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From tagging wild birds to learning the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira, WGCU’s new children’s television program is sure to sate the hungriest of young curiosities about environments and cultures here and far away.
Curious Kids — featuring a cast of local talent ranging from 8 to 12 — premieres on Saturday, March 19 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on WGCU-HD. The premiere show will feature steel drum playing, “The Recycling Boogie,” a visit to ECHO (Ecological Concerns for Hunger Organization) in North Fort Myers and the exploration of a tropical recipe from Trinidad.
Curious Kids Ambassador, program producer and children’s singer-songwriter Rosie Emery says each episode will include a music video featuring one of her fun songs. Revolving around three main themes — my backyard, my world and my self — segments of the show will be filmed on location throughout Southwest Florida, from the coastline to the woodlands, from interesting non-profit organizations and parks to gyms and roadside attractions. New episodes will premiere on a quarterly basis.
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. 
Join fan favorite Brendan Coyle for an online chat Monday, February 20 @ 1pm. He'll take your questions and explain how Mr. Bates is guilty...of loving Anna. If you have missed the on-line chats with Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham) or Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith),and Allen Leach (Branson) you can read the transcripts. Don't miss the season finale, Sunday, February 19
@ 9 pm!
Martha Speaks is designed to increase oral vocabulary – the words we use in conversation. Each story helps children understand what words mean when they hear them. The bigger a child’s oral vocabulary, the better she will comprehend words as she learns to read them. There are two kinds of vocabulary words in every episode: explicit words are defined by one of the characters in the show; implicit words are used in the story but not defined. Both types of words are used several times in each show.
This animated series airs on WGCU-TV weekdays at 7:30 am and 3:30 pm. Or go online to http://pbskids.org/martha/ to watch videos, play games or print out fun things to do.
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