PBS KIDS announced ROSIE’S RULES, a new 2D animated comedy series for preschoolers (ages 3-6). ROSIE’S RULES stars five-year-old Rosie Fuentes, a Mexican-American girl just beginning to learn about the fascinating, baffling, thrilling world beyond her family walls. The show aims to teach children concrete social studies lessons about how a community works, helping them develop their awareness of themselves as individuals and as part of a broader society. ROSIE’S RULES is slated to debut nationwide and on GPB in fall 2022.
GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library, is a free resource available to all educators, parents, and students in the state, whether via their school or local library. With more than 40 million searches each year, GALILEO is a go-to resource for lifelong learners in Georgia.
GPB Education is thrilled to announce the addition of Claw Control to our popular GASHA GO World games and animations for kids ages 4-8. The game leverages engaging characters and fun challenges to build kids’ foundational computer science (CS) skills. To help the Gashlings make stuffed animals to fill the claw machine, Claw Control encourages kids to break complex problems into smaller parts, known in the CS world as decomposition.
Georgia Public Broadcasting and PBS KIDS have joined forces to launch the free PBS KIDS STEAM Kits at home to encourage playful learning amongst families. Just like you, we know the best way to help young children learn is to give them a chance to learn and discover in different ways.
PBS KIDS named Georgia teacher Alison McClain as one the 2021 honorees of the PBS KIDS Early Learning Champions program. The awards, established in 2018, recognize and celebrate passionate educators who work with the nation’s youngest students, from infants to second graders. Through the Early Learning Champions program, PBS KIDS and local PBS stations surround educators with professional learning and networking opportunities.
The education team at Georgia Public Broadcasting is excited to announce the re-launch of our Mobile Virtual Reality (VR) Lab, an initiative made possible by the Imlay Foundation. The Mobile VR Lab is equipped with 48 Oculus Go virtual reality headsets that transport students to virtual environments without leaving the classroom. With our class set of VR headsets, each student can experience virtual reality firsthand.
We're thrilled to announce that Georgia Public Broadcasting has been awarded a $260,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS to extend the reach and impact of PBS KIDS early learning resources to local communities. Over the next four years, GPB will collaborate with local partners to create a “Learning Neighborhood” that fosters a community-wide culture of learning at home, in the neighborhood, and within local systems and spaces.
