Tonight before I left for work Eva showed me a sketch that she made and then painted with watercolors. I am impressed by how much she wants to draw and sketch and now paint with watercolors. I love that she is inclined to creative and artistic things. Her abilities are getting stronger and stronger.
The Bear Went over the Mountain is the play that Eva is part of for the Triboro Youth Theater. Eva has the role of the bear in the play. At first she was so upset that she got that role. She didn’t want to be the bear because the bear was grumpy and she wanted to be a happy deer. But once we read through the script she embraced her role. I think she is really excited now.
A fun thing about being a PBS Kids VIP – Very Involved Parent, is the great programs that I get to preview early. This past year I learned about the new show Odd Squad while I was at the Annual Meeting. It was great to interview Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman the series creators. They were very funny and that humor is evident in the show. Not only do the kids love it but I am a big fan as well. The series is great for kids and adults. The main curriculum is math and each show explores different math concepts and explodes them out in the episode to teach kids in a fun way.
The episode on Monday is one hour and features four stories. “Rise of the Hydraclops” is the first story and it is about Otto and Olive locating a treasure chest that Oscar buried. The agents use units of measure to find the treasure. Oscar is my favorite character on the show. He’s the gadget guy and the gadget guy of a team is usually my favorite guy. He’s clever and funny and absent minded. He’s just really funny. The second part is “Dance like Nobody’s Watching” and the Odd Squad headquarters is in lockdown so Olive, Otto, Ms. O and Oscar need to use sequencing to avoid a series of booby traps to disable the alarm system. The third story is “Recipe for Disaster” – In this one Olive and Otto explain to Ms. O how a case went wrong, each in their own way. The fourth story is the best, in my opinion and it is called “O is Not for Old” The agents throw a surprise party for Ms. O. Ms. O kicks butt in this one. Potato!
In addition to the on-air broadcast, clips and full segments from “Odd Squad Saves the World” will also be available on pbskids.org, the PBS KIDS Video App and PBS KIDS on Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire. New episodes from the series will also premiere throughout the week of January 19. So don’t miss Odd Squad Saves the World on Monday January 19! check local listings.
