Moms

WOODSTOCK, Conn. (AP) — The puppeteer who has played Big Bird on “Sesame Street” is retiring after nearly 50 years on the show.

FILE- In this April 10, 2008, file photo puppeteer Caroll Spinney is interviewed during a break from taping an episode of “Sesame Street” in New York. After nearly 50 years on the show Spinney is retiring. Spinney tells the New York Times that Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, will be his last day on the program, which he joined from the start in 1969. In addition to Big Bird, the 84-year-old was also Oscar the Grouch. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Caroll Spinney announced in a statement Wednesday that he’s handing over Big Bird and his other character, Oscar the Grouch, to younger performers. The 84-year-old joined “Sesame Street” at its inception in 1969.

Spinney says he didn’t feel like his work was important until Big Bird helped him find his purpose.

Spinney says the physical requirements of performing the characters had become difficult and he developed problems with his balance. He stopped doing the puppeteering for Big Bird in 2015 and now only provides the voices for him and Oscar.

His apprentice, Matt Vogel, will succeed him in the Big Bird role. Vogel also plays Kermit the Frog.

Filed Under: Education, News, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers Tagged With: childhood learning, education, family, television

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