KBYU Eleven offers free RESOURCES TO Fuel learning this summer

This summer, KBYU Eleven will provide families with a variety of free and educational resources to encourage young learners to continue learning and exploring over summer vacation. Research shows that students experience significant learning loss when they do not participate in educational activities during the summer months, and that loss is even greater among children in low-income communities. To combat this summer slump, PBS KIDS has developed 10 weeks of special on-air programming, a variety of online resources, and partnerships with Pottery Barn Kids, Education.com, Scholastic and Grandparents.com.

Check out these links for PBSKids.org, PBSParents.org, Education.com, and KBYUtv.org for learning activities, apps, and games to help your child enjoy learning.

Summer Learning Theme-Weeks

Starting Monday, June 3, presents 10 weeks of themed programming to inspire children ages 2-8 to explore and learn. Each week will feature episodes from a different PBS KIDS series.

The line-up includes:

• WILD KRATTS – “Bug Week,” starting June 3  
• SUPER WHY! – “Super You Week,” starting June 10
• SESAME STREET – “Literacy Quest Week,” starting June 17
• MARTHA SPEAKS – “Puppy Week,” starting June 2  
• CURIOUS GEORGE – “Creative George Week,” starting July 1        
• DINOSAUR TRAIN – “Dinosaurs A-Z” starting July 8  
• DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD – “Let’s Play Outside Week,” July 15
• THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! – “Let’s Get Wet Week,” starting July 22
• ARTHUR – “Sports Week,” starting July 29       
• WORDGIRL® – “What’s Up With WordGirl Week,” starting August 5

Check out KBYU's schedule online to see air times for these special episodes.

Enjoy these printable bookmark and Summer Reading Chart here:

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316,217 Utahns are living in poverty, that is over 11% of our population. Be part of the solution. Watch KBYU-TV, CHannel 11, Fridays in May and visit Community Aciton Partnership of Utah at www.caputah.org to see how you can EDUCATE, SHARE, and  SUPPORT.

Ask Eleven: Poverty in Utah Flyer.pdf

In response to the worst earthquake in Japan's recorded history, KBYU Eleven will air "Japan's Killer Quake," an original one-hour documentary from NOVA that takes viewers moment by moment through Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami which occured only two weeks ago.  The film can be seen on our web site under "Watch Now".  For more information on the show, please see the press release below.

Japans killer quake press release.pdf (91.43 kb)

Educational Resources from NOVA

Earthquakes: The Seismograph
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/earth/earthquakes-seismograph.html

Anatomy of a Tsunami
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/anatomy.html

Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.meltdown/

Earthquakes
Lesson Plan for Grades 6-12
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.lp_earthquakes/

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