Bella's plans to build a spa in the basement are running over budget while she deals with an unexpected and unwelcome return from someone closer to home. Meanwhile, the hotel is facing an anonymous inspection from an influential travel guide.
As Cecil tries to buy his way back into Bella's affections, Lucian and Constance acknowledge their mutual attraction. Elsewhere, Nish overcomes his qualms to help Gianluca strike a blow against Mussolini's Fascists with disastrous results.
Cecil becomes embroiled with gangsters who have taken over the local casino. With Nish on the run and now being hunted by Danioni, Bella and Lucian must help him avoid arrest. And emotions between Lucian and Constance come to a head.
Night of the Tibble - The Tibble Twins are having their first sleepover! The lucky victim...err, guest: James. Will the Tibbles lock him in the dark basement? Strap him to the terrifying Flatter Fling? Serve him cupcakes and cookies for dinner?!? Read and Flumberghast - A cupcake's been stolen! The primary suspect: Tommy Tibble. D.W. gathers a jury and demands that justice be served. Can D.W. get Tommy to confess? Or will she lose control of this kangaroo court?
Zero Effect - Olive and Otto must stop zeroes from disappearing before the missing zeroes destroy the town... and Otto turns into a baby. Curriculum: Numbers and counting; place value. Bad Luck Bears - When odd things start happening to the Bears basketball team, Olive and Otto must set things straight before the big game. Curriculum: Number operations; addition problems with different addend combinations.
The Whole Mitten Kaboodle After realizing she's lost one of her favorite Suki mittens, Molly must retrace her steps around Qyah in order to track it down. Eagle Tale It's Father's Day and Molly has the perfect idea for a gift - a storytelling performance complete with animal masks. Trini, Tooey, and Oscar are ready and willing to perform... or they would be if Molly could get them organized! Luckily, Auntie Midge steps in with some tips and tricks for staving off this Father's Day disaster!
When Alma and Rafia find a bird's nest in the park's basketball hoop, they recruit their friends to help keep it safe. But when it's time to go home, Alma tries to think of a way to protect the nest, even when her friends aren't around. After cleaning up the playground, Alma, her family, and friends are surprised to find it full of litter again the next day! Alma and her friends go undercover and follow the litter clues to find out where the trash is coming from.
Based on the popular Scholastic book series by Norman Bridwell about the lovable oversized canine with his head in the clouds but four paws planted firmly on the ground, Clifford presents a larger-than-life view of the world. With his loving human, Emily Elizabeth, and dog pals, Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford inhabits a colorful island community, inviting viewers on a fun-filled journey through childhood, navigating the dips and curves along the way. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG emphasizes good citizenship and the importance of community. Each episode concludes with a component of Clifford's Big Ideas - 10 different attributes children learn to embrace - which leaves them with something to think about and practice in their lives.
The kids can't play shadow tag because the Sun keeps going behind clouds. Mindy wants the sun to be out all the time! Face 9000 tells them about a system with not one, but three suns! That sounds like a place where there would be shadows all the time. Celery takes them to visit in the family saucer. Sean becomes an amateur magician called the Great Seanzo, dazzling the other kids with magnet tricks. Jet becomes fascinated by magnets, and they all explore the various things magnets can do, culminating in a magic magnet show for Carrot.
When our heroes learn that lots of paper is being wasted in different ways, they embark on a mission with Branchman (an adult superhero), to understand the problem and plan a solution to use less paper, while encouraging others to do so as well. Curriculum: By using less paper, we can help save trees. / When Jetman Jones tries to get a super sidekick, he's surprised when he's sent a chicken. It runs away and Sparks' Crew uses their Superpowers of Science to gather evidence and track it down. Curriculum: Finding clues can help solve problems.
It's a snow day in Someplace Else! Will Panda's pals want to do all his favorite snow activities from Planet Purple?/Bob Dog wants to win a glowy, snowy, floating fun ball, so he thinks of things he's good at to play Gameshow Gator's new snow game.
Auctioneer George - George has one dollar to buy anything he wants at the Annual Corn Roast and Attic Auction, and he sets his sights on a pair of red elephant mittens. When the Man with the Yellow Hat leaves George alone, he bids...and bids...and wins! Only, he didn't realize how bidding works, and now he owes $100. While George tries to re-auction the mittens himself, Marco searches the city for the only person unique enough to pay $101 for red elephant mittens...Mr. Glass. Sock Monkey Opera - When Betsy gets the chicken pox and can't see her favorite opera, Hansel & Gretel, she sends George in her place. George loves the opera so much, he decides to cheer up Betsy by performing for his itchy friend. But how can one little monkey sing, dance, and act for an entire cast of characters?
