“The Electric Company” is back! Sesame Workshop has brought back the hit show from the ’70s and revamped it. The look and feel is new, but the program has the same goal as the original series: teaching literacy skills. To jumpstart the new series, four back-to-back episodes will be aired on Jan. 19 at 3:00 pm. See video previews below!
In NYC, there are still available seats for Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) in public schools and community-based organizations. These seats are available for children who will turn four years old by December 31, 2008. The deadline to register these children is January 30, 2009. Read more.
New York Hall of Science celebrates Cyberchase Weather Watchers Day with screenings of Cyberchase episodes, hands-on activities, raffles, appearances by stars Harry and Digit and a very special presentation …
What do Buzz and Delete do when Hacker isn’t around? Find out in these web-only videos featuring everyone’s favorite henchbots from Cyberchase.
Then send in your stories or pictures to be featured online!
On Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street, with its cast of puppets teaching kids the alphabet and how to count, made its broadcast debut (here is the rundown of that very first show). Today, it is one of the most widely-viewed children’s programs in the world, airing in more than 120 countries.
Monkeys are clever, but we think that NATURE viewers are even more clever! Think you can come up with a funny caption for what’s going on in with these capuchins? See pic…
Have an adult sign you up to play on the new PBS Kids’ Island, a site with reading games. Sign up here!
There’s a new Halloween episode of Cyberchase (Friday Oct. 31 at 5:00 pm); but Cyberchase has special activities online. See video and more…
In this 5-minute clip, from 1974, Mr. Rogers demonstrates how to use a (now old-fashioned) 1970s manual voting machine. From season 7 of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Watch now!
