Throwback Thursday!
Ready to feel old? Reading Rainbow first aired in 1983!
THROWBACK THURSDAY! Click HERE to hear the theme song!
Set in Washington, DC, Powerhouse focused on the adventures of a racially and ethnically diverse group of six teenagers and young adults from the inner city, based at a community center founded by a woman named Brenda Gaines, who inherited the location from her family. The basic theme of the series is that every person is a source of creativity and power. “We all have a power house deep down inside,” as one line said in the show’s theme song.
THANK YOU!
PBS Digital Studios has swept the Webby Awards! Up against spectacular competition in three categories, we walked away with the Webby Awards for “Best Video Remixes/Mashups” “Best Web Personality/Host” and “Best Editing,” including the People’s Choice Awards for both Idea Channel categories.
See the Mister Rogers Remix Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM
Check Out Idea Channel Here: www.youtube.com/pbsideachannel
Love & virtual high fives,
PBSDS
Congrats to our friends at PBS Digital Studios! PBS KIDS also won the Webby & People’s Choice Award in the “Youth” category!
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Zoobilee Zoo is an Emmy Award-winning children’s television series featuring costumed performers dressed as animal characters.
Generally the plot of each episode consists of the main characters, called Zoobles, encountering difficulties usually common to young children (though some adults can relate to them) and then learning a moral lesson about dealing with such problems, such as being apprehensive of going to a doctor or learning to appreciate others. Each character has a certain gimmick in his behavior or interests that gives him a unique view on each problem faced.
Top Ten Popular Poets: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/bookfinder/popular-poets-for-kids/
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we present 10 of the most popular poets for children. Although they write for children, these featured authors are also known for their appeal to parents. Browse this list of talented poets and their classic collections of poetry and inspire your own little poet to have fun with wordplay.
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American children’s television game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game. The program aired on PBS from 1991 until 1995. Greg Lee hosted the program in the role of “The ACME Special Agent in charge of training new recruits.” He was joined by Lynne Thigpen as “The Chief” and acapella performing group Rockapella, who served as the show’s in-house band and comedy troupe.
Want to hear that catchy theme song? Here ya go! http://youtu.be/3bjAfVLk80g
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Seven Little Monsters was part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch from 2000 to 2002. It was about a family of seven monsters and their mother. The series was created by Maurice Sendak and based on his book. Each monster is named after a different number from 1 to 7, and each has unique physical characteristics.
Here is the theme song, sung by Barenaked Ladies: http://youtu.be/dH_ZctLxIM4
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Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is set c. 1900 during the Qing Dynasty, Sagwa has fun in her day-to-day life while learning and teaching valuable life lessons.
Sagwa resides in the palace of a magistrate in China of pre-colonial Hong Kong (possibly during the Qing, as shown by the characters’clothes), part of a royal family of cats who have the ability to write with their tails. She and her siblings, along with various other cats and Fu-Fu the bat partake in adventures that are usually accompanied by moral lessons, as is typical with most children’s shows. However, one aspect that sets this show apart is its display of various aspects of Chinese culture, which helps promote awareness and understanding of other ethnicities.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin The Tap Dancing Horse was on PBS Kids from 2000-2002.
Marvin is a dancing brown horse with a black mane and tail who performs in Fast-Talking Jack’s carnival. He used to be in movies and on Broadway; his first big break was in the musical movie 43rd Street (a takeoff of 42nd Street), although he’s not proud of his performance in it. His hooves are tuxedo-themed and they make the tapping noises. He also wears a red bowtie around his neck. In the beginning of one of the episodes, it is taken off.
The show also includes: Stripes The Tiger, Elizabeth The Emotional Pig, Eddy Largo (Edward Larue III), Diamonds the Elephant, Fast-Talking Jack, Edna and more!
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Do you remember Clifford the Big, Red Dog before he was big?! Clifford’s Puppy Days is an animated children’s television series that originally aired on PBS Kids from 2003 to 2004. A spin-off of the original Clifford the Big Red Dog, it is set before the original series, and features the adventures of Clifford during his puppy days before he grew.
Keep kids entertained and learning on-the-go with more than a dozen games parents can play with their kids!
Download the app here for FREE: http://pbskids.org/mobile/pbs-parents-play—learn.html
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“Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies is a 2006 animated television series. Set in the African savanna, it focuses on an enthusiastic elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels around the world to film real wildlife footage and project them onto a screen of fireflies in front of almost the entire animal kingdom. The “Home Movies” are used for educational purposes not only for the principal young characters, but for the target audience at home.”
www.pbskids.org/mamamirabelle/
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Make Way for Noddy was a British/American show which aired on PBS kids beginning in January 2005 (and the UK in 2002.)
Noddy is a wooden boy who lives in Toyland. Although he is characterized as a child, with a child’s imagination and fears, in Toyland he also serves as the main taxi driver. He often finds himself in difficult situations due to his childlike impulsiveness and energy, but his Toy Town friends always help him set things right.
Uh… upside down Thursday? For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we give you The Magic School Bus theme song but upside down? Why? Why not! It’s how the Frizz would have wanted it.
In 1994, The Magic School Bus concept was made into an animated series of the same name by Scholastic Studios, and premiered on September 10, 1994. Forte says that adapting the books into an animated series was an opportunity to help kids “learn about science in a fun way”.
