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KLRN Learn at Home for Friday, April 17, 2020

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KLRN Learn at Home
KLRN Education

KLRN strives to provide valuable educational content to every family in our viewing area, from great drama, world-class music, in-depth news, fascinating "how-to" programs and, best of all — non-violent educational programs for your children.

During these uncertain times, KLRN is adapting and creating educational resources in an easy-to-follow format. We aim to provide educational content and resources that support every family in our community.

With these daily blog posts, you will find two PBS Kids programs featured, and accompanying educational activities that will help extend learning into your home. In addition to that we have added a new 4 PM time slot that aims at providing some content for older school age students. You will find resources tied to each of these programs aired daily with lessons from our PBS LearningMedia site.

We hope that this will provide your family a way to enjoy the PBS shows you love and extend the learning into your home.

All the best,
KLRN’s Education Team

Sesame Street: Elmo’s Playdate

Friday, April 17 at 10 AM

Coming to you from Elmo's Apartment in the heart of Sesame Street, join Elmo, his friends, and his special celebrity guests for thirty minutes of dancing, laughing, singing...and even snacks with Cookie Monster! It's a virtual hug to kids and families to show we can all get through this together, chase the clouds away, and bring a "sunny day" from Sesame Street to you and your family.

Infant

  • Provide rattles and other shake-shake toys for babies. They will be curious to hear the interesting sounds made as they shake the rattles. Babies older than 6 months, often love to tear and rip. Old papers are good for ripping, this also makes sounds.
  • Reading books is a great activity for children of all ages. Sesame street has made available free digital books for children. For free Amazon ebooks go here, for free Apple e books go here, for free Google Play books go here.

Toddler

  • Invent a Special hug with your child. Elmo gives so many different kinds of hugs! Reassure kids that a hug can help them feel better when they’re feeling scared or sad. Together, invent different types of hugs for the special people in kids’ lives. Use this downloadable resource to help.
  • ABC Scrub With Me!
    Why do we wash hands after we go potty, before we eat, after playing outdoors, after we sneeze on them? Germs! This fun activity helps kids visualize germs while practicing their alphabet skills.
  • Find the Beginning Letter Sounds
    This simple card game is a fun, easy way to teach your child letter sounds.
  • Time to Wash Your Hands!
    This short and fun video talks about why it’s important to wash your hands often throughout the day!

Preschool

  • Helping Kids Soothe Themselves
    Thinking about what brings them comfort can help kids soothe themselves.
  • Staying Healthy Sesame Street Coloring Pages.
  • Caring for Myself, Caring for Others
    Sesame Street video about washing hands. When we take good care of ourselves, we take good care of others!
  • See Sound Waves
    We know we can hear sound made by musical instruments, radios, car horns and voices, but did you know there is also a way we can “see” sound? Sound is a vibration, or wave, that travels through the air. In this activity, your child will use different noise-making objects to cause sound waves and make sand visibly move.
  • Identify Soft and Loud Sounds in this Homemade Game; Listen to the sounds around you and play a sorting game.

Grades PreK-2

What Is Sound?

Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids about sound. Whether used for entertainment or communication, all sounds are created the same way, with tiny vibrations.

Parent Resources

  • Soothing & Comforting
    During tough times and stressful situations, it can feel as if our worlds have been turned upside down. Your children look to you for guidance and comfort—so this is a great chance to show them that, even in times of unease, your family is in this together no matter what.
  • Watching for Signs of Stress
    During tough times, when there is a lot of change and uncertainty, children may just not be themselves. Just like grown-ups, kids experience stress.
  • Light and Sound
    Explore Light and Sound With Your Two-Year-Old. Article from PBS Parents
  • Talking to Children About COVID-19
    Facing a health emergency can bring up feelings of stress, uncertainty, and confusion, especially for young children. While we don’t want to overload them with scary information, we can try to answer their questions honestly. This article provides lots of great tips and information for parents.

