If I was buying stock in one TV show for kids, it’d be this one, A History of Radness. And not only because the one kid is wearing a KEXP shirt, or because Henry Rollins is in it. You know, maybe kids can still grow up to understand that bands […]
My first 8 years were spent on a slab. A rectangle of concrete with a modest square patch of green which put a slight distance between us and our quiet suburban street, the name of which I can no longer conjure. I don’t recall too much about the ranch house, […]
As a dad, I’ve never seen empirical evidence of a summer slide in my daughters. Maybe they are too young to experience a substantial and obvious loss of knowledge or maybe we’re just incredible parents who maintain the educational tip year-round…um, or something. Anywho, PBS KIDS announced this week its […]
It has to have been six years ago or thereabouts. The math gets fuzzy after a certain point, when there isn’t a handy sports championship or painfully memorable (read: extremely expensive) ER visit pin to put in it. Mouse was a toddler still, of this much I am fairly certain, […]
If you read anything about “Grace and Frankie,” Netflix’s new half hour-ish dramatic comedy staring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, it will probably include the words “older” and “mature,” and maybe even a cheap “wrinkle” pun. While all of that makes perfect sense — the four […]
When your kids get home from school today, give ’em the laptop or iPad. I know, I know, screen time blah blah blah. But seriously, this is good stuff. So, no worries. The PBS KIDS digital series Oh Noah has brand new content that is out of the world wonderful. […]
Over on PBS Parents today, I’ve got a very leafy learning activity perfect for Earth Day, Arbor Day or any day this spring and summer. Take a look at how you and your kids can (and should) make a Book of Trees! I’m not the only one with the great […]
Two kids and an alien walk into a juice bar… The new PBS KIDS CGI-animated show Ready Jet Go! begins kinda like that, only different. Created by Craig Bartlett, who developed Dinosaur Train, this new show for kids ages 3-8 will focus on all things space, science and innovation… and […]
