Education
Super WHY!
Super WHY! is an interactive reading adventure! Storybrook Village is a magical 3-D world hidden behind the bookshelves in a children's library. There you'll meet the four best friends who anchor each episode: Red, from Little Red Riding Hood; Pig from The Three Little Pigs, Princess from The Princess and The Pea, and Whyatt, the curious younger brother of Jack from Jack and The Beanstalk who discovers he has the power to fly inside books to find answers to his questions. Each of these characters is re-imagined as an everyday kid: Red rides roller blades; Pig drives a trike; Princess loves tea parties and dress-up; and Whyatt is the group's natural leader.
Super WHY! is designed to help preschool kids ages 3 to 6 with the critical skills that they need to learn to read (and love to read!). Super WHY! makes reading an empowering adventure by using interactive literacy games that need YOU to play. With Super WHY! reading is power!
Super WHY airs daily @ 9 am on HDTV
http://pbskids.org/superwhy/
Come Along with the Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!is designed to spark a love of learning and an interest in science in preschool-aged children. Based on Random House's best-selling Beginner Book collection "The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library," the TV series and online resources are designed to encourage positive views about science and scientists among tomorrow’s citizens and innovators — and help teachers and families build communities of science explorers.
In each program, the Cat in the Hat and his friends, Sally and Nick, go on a science adventure. Each half-hour episode includes two 11-minute adventures that focus on a specific science concept, such as bird migration or animal camouflage.
You can ride the Thingamajigger with the Cat weekdays on WGCU-TV at 8:30 am. You can also click on http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/ to find favorite episodes, games and printable crafts.
Meet the Curious Kids
Join WGCU's Curious Kids at the Golisano Children's Museum of Naples! The hit TV show will premiere each new episode at C'mon. Enjoy a live concert with Rosie Emery, international children's entertainer and producer of the Curious Kids show, meet the Curious Kids, get autographs and pose for pictures. See the newest episode before it airs on WGCU TV. So come to C'mon in Naples on the premiere dates listed below.
June 8 Curious Kids (11 am - 1 pm)
September 14 Curious Kids (11 am - 1 pm)
December 14 Curious Kids (11 am - 1 pm)
Casuarina: A Beauty and a Beast
We’ve got a problem in Southwest Florida — and there are problems in the Caribbean, South Pacific and elsewhere — with a tree properly known as the casuarina (pronounced caz-u-ar-ina). You probably know it as “Australian pine” and that’s half correct. It is from Australia, but it is not a pine. In Praise of Weeds
“Freedom, it would seem, can lie in the smallest area.”
They arrive from far-flung ancestors, some of the few to settle upon suitable land and survive drought, famine, toxins and mowing. They are invaders of a well-groomed landscape, breaking through to reveal their true beauty in a desperate attempt to flower and reproduce before being chopped up once again.
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