A Change of Art - Elinor and her class are painting outdoors with the town's enthusiastic art teacher, Mr. Lion, when they run out of paint. A flabbergasted Mr. Lion apologizes, but soon the kids begin to experiment with natural items they find, and discover nature is full of colors you can use to paint: grass paints green and you can use strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries to paint your canvas. The kids happily finish their paintings, and when they're all done, Elinor proudly shows off her picture, which shows her true love of nature. The Litterbug - Elinor, Ari and Olive are in the park when they see Mrs. Hippo picking up litter and doing her best to keep Animal Town clean. The kids decide to help her, but when they finish, they realize that the park they just cleaned is full of litter again! That must mean Animal Town has a litterbug. After doing some investigating, the kids realize who the litterbug is -- it's Mrs. Hippo herself! It turns out that one of the bags she was using to collect trash had a hole in it, so she was dropping litter behind her everywhere they went.
Roberto Clemente encourages Xavier, Yadina, and Brad to help however they can when they realize the museum water fountain is broken on a hot day. / Kristi Yamaguchi shows Yadina that it's okay to ask for help when she's learning how to roller skate.
It's Neighborhood Market Day and Rosie searches for something to sell, but nothing seems quite right. / Rosie and Javi open a slime store, but realize they don't have enough slime, so they have to make more.
Daniel Does Gymnastics - When Daniel goes to gymnastics for the first time, he feels a little nervous to join in with his friends. Dad Tiger helps Daniel feel brave by doing the gymnastics movements together and showing him that he can do it all on his own. The Big Slide - Daniel and O the Owl are excited to ride the dinosaur slide at the playground, but when O sees how tall it is, he gets a little scared. Daniel and Mom Tiger help O feel brave, and he goes down the slide - he loves it so much he even goes down again!
Zadie earns Jr. EMT status, and a ride in the Boo-Boo Blimp, when she assists Ellie on her emergency calls. Then the Wombats artfully use shapes to make a boat-shaped birthday cake for Cece, Carly and Clyde.
The Whole Mitten Kaboodle After realizing she's lost one of her favorite Suki mittens, Molly must retrace her steps around Qyah in order to track it down. Eagle Tale It's Father's Day and Molly has the perfect idea for a gift - a storytelling performance complete with animal masks. Trini, Tooey, and Oscar are ready and willing to perform... or they would be if Molly could get them organized! Luckily, Auntie Midge steps in with some tips and tricks for staving off this Father's Day disaster!
The Pteranodon family is super excited to be traveling to the "Classic in the Jurassic," an Olympic-type competition in which different dinosaur teams representing the three Mesozoic time periods will compete in various contests. Today's competition is a race between turtle and theropod teams. When the fast-running theropods all get tangled up at the finish line, the race comes down to the slow-moving turtles. It's an exciting race as the turtles are neck and neck! Who will win this pre-historic match up?? Buddy, Tiny and Mrs. Pteranodon are eating lunch at Pteranodon Terrace, and even though they've just eaten a big fish meal, Buddy's tummy is still grumbly-hungry. Mom understands that because Buddy is a carnivore he needs meat, so she takes the kids to the Dining Car on the Dinosaur Train to get him some carrion. While dining, Laura Giganotosaurus tells Buddy that the best meal she ever ate was prepared by her cousin, Chef Carson Carcharodontosaurus. So Buddy, Tiny, Mom and Laura all travel to meet the boisterous and generous Chef C and eat some of his famous carrion dishes. Buddy's tummy is happily full when our family leaves to head home. They even bring back a snack for Mr. Conductor!
"Invasion of the Flutterbugs" The Pinkertons are shocked to find their house is suddenly swarming with Flutterbugs! What could possibly be drawing them in and more importantly, how can Pinkalicious and Peter get them to leave? Curriculum: (Music) Exploring the musical concept of a repeat song as a means to communicate, connect and make music. "Ballet of the Bells" Pinkalicious and Peter find a box of handbells and their playing attracts the fairy, Bellerina! She tells them that if they continue practicing, even more fairies will come dance to their music. But can the show go on when Peter accidentally breaks one of the bells? Curriculum: (Music) Bell music; bells make higher or lower pitches depending on their size. Interstitial: Kids from the Boston City Singers discuss the fundamentals of singing.
