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WSKG Early
Childhood Literacy Initiative
The goal of WSKG's Ready to Learn Services is to strengthen early
literacy skills and prepare children for success in school. We
believe that anytime is learning time.
In collaboration with a variety of community partners, WSKG
demonstrates the use of PBS' educationally sound children's
programs and web resources as tools for learning in the home,
classroom and day care settings. Children's programs are broadcast
from 6:00am to 5:30pm every weekday on WSKG TV. Additional Saturday
and Sunday morning programs are also broadcast. With colorful
graphics, animated characters, and involving story lines, the shows
are fun and engaging for children, and based on extensive research
with input from educators. They incorporate tecnhiques proven to
help kids learn to read, write, communicate and understand
words.
Ready to Learn encourages adults to watch television and videos
with children, to limit the amount of television and other "screen"
use, to be more selective in guiding children's programming choices
and to use related books and activites to reinforce the knowledge
offered in educational children's TV programs.
Resources
In addition to TV programming and online resources, WSKG also
offers parent & caregiver workshops as well as literacy themed
outreach events. Since 2006, WSKG has hosted and/or participated in
35 literacy-themed events with over 6,000 visitors throughout our
21 county coverage area. In addition, hundreds of parents and
caregivers have participated in our literacy workshops. For
workshop and outreach information contact 607-729-0100 x369.
Click here for a
printable version of our full Early Childhood Literacy Initiative
one-sheet.
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Ready
to Learn
Online Resources
PBS
KIDS
PBS KIDS ISLAND
Between the Lions
Electric
Company
Great Word Quest
Martha
Speaks
Sesame
Street
Super WHY!
Word World
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