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PBS KIDS Halloween-themed Programming Preview

Wild Kratts - "Little Howler"
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I had the absolute pleasure of receiving multiple screeners for the upcoming PBS KIDS Halloween-themed programming that will be starting October 17 and continuing through October 31st. We received screeners for Dinosaur Train, Sid the Science Kid, The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That and Wild Kratts. Eva and I watched all of them together. My favorites were the Wild Kratts ones. I love that show. Maybe it is the creature suits, but I think it is the easy flowing way that the Kratt Brothers, Chris and Martin, interweave information about animals with the entertaining storylines.

We watched three episodes of Wild Kratts. One on Raccoons, another on Wolves and one on Sharks. When the Wild Kratts “Predator Week” airs, starting October 17th, there will be even more new shows including one on Cheetahs and one on Birds of Prey, raptors. I really liked the episode on Wolves called “Little Howler”. I’m a sucker for anything about wolves because they are my favorite animal and I learned a thing or two from the episode. Continue reading PBS KIDS Halloween-themed Programming Preview

Review: Sid the Science Kid Science Fair iPad App

Sid the Science Kid Science Fair

I was given a download of the newest PBS Kids iPad app called Sid the Science Kid’s Science Fair app. Eva and I played with this app for a while and she was very taken with it. She’s been after me almost every day since to ask me to play the app. And it is a pretty fun app too. Basically the App has three mini games to it: Gabriela’s “Collection Inspection”, May’s “Chart It!” and Gerald’s “Time Machine”. These games help to teach kids some great scientific and math related skills. Continue reading Review: Sid the Science Kid Science Fair iPad App