Lyla and her siblings embark on a mission to "debug" their morning routine so they never miss the bus again! / Lyla wants to learn a popular clap and dance sequence that everyone in her family can do - except for her.
It's Jobs Day on Sesame Street! Elmo and his friends are learning about jobs they would like to do when they grow up. Elmo wants to be a cook like Alan who makes yummy food, Tamir wants to be an engineer like Nina who fixes things, and Mia wants to be a painter like Frida Kahlo who uses beautiful colors in her paintings. Gabrielle knows that she really loves dogs and other animals, but she doesn't know what she wants to do yet. When Gabrielle offers to take Tango to her checkup, she meets a veterinarian who helps animals by making sure they are healthy. Gabrielle finally knows what job she wants to do, a veterinarian because she loves animals and wants to help them stay healthy. And she learns that if you work hard and practice, you can do anything you want to do.
When Alma and Rafia find a bird's nest in the park's basketball hoop, they recruit their friends to help keep it safe. But when it's time to go home, Alma tries to think of a way to protect the nest, even when her friends aren't around. After cleaning up the playground, Alma, her family, and friends are surprised to find it full of litter again the next day! Alma and her friends go undercover and follow the litter clues to find out where the trash is coming from.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN's flagship hourly news program delivers the latest world news, business and weather, with a focus on Japan and the rest of Asia.
Centuries ago, Tokyo was known as Edo. More than a million people enjoyed life in this small but abundant city. They live on in ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Each episode is a deep dive into a single print, and an exploration of the soul of Old Tokyo. We examine works by artists like Hokusai and Hiroshige not just for their aesthetic and historical value, but for the stories they tell of everyday life. That is how the people of Edo themselves enjoyed this mass-produced medium.
The Murakami Kaizoku were seafarers and fighters in the Seto Inland Sea. We explore their history and legacy, with footage from time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke. This time, Seto Inland Sea.
This program takes you on an aerial journey across 21st century Japan. Enjoy the bird's-eye view of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago.
The best of today's sumo! Enjoy daily highlights of this dynamic sport with background info and play-by-play commentary adding to the excitement!
Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.
Follow the live special coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, co-anchored by News Hour's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN's flagship hourly news program delivers the latest world news, business and weather, with a focus on Japan and the rest of Asia.
Introducing a colorful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Beautiful Japan. Explore the four seasons across Japan, through its long history, ancient traditions, local festivals, food and daily life.
BBC NEWS gives audiences a detailed look into news stories from around the world. Targeted to an audience looking for more depth to their daily coverage, it features field reporting with breakdowns from regional correspondents and expert guests covering a broad range of topics from breaking news to the latest in sport.
PBS NewsHour provides in-depth analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews and discussions of domestic and international issues. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett co-anchor.
Enjoy vintage segments from classic episodes of Spectrum Hawaii and Pau Hana Years.
David Attenborough presents seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature and explores the significance of these songs in the lives of their species. Each one - from the song of the largest lemur to the song of the humpback whale to the song of the lyrebird - was recorded in his lifetime. But will they soon be heard no more? Contrary to Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection, a new generation of scientists have discovered that animal song is not just the preserve of males. Females sing too. But there are also fears that we do not have much longer to hear them. Because as humankind gets noisier, the rest of the planet is falling silent. Joyous, surprising and poignant, this story of pioneering research and astounding insight is a chorus of wonder and a wake-up call.
A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? From cancer cures to Terminator-style takeovers, leading experts explore what A.I. can - and can't - do today, and what lies ahead.
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH PRESENTS: THE NATURAL WORLD - PUSHING BOUNDARIES explores expanded horizons, traveling from the driest deserts in Africa all the way to the mountainous Himalayas. This hour-long documentary features photography and original musical compositions by Todd Gustafson that bring striking natural landscapes and the wonders of the wilderness into the comfort of the living room.
Tonight on Amanpour and Company: David Frum, Staff Writer, The Atlantic / Former Speechwriter for President George W. Bush; Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Luci Baines Johnson, Daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Walter Isaacson interviews Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire.
Grover has a new job as a kitty sitter. He counts the kitties to see how many there are altogether. One, two, there, four four kitties altogether. Another kitty comes by and then another. Grover needs to count from the beginning all over again. The Count shares a counting shortcut counting on! Instead of starting all over, he can count on from where he left off. Grover uses the shortcut and counts seven kitties altogether. The kitties are now hungry so they walk over to Hooper's. At first, he only finds four blue kitty bowls. But Chris mentions he also has three yellow bowls. By using Count's counting shortcut, Grover's able to count seven bowls, one for each kitty. Grover loves this counting shortcut!
