Tag: PBS Kids
Odd Squad to be PBS Kids’ newest math learning series
It’s a question that parents and teachers struggle to answer at home and in the classroom: how do we make math fun ...CPB, PBS announce $20M for initiative focused on low-income families
A significant chunk of the money will be earmarked for Hispanic families.Output: Bitton’s homage to Piaf, STEM rock tunes from PBS, where 5-year-olds hide evidence (on PRX), ...
Decades ago, a teenaged Raquel Bitton locked herself in her San Francisco bedroom, suffering miserably from her first broken heart. Her only comfort ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ TV
This reluctance to fundraise around children’s shows is “a conundrum,” Rotenberg said in an interview. “Kids’ programming is probably the most recognized ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ programs
Though public television stations have been reluctant to solicit pledges during their daytime PBS Kids block, some are testing new approaches for ...Fred Rogers goes viral with “Garden of Your Mind” video remix
An Auto-Tuned video of the late PBS icon Fred Rogers is going viral, with more than 700,000 views as of Friday (June 8) ...Preschoolers get 40-plus (count ’em!) new PBS Kids math games
PBS Kids unveiled last week its largest offering of math-skill games for preschoolers — a cache of 40 games that can be ...Many stations packaging their own kids’ channels
With the all-digital future arriving, if haltingly, and a bigger share of viewers likely to come through DTV multicast channels, ...‘Electric Company’ returns, Naomi still missing
A new Electric Company, based on that 1970s PBS hit, premieres Jan. 19.Here I am, your special PBS Kids Island (come to me, come to me)
PBS Kids Island, an online amusement park located on the Raising Readers website (www.readytolearnreading.org), offers learning games created by producers of Super Why!, ...Raising Readers initiative: Ready to Learn goes for depth instead of breadth
In 20 cities across the country, stations are organizing Super Why! reading camps, hosting book-centric sporting events and concerts and handing out Super Why! and WordWorld DVDs ...Kids’ pipeline
Debut this fall [2007] Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari Producing organizations: Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari LLC. Producer: Rob Child. Creators: Rob Child, Jim Knox, Bruce ...PBS Kids Go! channel: plan is no-go for now
After fewer than half of PBS stations made commitments to carry a proposed multicast channel for school-aged children, the network pulled back ...A cuddly sloth is set for science series stardom
It’s a Big, Big World, a preschool science series from Mitchell Kriegman, promises to be the next big thing for PBS Kids. The series, ...Is Tinky a gay role model for boys, or a purple toddler in full play?
International stardom has not been easy for Tinky Winky, the Teletubby recently “outed” by the Rev. Jerry Falwell as a gay role-model ...
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