Plum Landing is an online environmental science project from PBS Kids that hopes to flick on several switches inside early elementary school age kids at the exact moment in life when their curiosity is peaking and their sense of wonder about the world and how it all works is at […]
I can only imagine that the set up for this new Curious George episode airing on PBS Kids on May 19th, which sees George and the Man with the Yellow Hat take off for Mars, starts with something like this: “Now George, I need to go over there and speak […]
Would it have been better if they named it Peg + Cat’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? Yeah, slightly, but as is this Really Big Album from PBS Kids’ adorable-overload TV show PEG + CAT hits on all the right notes: Stunning cover art (even though it exists only in digital […]
On the eve of an inevitable power loss, I hereby share with you a nifty 100th Day of School infograph from my pals at PBS Kids, and featuring their adorable duo Peg + Cat. Here’s the text version: Celebrate the 100th Day of School What better way to celebrate the […]
Sight unseen, I’m thinking the live action, math class equivalent of Word Girl. Well, that’s what I’m HOPING for anyway with PBS KIDS new series ODD SQUAD that was announced this week. We don’t do a ton of TV ’round these parts but there’s always room for a lil’ Tickety […]
It’s baaaaaaack! Episode two of the OWTK Radio Hour…in 30 Minutes features talk of a kindie rock cruise, Skylanders SWAP Force, Justin Roberts on national TV on Halloween morning, Bill Harley’s new middle grade book, and much more, plus I unveil my top 10 albums of 2013! How exciting. As […]
Check your local listings, mark your calendar, set your DVR for CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest!
I’ll be the first in line to bash an overly instructional or heavy-handed message-based kid’s song. But there’s something about the medium of television that helps the ushering in of such educational content come of as more palatable. With the exception of Berenstain Bears though. That’s just obnoxious. This week, when […]
