A place for parents to learn about their preschool children's favorite television shows with news from Playhouse Disney, Noggin, Nick Jr., and PBS Kids.
From the monthly archives:
On April 10th Noggin will premiere it’s newest show, Pinky Dinky Doo. The show is the brainchild of Jim Jinkins. Jinkins has quite the resume in preschool television as the co-creator of Stanley and JoJo’s Circus. Pinky Dinky Doo is actually based on a series of books that Jinkins authored. The books were inspired by [...]
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The New York Times has a lengthy article about The Wonder Pets. One element of the article discusses why Ming-Ming has twoubles with her R’s. Ms. Johnson said the show had received some questions from parents who wonder why Ming-Ming talks the way she does, turning R’s into W’s. She said that when Danica Lee, [...]
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Nick Jr. will air a new episode of Dora the Explorer in which Dora flashes back to her first adventure with Boots. In the episode, Dora leaves on a trip with a plain messenger bag. Along the way she meets Boots, Tico, Isa, and Benny. Eventually the group encounters Swiper for the first time. The [...]
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PBS Kids has picked up Caillou for a 4th season… The new season also features an all-animated format including music videos and interactive learning segments with Caillou speaking directly to viewers. PBS Kids Renews Caillou Technorati Tags: pbs kids, caillou
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PBS Kids will have a special 2 hour programming block on Earth Day, April 21st. The block will include episodes that show kids how they can make a difference in the environment and help care for the Earth. The following shows will be featured: It’s a Big Big World “Down in the Dumps/Who moved my [...]
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A pretty in depth article about the prevalence of music and music videos for preschoolers. It includes information on Jack’s Big Music Show, Laurie Berkner, and They Might Be Giants Noggin keeps music videos simple, with the artist performing on a brightly colored set with only a few props. That keeps kids from falling into [...]
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For those of you looking for Go Diego Go or Backyardigans apparel, the Brown Shoe Co. will have shoes and boots featuring the characters. The line will be available in July during back-to-school season.
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Today Nick Jr. premiered a new season of Miss Spider’s Sunnypatch Friends. The second season of the show has 20 episodes. New episodes will be shown at 12:30 each day March 13th through March 16th.
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Nickelodeon announced today their strategy for new show development and launches across video games, internet, podcasts and other media. It also announced several parts of it’s production schedule going forward. Items relevant to the preschool set include: Downward Doghouse: Twenty episodes have been ordered for the show which is set to launch March 2007. The [...]
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the premier of Blue’s Clues. Nickelodeon is doing several things to celebrate: Primetime Movie: On September 10th at 7:00pm a Blue’s Clues movie titled Meet Blue’s Baby Brother will air. In the movie Blue’s brother Sprinkles. The movie will feature a melding of Joe & Blue with the [...]
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