PBS Kids Raising Readers Workshops

Raising Readers (2 hours)

Come explore the remarkable breadth and depth of resources available through the PBS KIDS Raising Readers initiative. Participants will get hands-on experience with the high quality, research based television programs such as “SuperWhy!” “Word World” and “Martha Speaks” and web based interactive learning resources such as PBS KIDS Island. It’s all free and available for you to use with young learners. PBS KIDS Raising Readers is a national project funded as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Ready To Learn grant and is managed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS and The Ready To Learn Partnership through a cooperative agreement.

Join the Carnival on PBS Kids Island!

PBS Kids Island When: Wednesday, October 7th, from 4:30 to 6 pm
Where: Downtown Phoenix - Eight Public Television Educational Outreach lab, 4th floor, ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Building, 555 N. Central, Phoenix, AZ

PBS Kids Island provides free reading games and activities for children, parents, caregivers and teachers to use at home or in the classroom. Children build an online island carnival by playing reading games with PBS KIDS characters. Providing a familiar and comfortable environment for emerging readers, the research-based program guides children through eight different literacy-building levels, including phonological awareness, letter recognition, letter sequencing, phonemic awareness, word families, phonics-decoding, text comprehension, and vocabulary. PBS KIDS Island currently serves children ages 2-5, but plans to expand content to include children ages 6-8.

Professional development certificates can be provided, and all workshops are offered free of charge.

To schedule workshops or for more information, please contact:
Mary Ann Dillon at 480 965-2313 or mary.dillon@asu.edu

555 N. Central Ave. Suite 500, Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 496-1104 asset@asu.edu