Summer is in Full Swing with PBS KIDS®!

Here are some cool tips from the experts at PBS KIDS on how to help ensure that your kids have a fun, safe and active hot-weather season…no matter what your budget is:

Driving to Grandma’s house? Or have an exciting getaway in store? Here are some great FREE ideas courtesy of PBSParents.org to keep kids of all ages engaged during family trips!

o Have a sing-a-long! Sing your favorite tunes from Sesame Street along with other songs…
o Take turns playing games with your child. Find something inside or outside the car and have your children guess what you see by giving hints. Explore the world like Sid the Science Kid!
o Invite your child to be an "alphabet detective" by finding all the letters around them. Players might find an "a" in a road sign and a "b" on a license plate and more – take a page from the Super WHY gang and have fun with the alphabet.
o Use "car time" to talk to your child about everyday activities and events, whether it's how leaves change color in the fall or what makes a great friend. Maya and Miguel know that happiness is the greatest when it’s shared!

Plan an awesome “stay-cation” and keep your kids happy with a few of these summer fun suggestions!


o For preschoolers, slip on your sneakers, pack water bottles and hit the trail! Make the adventure even more fun with a kid-friendly scavenger hunt in search of things you might find along the way.
o For school-age kids, set up a tent in your own backyard, roll out the sleeping bags and melt marshmallows in the microwave to make s’mores. No need to send kids to sleep away camp to get a taste of the great outdoors.
o For everyone, make some popcorn, snuggle up and tune in together to PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO!

Online TV

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I have a raging headache today and have chosen not to partake in any Fourth of July Festivities, but I found fireworks from all across the nation on Spreety to watch.

Sid the Science Kid

I had no idea who this was, but when I received an email asking me to review the Earth Day episode, I figured what the heck, Caity will watch and tell me how it is.



She watched it 4 times in a ROW! She knew who he was, apparantly she has watched him on PBS before (grandma tends to watch more Noggin than PBS).



The Earth Day episode is "The Dirt on Dirt" and it shows Sid trying to figure out how dirt gets so dirty. He and his friends figure out the importance of dirt and how it helps flowers and such grow and that it is filled with so many things and even has Bugs and Worms (eeeew!).



Sid is a production of the Jim Henson Company and is shown on your local PBS station (here in LA it is KCET). The paperwork says SId is geared towards ages 3 - 6 and they hit it on the nose, Caitlyn is 3 1/2 and she truly loved it. However she said "I like Sid but I don't like Science. And not for nothun but these kids are cute as heck. I love the character's look like puppets but are animated.


Be sure to have your little ones watch this episode on April 22 on your local PBS channel.

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