Odd Squad: Flawed Squad / The Creature Whisperer

Friday, April 17 at 2 PM

Flawed Squad - The Villains team up to break into Odd Squad headquarters. Curriculum: Data Collection and analysis; Using tally marks to track data; Graphing. The Creature Whisperer - The agents struggle to catch an odd creature. Curriculum: Composition and Decomposition of 2D shapes.

Infant / Toddler

  • Provide squeezable play dough to arouse babies' pleasure in tactile discovery. Be sure to watch carefully. At this age, many items go into the mouth. You will need to refocus the baby on squeezing the play dough and pounding it, rather than tasting it.
  • Safely introduce a pop-up toy. Show them how a pop-up toy works. Allow the child to play with the toy by turning the handle until the toy pops up. Keep in mind that children get frustrated very easily when their curiosity is not satisfied, they might need your help.

Preschool

  • Stop the Shape Thief
    In order to crack the case, like Olive and Otto in the episode “Crime at Shapely Manor,” you and your child will identify shapes, explore how shapes can be composed of other shapes and use this knowledge to stop Chris in his tracks before he swipes your most commonly-shaped objects.
  • Use a Number Line to Catch a Thief
    It’s a case for the Odd Squad: a thief is stealing objects from the Trophy Room, and only with subtraction sleuthing skills, a number line, and a secret gadget from the Odd Squad’s lab will agents be able to figure out “whodunit,” crack the case and put things right again.
  • Make Mystery Footprints
    Detectives often look for clues, like footprints, to help them solve a case. Using the sole of a shoe as the “stamp” and the paint as the “ink,” create a trail of footprints to examine together.

American Masters: Jacques Pepin

Friday, April 17 at 4 PM

Discover the story of Chef Jacques Pepin, a young immigrant with movie-star looks and a charming Gallic accent, who elevated essential kitchen techniques to an art form to become one of America's most beloved food icons.

Grades 1-3

"Ugly" Food and Food Waste | Cyberchase

Jackie wants to make her perfect pumpkin pie for Giving Thanks Day, but all the “perfect” pumpkins are gone! All that’s left on the farm are dented pumpkins and lots of "ugly” produce that no one wanted to buy. This video from Cyberchase teaches students that “ugly” looking produce tastes the same and is just as healthy as produce that looks “perfect.” Support materials include fruit and vegetable cards, discussion questions, vocabulary, and a blind taste test activity.

Grades 6-12

Watch this modern take on a classic Italian recipe using fresh ingredients to prepare an amazing tomato galette.

As scientists decode how our taste and olfactory receptors work, top California chefs are using that knowledge to create alchemy in the kitchen. Learn about the elements that make up flavor, explore how top chefs use science to create particular flavor sensations, and review examples of how sensory science impacts our lives in this video segment from QUEST, produced by KQED.

We hope you enjoyed some of these activities. If you follow KLRN on your facebook account please be sure to share your activities and use the #KLRNeducates and #KLRNLearnatHome tags.

Tune in tomorrow for more learning fun with your favorite PBS Kids programs.

Parent Resources:

  • VIA Rolls Out Free Wi-Fi for Students The program will continue on a limited basis, based on resource availability and site accessibility. To see if a VIA Cares hotspot is available in your area, click here.
  • The most recent KLRN Family Newsletter can be foundhere.
  • Find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs, including new programs for the COVID-19 pandemic here.
  • New Sesame Street site with Autism resources in English and Spanish. Resources highlight that all children are amazing in their own ways. And, at a time when many families are experiencing unprecedented uncertainty, the resources provide coping strategies for parents of children with autism, supporting them as they adjust to a “for-now” normal while still addressing their children’s unique needs.
  • United Way of San Antonio various resources.
  • Temporary emergency childcare assistance (up to 3 weeks) will be provided for licensed and registered childcare center or licensed/registered home care. Info here.
  • Mental Health & Substance Use Resources from Texas Health and Human Services

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