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
Wednesday, May 20 at 10 AM
Rudy is pretending to be a space alien from another planet. When his space ship won't start, Abby and Elmo play mechanics. They figure out what the problem is and fix Rudy's space ship.
Infant/Toddler
- Make an Ocean Mobile
Building a mobile helps show how remarkable the ocean is and reminds others that it’s a place worth protecting. Use materials from the recycling bin to create creatures and capture the environment. Real ocean items such as shells, pieces of driftwood, and dried seaweed are great, too, if you have them. - Space Helmet Activity
Preschool
- There’s No Planet Like My Planet
Create a Bortronian Power Cube Presentation and share your new place in space with friends and family. - "The Right Stuff" Moon Landing Game
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 — the space flight that put the first people on the moon — with a board game that is out of this world! - Create Flashlight Constellations
Whether viewing them in the night sky, at a planetarium or as projections onto your bedroom ceiling, looking up at the stars can be relaxing. - Arthur’s Moonlight Madness Game
Parent Resources
Molly of Denali
Wednesday, May 20 at 7:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Infant/Toddler
- Make a Bagel Bird Feeder
Many birds, like swallows, migrate long distances in search of food and safe, warm places to lay their eggs and raise their young. - Go Birdwatching With DIY Binoculars!
Transform a pair of toilet paper rolls into DIY binoculars by using a little duct tape and some imagination!
Preschool
- Molly of Denali Field Guide to Birds
Use Molly’s field guide to identify and learn more about birds in your neighborhood. - Bird is the Word
Birds are fascinating animals to watch, and it is fun to to learn how to identify them. Follow these ideas for how to get started on your bird watching expedition. - Build Edible Nests
Some animals, like birds, build and inhabit amazingly durable nests from readily available materials in their environments. In this activity, build a one-of-a-kind nest and then snack on it afterwards!
Parent Resources
Wild Weather
Wednesday, May 20 at 4 PM
Watch an innovative documentary that illustrates how weather works by performing brave, ambitious (even unlikely) experiments that show how nature transforms simple ingredients like wind, water and temperature into something spectacular and powerful.
Grades K-2
Observe various severe weather phenomena in this image gallery from WGBH. Weather is the combination of factors—temperature, wind, snow or rain, and sunlight and clouds—that happen in a specific place at a specific time. Sometimes the combination of factors describes different types of threatening weather conditions that can be severe and dangerous, such as a powerful blizzard or windstorm. Students can use the images in the gallery to observe various severe weather conditions and compare factors across the conditions.
Grades 5-8
Forests reduce flooding and rainfall runoff. Trees affect the weather. Weather affects trees. Natural disasters – tornadoes, hurricanes and fire – can be good for forests.
Grades 6-12
These writing prompts are tools for educators and students to use in the classroom to encourage creative writing. The topics covered in these clips are a variety of science related information bits that challenge a student to interpret what they see.
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:
- PBS KIDS Backgrounds for Your Next Video Chat
- KLRN is offering NEW PARENT Sessions go to the Events Page to register for these upcoming FREE sessions on Social Emotional Development 5/14, Healthy Kids 5/21 and Energy Conservation in the Home 5/28.
- For a list of FREE Wi-Fi locations around the community go here.
- The most recent KLRN Family Newsletter can be foundhere.
- Welcome to Frontline Child Care! On this site you will find information on child care options for Texas' frontline workers fighting to stop the spread of COVID-19.
- 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
Recursos para Padres:
- VIA lanza Wi-Fi gratis para estudiantes; El programa continuará de forma limitada, en función de la disponibilidad de recursos y la accesibilidad del sitio. Para ver si un punto de acceso de VIA Cares está disponible en su área, consulte la lista aqui.
- Recursos para ayudar a las Familias durante el COVID-19 de Fred Rogers Productions aqui.
- Como hablar con tus hijos sobre coronavirus
- Recursos de PreK-12 para Cierres de Emergencia de PBS LearningMedia
- Sesame Street el Autismo: Ver lo maravilloso en todos los niños.
- Recursos para Salud mental y consumo de sustancias de Texas Health and Human Services aqui