The Knights of the Pink Table are ready to go on a new quest! Peter wants to go too, but he's not a knight. Even with help from Pinkalicious the Brave and Jasmine the Daring, how will he go from being the Squire of the Scooter to Peter the Courageous? / Peter's Kazoo Club is about to have its first meeting! But after a strange encounter with a sprite named Spritely, nothing in Pinkville sounds quite like it should. Pinkalicious and her friends will need to find Spritely and return all the sounds to their proper place so the kids can get kazoo-ing!
Echo Location - On a camping trip, the kids discover that Ari is really good at playing Marco Polo. Even without saying "Marco," a blindfolded Ari can easily figure out where Olive and Elinor are. How does he do it? They get a clue when they learn about echoing voices from a cliff face and understand that bats make a special noise only a few animals can hear that helps them know what's around them. Ears to You - One day while playing at the lake, Elinor and her friends notice something very interesting -- they can't see ears on some animals. That's so interesting! How do they hear? This question sets the kids off to explore, and they soon learn how frogs, fish and moles hear. Even though it looks like those animals don't have any ears at all, the kids discover they do have ears, but that they're just hard to notice, because they are good for hearing underground or underwater. Just like there are lots of different kinds of animals, there are also lots of different kinds of ears!
The gang wants to climb to the top of Mighty Mountain, but some ATV riders keep getting in the way! Can the crew still enjoy their day? / The pals decide to split up after an argument. Oh no! Can they reunite and help each other out?
For more than 75 years, generations of young children have been charmed by the literary adventures of Curious George. Based on the best-selling Curious George books by Margret and H. A. Rey, the daily series expands George's world to include a host of colorful new characters and original locales, while maintaining the charm of the beloved books. Each half-hour episode includes two animated stories, followed by short live-action pieces showing real kids who are investigating the ideas that George introduces in his stories. The series aims to inspire kids to explore science, math and engineering in the world around them.
Inspired by the best-selling kids book series, Ordinary People Change the World, by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM follows the adventures of Xavier, Yadina and Brad as they tackle everyday problems by doing something extraordinary: traveling back in time to learn from real-life inspirational figures like Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson when they were kids. Each adventure will help young viewers make the connection between the skills that made these historical figures heroes and those same qualities within themselves, helping them discover that they, too, can change the world.
Portalandia - The Mobile Unit's first case is to return a plant to the 17th dimension. Curriculum: Tessellation. Slides and Ladders - Oswald must learn everything he can about the Mobile Unit van before an important interview. Curriculum: Negative Numbers.
Is the Brain a snob? That seems to be the only explanation for why he won't go to Waterworld with the rest of his friends. Arthur tries to discover what's really bugging the Brain. In the second story, Arthur's a notorious joke-killer. But when he's scheduled to perform as a carnival clown, Arthur decides he'll learn how to make people laugh --or else!
Froggy of Denali Molly and Tooey find a frog, and Molly decides to keep it as a pet... until she realizes that frogs are more high maintenance than she thought. Molly Mabray and the Mystery Stones Molly and Tooey have been learning about petroglyphs, ancient stone-carvings, and can't wait to see them in real life on their trip to Sitka. But when they arrive at the beach supposedly covered in petroglyphs, all they see is water. Will they solve the mystery in time to see the petroglyphs?
Alma's great at beatboxing so good that she thinks she doesn't need to practice with Eddie and Becka before their backyard show. She finds out the hard way that practice makes perfect when she ruins the performance. Alma wants to be a "super sister" to Junior, just like Tia Gloria is to Mami. But when Junior doesn't seem happy with her not-so-super deeds, Alma must figure out what being a "super sister" really means.
ARTHUR is based on the best-selling children's books by Marc Brown. The series revolves around an eight year-old aardvark, his four year-old sister DW, and their family and friends. ARTHUR is a show about being a kid, exploring the world, and finding your place in it. It's about kids finding inner strengths, learning to make choices for themselves, taking responsibility for them and of course, having fun. In each episode, Arthur and his gang guide us through stories that deal with real "kid issues" -- timeless difficulties and joys that all kids experience. The series also models the joys and rewards of literacy by presenting the many ways kids and adults incorporate reading and writing into their lives. Above all, ARTHUR is a comedy that tells its stories from a kids' point of view, never moralizing or talking down to them.
