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WORKSHOPS

 

  
A Place of Our Own and Sid, The Science Kid Workshops
Based on the daily television series A Place of Our Own, this FREE workshop for adults focuses on developing children's language and literacy skills. This month's lesson will include clips from A Place of Our Own and one of our children's programs, Sid the Science Kid. Participants will receive a Workshop Caregiver Kit complete with episode DVD, activity cards and a children's book.

Friendswood Library
Sat, Jan 9, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Theme: Preventing Childhood Obesity

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BILINGUAL WORKSHOPS

  
Talleres de los Ninos en su casa y Sid, el nino cientifico 
Basado en una serie de televisión diaria extensivo dedicado al desarrollo del lenguaje y la alfabetización, la leccion de este mes va a incluir segmentos del programa, Los Ninos en su Casa, y tambien unos de nuestros programas infatiles, Sid, El nino cientifico.  El tema de este mes es Crear Un Ambiente Lleno de la Palabra Impresa. Participantes recibiran un paquete del taller para cuidadores, un DVD del episodio que vieron, y tambien cartas de actividad y un libro de ninos.

Park Place Library (biblioteca)
sab, 7 de nov, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Tema: Como prevenir la obesidad

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NEWS & EVENTS


All Aboard for Dinosaur Train!
Airs Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
and Sun, 7:30 a.m.
Meet DINOSAUR TRAIN, the newest show from The Jim Henson Company. DINOSAUR TRAIN embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills as the audience learns about natural science, natural history and paleontology. 

Visit the Dinosaur Train website.

 
 Reading Rainbow
Young Writers & Illustrators Contest
Award Winning Authors Announced!!!
Check out this year’s 1st place stories.  Information for the 2010 contest will be on the HoustonPBS website January 2010. Special thanks to Whataburger for their support of this contest.  

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COMMUNITY PROJECTS
 


African American Lives Ancestry Project Submissions




 
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Preschool/Elementary: Activities, lesson plans, program information.

Middle/High School: This month's programs highlighted for classroom use.
Workshops and Events: Register online.
Community Outreach: Extension of programs through events, activities and local resources.
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Media Literacy: Tools for analyzing media's messages.

Contests: View current contests opportunities and past contests results.



Calling all Family
Home-Based Child Care
Providers


Win a Scholarship to attend the HAAEYC Fall Conference!
HoustonPBS and KCET’s A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa are sponsoring 150 scholarships for family home-based child care providers to attend the HAAEYC Fall Conference on October 24, at the Kingdom Builders Center, free of charge. Plus you’ll receive a certificate for 6 or 7 clock hours.  The entry deadline is October 19, 2009.  To register with a chance to win a scholarship, click
here.  More about HAAEYC Fall Conference.



Discover the Fun of Reading with HoustonPBS!








Visit our Fun with Reading webpage.

Visit A Place of Our Own website.

RESOURCES

America at a Crossroads
National Website



African American Lives
Local Resources
National Website



Dr. Becky Bailey
Conscious Discipline Website

Childhood Cancer/Other Life-Threatening Conditions
Local Resources
Frequently Asked Questions



Children's Mental Health
Use the online resource page to start your search for information.
Local Resources



FRONTLINE's Living Old  
Use the online resource page to start your search for information.
Local Resources



Looking for Lincoln  
Use the online resource page to learn more about the show and it's mission.
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Rx For Survival
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Rima, Fuego and the Children
Rima, Fuego Y Los Ninos" is a series of interstitials directed at pre-school and early elementary school-age children, ages 4 to 8, and their caregivers. Each program is designed to promote family reading by modeling the fun of reading contemporary children's books.
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A Place of Our Own
Los Niños en su Casa
M-F 12:30 p.m.
L-V
5:00 a.m.
Join HoustonPBS in welcoming one of the newest resources available to child care providers. A Place of Our Own and it's Spanish counterpart, Los Niños en su Casa make up a daily television series, a website, and an extensive outreach program devoted to the unique needs of people who care for children.  Both programs share ways for us all to help children acquire cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills, as well as nurture language and literacy development. 

 

 

 

 

 




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