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PBS Launches Resource for Parents
PBS made one of its biggest website launches
in years with the launch of PBS Parents. PBS Parents
combines the resources of PBS and local public
television stations across the country, to offer features,
advice and educational activities to
parents and caregivers. Mister Rogers answered
parents' questions in the site's debut month.
A highlight of the PBS Parents site is
a comprehensive activity search tool, correlating thousands of
educational games, booklists and projects.
The PBS Parents site also offers a number of ways to connect parents
and caregivers to their local communities and local PBS stations.
By entering their zip code on the site, visitors will have
access to TV schedules from their local PBS stations, as well
as updated community information. Users can learn when their
local PBS stations are sponsoring children's events and
parenting seminars in their communities, and link directly to
local stations' websites.
Additionally, PBS Parents offers a weekly email
newsletter detailing personalized programming information,
community events, links to local PBS stations, activity
ideas and parenting advice. Parents can also sign up for
daily activity updates and get games, projects and more
tied to the programs their children are watching on PBS
KIDS each day.
Other features of the PBS Parents site include:
- Comienzo Rapido -- Spanish-speaking audiences can get an
introduction to the site, as well as a list of Spanish resources
throughout PBS Parents.
- TV Program Info -- Learn what each PBS KIDS program is all
about, including characters, target age ranges, educational
philosophies and more.
- Together-Time Tips -- Producers of PBS KIDS shows and leading
experts in child development have assembled ideas for parents,
suggesting how to make the most of the time they spend with
their children. Find out how kids grow with art, music, games
and stories in age-by-age timelines.
- Parent Helpers -- Solve life's little challenges, like
settling down for bedtime or beating boredom, with these
activity packages.
- Video Clips -- Streaming video clips give parents suggestions
on dealing with numerous parenting challenges, from going to the
doctor to discussing death with children.
- Booklists from the American Library Association -- More than
a dozen booklists, including books for kids and books for adults,
organized around the topics on PBS Parents (Behavior &
Development, Communicating, Disabilities, Health & Safety,
Media Awareness, Reading & Language, School & Education,
Work & Family) and others like multiculturalism and
family reading.
- Media Literacy Resources -- Discover how TV, computers,
videogames and movies can shape children's development.
- ShopPBS for Parents -- ShopPBS features a Parents' Boutique,
offering products related to PBS KIDS shows and also to other
PBS shows of interest to parents and caregivers.
- Parent Idea Box -- Submit ideas and share with other
parents the successes, challenges, and the joys of parenting.
The PBS Parents site is funded in part by a Ready To Learn
cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education.
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private, nonprofit
media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 349 public
television stations.
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