It Takes Goo to Make a Feud Go Right - Olympia and Otis are tasked with calling a truce between feuding guests. Curriculum: using a Venn diagram, 3D shapes: spheres and cubes. Friends of Odd Squad - Ms. O leaves headquarters in the hands of an unlikely crew. Curriculum: spatial sense: mapping; position, location and direction.
Mollyball After wet cement ruins Molly and the gang's plans for a basketball rematch, they head over to the Trading Post where they create a new game called Mollyball! As the game gets more and more complex, the kids must figure out a way of explaining the rules and later, how to end the game. Visit Qyah While looking through a travel guide of different Alaskan villages, Molly discovers that Qyah isn't included! Molly convinces the guide's author to visit her village and gets everyone involved to show the writer a good time. Will Molly succeed in getting Qyah into the guidebook?
When Chacho chews holes in the socks that Alma was planning to donate for the Community Center's Bomba Drum Fundraiser, she has to figure out a way to transform the holey mess into a new success. Alma offers to record Papi's animal show while he's busy and recruits her friends and their talented pets to help. But Alma keeps messing up on the camera. Will this week's show be cancelled?
Lyla, Everett, and her sisters build makeshift carnival games for their brother Luke using household and recycled materials. / Louisa seeks help from Lyla, Luke, and Stu to create a special beat for her school presentation on Mae Jemison.
The gang travels to the Gobi Desert to discover the last remaining wild camels in the world. They experience the harshness of the desert landscape and are rescued from it only by the wild Bactrian camels and their amazing survival skills.
Someone Else's Feelings: Daniel and O the Owl are pretending to be handymen, using their toy tools to make "repairs" to Daniel's playhouse. Daniel is having lots of fun hammering loudly, but it's upsetting O, who would rather do something quieter. Daniel loves hammering so much that it's hard for him to see why it upsets O. Mom helps Daniel be empathetic and think about how O is feeling: Daniel remembers a time when he was upset because Miss Elaina was being way too loud for him. He doesn't want O to feel this way, and realizes that they can both have fun as quiet handymen! Empathy at School: Chrissie and Daniel are playing together at school today, but when Chrissie loses her special bracelet, she doesn't feel like playing anymore. Daniel has trouble understanding why until Teacher Harriet shows him how to be empathetic and think about how Chrissie may be feeling. Daniel remembers just how worried he was when he thought he had lost Tigey, and decides to stop playing and help find the bracelet.
103A Tia needs someone to take care of Benito, her puppy. This sounds like the perfect job for Rosie the dog sitter. 103B Rosie decides to be a chef and opens her own restaurant with Iggy, but soon realizes she needs to do more tasks than cooking.
Elmo, Rosita, and Rudy are making a submarine! They use cardboard boxes to build their submarine but it's not big enough to fit all three of them. This is a problem! They wonder if there's something big enough that's not too heavy. What if they combine two boxes to make one big box? Let's try! It works. They didn't give up and added on windows, propellers, and rudders to their submarine and pretended to explore the ocean using their imagination.
Zeke's sorting choices prove interesting when he volunteers to be Mr. E's "Helper for the Day." / The Wombats are psyched to race in the Treeborhood Derby, but can't get their homemade car out of the house, let alone to the starting line.
Donkey and Bob Dog love riding Harriett's new Swoop-a-rino, but Duck Duck can't figure out how to fly it. Can she learn to do it?/Donkey takes Duck Duck on an adventure where she has to make a lot of choices. How will she decide which way to go?
When a new girl, Iris, moves in across the street, Pinkalicious makes a new friend; Pinkalicious and Peter use Peter's new spy gear when they overhear Mayor Martinez say that everything pink has to go.
Follow Your Nose - The kids are having fun smelling some flowers, but Ari has a bit of a cold and his nose is stuffed up, so he can't smell anything. This makes Elinor wonder why they need to smell at all. After investigating, the kids figure out that smelling is good for lots of reasons, including to be able to taste things, and to tell where things are. In the end, the girls decide to help Ari by smelling everything for him until his cold goes away. Leaf Charms - Elinor is excited to do some exploring with Camilla Dromedary, but Camilla seems more interested in playing dress up. Camilla doesn't think Nature is very exciting because it's all trees with leaves and its all... green! After a while they go outside and Camilla discovers that leaves come in all different shapes and colors. It turns out Nature has something she loves: a lot of flair! The girls use the leaves to make some special charms and necklaces to remind them of their fun day exploring
NATURE CAT follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, "backyard explorer extraordinaire." Nature Cat can't wait to get outside for a day of backyard nature excursions and bravery, but there's one problem: He's still a house cat with no instincts for nature. Like many of today's kids, Nature Cat is eager and enthusiastic about outside activities, but is at times intimidated by them. With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on action-packed adventures that include exciting missions full of nature investigation, "aha" discovery moments and humor, all while inspiring children to go outside and "play the show."
