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Early Childhood Education
PBS provides early childhood educators with curriculum tools and professional resources as part of its commitment to growing young minds.
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Resource Roundup
A printable summary of on-air and online Early Childhood resources from PBS and PBS KIDS.
best practices
Connecting School & Home
Share learning ideas and tips with parents and families.
PBS KIDS in the Classroom
Teach with PBS KIDS on-air and online resources.
PreK-2 Thematic Units
Find fun activities and related books for over 100 common themes.
Articles From the Field
Read advice from experts and fellow educators.
Guiding Young Children Toward Kindergarten
“Ask any two people what school readiness means and you are likely to get three diverse answers.”
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PBS TeacherLine
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Online professional development covering number sense, language development, children's authors on the Web, phonics, spelling, inquiry science, and more. Learn more…
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Between the Lions: Season 2 and foster a lifelong love of reading with 24 episodes.
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July Media Infusion Focuses on Media, Technology and Elementary Music
June 26, 2008 - Beginning on Tuesday, July 1, blogger Brett Smith discusses the use of MP3 recordings during classroom music time as an authentic assessment tool for students. Smith also covers a variety of innovative teaching resources for music and content-area classrooms…more
National History Day’s PBS Teacher of Merit Awarded to Texas Educator
June 24, 2008 - National History Day presented the PBS Teacher of Merit award to Sharon Wilson in recognition of the dedication and support she gives her students and her enthusiasm in bringing the National History Day program to her classroom. Wilson, of Falfurrias High School in Falfurrias, Texas, will receive $1,000 and a collection of outstanding programs from PBS VIDEO, featuring award-winning titles…more
PBS Design Squad Competition Allows Students to Turn Trash into Treasure
April 23, 2008 – The Design Squad Trash to Treasure Competition has begun! The competition challenges kids of all ages to take everyday discarded or recycled material and re-engineer it into an out-of-the-box invention. From now until August 31, kids between the ages of 5-19 can enter online…more
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books & links
Enrich instruction in the early grades with recommended books and web sites updated monthly. Explore our archive of more than 2,500 recommended resources.
media literacy
Help young children understand our media-filled world. Integrate activities to teach kids to analyze messages that inform, entertain, and sell to us everyday. More…
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blogs
Media Infusion
July: Let the MP3 Set You Free: Media, Technology & Elementary Music, with Brett Smith