LPB Parents
Summer is coming with LPB and PBS KIDS!
Coming May 1, 2025 --One-Hour Special plus 20 shorts
On LPB, Thursday, May 1, 06:30 AM and LPB KIDS on Friday, May 2, 09:30 PM
The ACOUSTIC ROOSTER series focuses on the importance of music in our everyday lives. The new PBS KIDS® animated special and series of shorts introduce a new generation of kids to the vibrant world of the arts, specifically Jazz music, while reinforcing the importance of collaboration, creativity, and self-expression. Centered on the titular character, a guitar-strumming Rooster arrives at the Bebop Barnyard to join a band for the Jammin’ Jazz Contest. After mastering three special Jazz skills, Rooster learns to collaborate with other musicians and becomes a member of the “Barnyard Band,” learning that the heart of Jazz lies in everyone being free to play together. Streaming FREE here.
Only 1 More Month to register for Camp LPB: Creature Adventures!
Come join us for Creature Adventures!
June 23-27, 2025
Creature Adventures for children ages 6 through 9! Camp LPB will engage kids in science, technology, engineering, math, and literacy with fun hands-on activities, digital media, and technology with the Wild Kratts! Camp is at LPB's Telecommunications Center located at 7733 Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, LA, from 9 AM - 12 NOON Monday-Friday. Cost is $175 per camper plus a non-refundable registration fee of $25.
Register HERE!
On Parenting: It's OK to Need a Break
It's okay to need alone time! How do you balance family caregiving with taking much-deserved breaks? #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
Expressing Feelings With Kids
Learning compassion, kindness, and how to communicate with others are skills that you can use at home and at school! #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
Gardening With Kids: How It Affects Your Child's Brain, Body and Soul
Do you struggle to get your children to eat healthy? Gardening can be an important tool in feeding your kid's body, brain and soul!
May Celebrations
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander voices and stories with books featuring Asian characters, written by Asian authors, or illustrated by Asian artists! #AAPIHeritageMonth
May 2 is National Space Day -- Curious about our place in space? Get to know our solar system with an out-of-this-world salt paint art project. #NationalSpaceDay
May 5-9 is Teacher Appreciation Week -- Teacher Harriet from “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” always knows just the right thing to say! Who is your favorite PBS KIDS teacher? May 6th is Teacher Appreciation Day! Thank a teacher today! These books are full of heartwarming stories about teachers who go above and beyond. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
May 11 is Mother's Day -- Mothers and mother figures everywhere, we celebrate you! Explore fun and creative crafts, cards, and recipe ideas to help you show your love this #MothersDay.
May 16 is Endangered Species Day -- Listening to bird songs or planning a trip to a farm are just a few ways to observe animal life while protecting species! #EndangeredSpeciesDay @wildkrattsofficial
PBS LearningMedia - Educational Digital Media Library for Learning at Home
Outdoor Classroom - Help your young students learn about nature and the joys of exploring outdoors with PBS KIDS! Encourage them to observe their natural world as they engage in learning about the wind, mud, flowers, gardening, and all the colorful nature items around them.
Don't forget to sign up for a FREE account for PBS LearningMedia! You can easily search for videos, lessons, interactives, and more by grade level and subject area.
INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS
It’s the eternal struggle for parents during the coming summer months! First, you are faced with the loudly and often expressed: “There’s nothing to do. I’m bored!” chorus. That’s followed by worries about the dreaded “summer slide” - the phenomenon where students lose some of their academic gains over the summer vacation.
If you find yourself struggling to find fun and easy ways to keep your kids engaged and learning, here’s a helpful and FREE resource that can help get middle school-aged kids excited about science.
The team at East Tennessee PBS have developed a new YouTube series called CHIP KIDS, designed to spark interest in STEAM concepts, particularly semiconductors! That might sound like a super heavy topic, but CHIP KIDS makes it fun and understandable.
Each episode is made in collaboration with educators, engineers, and industry experts and features a fun, hands-on experiment that can be recreated using ordinary, safe materials. The series and the accompanying learning materials aim to inspire and motivate all students to see science careers as exciting opportunities they can achieve. Visit the CHIP KIDS website at www.chipkids.org to learn more and check out the playlist on YouTube @TheChipKids.
PBS KIDS Game: Marble-ous Run
Marble-ous Run -- 🎢 Carl and his friends are building epic marble runs — and they need your help to finish them! Use ramps, springs, parachutes, and more to craft wild, wacky contraptions that send the marble zooming through each course.
🎶 Groove to awesome music as the marble zips, bounces, and soars through your creations!
🧩 Get ready to experiment, get creative, and build marble-ous contraptions in this fun puzzle game full of motion, music, and imagination! 💡✨
May PBS KIDS Family Night - Weekends on LPB KIDS!
Saturday, May 3 -- Tonight at 6 PM on @PBSKIDS Family Night, it's Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Elinor Wonders Why and back-to-back episodes of Pinkalicious!
Friday, May 9 -- Don't miss the new Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band at 6:30 PM on PBS KIDS!
Saturday May 17 -- It's a movie marathaon with the Wild Kratts! Watch Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero's Journey and Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure starting at 6 PM on PBS KIDS!
Saturday, May 24 -- Brambletown comes on at 6 PM followed by Rockets Saves the Day on PBS KIDS!
Family Night Snack Box
Stay safe and healthy LPB families! Keep doing an amazing job with your families!
Take care, Nancy Tooraen, ntooraen@lpb.org