PBS Parents: Your Resource for Parenting
PBS Parents offers a deep catalogue of free resources and information from a variety of experts (including real parents) on everything from birthday parties to child development. It empowers parents to engage in their children’s development and offers educational resources tied to the PBS KIDSprograms their kids love.
The website features the online series “The Parent Show” with Angela Satomero. Offered online only, the show can be viewed and shared whenever a parent needs advice, ideas or a laugh. Each week, “The Parent Show” explores a topic that parents are dealing with today – such as school readiness, media habits or healthy eating – through video interviews, a follow-up video message, and a blog post. Angela interviews noted experts with a wide range of backgrounds, from astrophysicists to chefs to puppeteers, who share their unique and fresh ideas and tips for parents.
Take a look at Media Shift Special: Kids & Media the website that tracks how new media -- from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism -- are changing society and culture. Click here for the Media Shift web feature Kids and Media.
Arizona Public Media® and Public broadcasting are committed to assisting teachers in the utilization of the wide variety of educational programming available for use in the classroom.
Watch your favorite PBS Kids GO! shows online, anytime at AZPM On Demand
PBS KIDS Island lets children build their own online island by playing reading games with PBS KIDS Raising Readers characters. The research-based program guides children through eight different gaming levels that address seven skills: rhyming, letter identification, alliteration, phonics, letter sequencing, phonemic awareness and reading/vocabulary.
PBS KIDS Island offers a fun and safe online environment that serves children ages two-to-five. The site will be expanded to offer literacy games and activities for children ages six-to-eight.
Key Features for Children
- Fun Reading Games Based on Familiar PBS KIDS Shows and Characters: PBS KIDS Island features dozens of reading games. Favorite characters from PBS KIDS Raising Readers programs, including SUPER WHY!, WORDWORLD, BETWEEN THE LIONS and SESAME STREET, guide and help children learn critical reading skills.
- Customization: PBS KIDS Island offers a total of eight levels of reading games and activities, starting with letter recognition and moving children along the path of learning to read with vocabulary and build simple sentences.
Key Features for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers
- Guided Tour: Parents, caregivers and teachers can tour PBS KIDS Island and preview the games children will be playing.
- Detailed Reading Skill Information: As they click on a game, an overview of the game and its corresponding reading skill appear on screen.
- Progress Tracker: The Child Progress Tracker lets parents, caregivers and teachers understand and cultivate their child’s learning.