Grease Monkey in Space: The Man with the Yellow Hat's dream of space travel is finally coming true! He's been assigned to repair a large telescope, but on the day of the big launch Professors Wiseman, Pizza and Einstein realize that it's actually a two-man - or rather, a one-man and one-monkey - job. Soon it's up to George to complete the mission and replace the telescope's batteries. George has only a few minutes before his air runs out to accomplish his task and remember his right, his left and his shapes. Can George save the day or will the space walk turn into a space "whoops?" Pinata Vision: When George attends Betsy's birthday party he is ready for a day of fun with friends. Steve and Betsy blindfold George and give him the first shot at breaking open the birthday pinata - but when George swings the bat without any sense of where he's aiming, he makes a grand mess instead. To help George improve his game, Steve blindfolds George and sets him off to try and find Charkie - and George navigates his way around the city by using only his hands, ears and sense of touch. His adventure leads him to some familiar places and ultimately back to the sweet pinata prize!
Jim Thorpe shows Brad that if he wants to play flag football, observing others is a great way to learn. / Norval Morrisseau shows Yadina that art has the power to share important ideas.
ARTHUR is based on the best-selling children's books by Marc Brown. The series revolves around an eight year-old aardvark, his four year-old sister DW, and their family and friends. ARTHUR is a show about being a kid, exploring the world, and finding your place in it. It's about kids finding inner strengths, learning to make choices for themselves, taking responsibility for them and of course, having fun. In each episode, Arthur and his gang guide us through stories that deal with real "kid issues" -- timeless difficulties and joys that all kids experience. The series also models the joys and rewards of literacy by presenting the many ways kids and adults incorporate reading and writing into their lives. Above all, ARTHUR is a comedy that tells its stories from a kids' point of view, never moralizing or talking down to them.
It Takes Goo to Make a Feud Go Right - Olympia and Otis are tasked with calling a truce between feuding guests. Curriculum: using a Venn diagram, 3D shapes: spheres and cubes. Friends of Odd Squad - Ms. O leaves headquarters in the hands of an unlikely crew. Curriculum: spatial sense: mapping; position, location and direction.
Mollyball After wet cement ruins Molly and the gang's plans for a basketball rematch, they head over to the Trading Post where they create a new game called Mollyball! As the game gets more and more complex, the kids must figure out a way of explaining the rules and later, how to end the game. Visit Qyah While looking through a travel guide of different Alaskan villages, Molly discovers that Qyah isn't included! Molly convinces the guide's author to visit her village and gets everyone involved to show the writer a good time. Will Molly succeed in getting Qyah into the guidebook?
When Chacho chews holes in the socks that Alma was planning to donate for the Community Center's Bomba Drum Fundraiser, she has to figure out a way to transform the holey mess into a new success. Alma offers to record Papi's animal show while he's busy and recruits her friends and their talented pets to help. But Alma keeps messing up on the camera. Will this week's show be cancelled?
Lyla, Everett, and her sisters build makeshift carnival games for their brother Luke using household and recycled materials. / Louisa seeks help from Lyla, Luke, and Stu to create a special beat for her school presentation on Mae Jemison.
The gang travels to the Gobi Desert to discover the last remaining wild camels in the world. They experience the harshness of the desert landscape and are rescued from it only by the wild Bactrian camels and their amazing survival skills.
Someone Else's Feelings: Daniel and O the Owl are pretending to be handymen, using their toy tools to make "repairs" to Daniel's playhouse. Daniel is having lots of fun hammering loudly, but it's upsetting O, who would rather do something quieter. Daniel loves hammering so much that it's hard for him to see why it upsets O. Mom helps Daniel be empathetic and think about how O is feeling: Daniel remembers a time when he was upset because Miss Elaina was being way too loud for him. He doesn't want O to feel this way, and realizes that they can both have fun as quiet handymen! Empathy at School: Chrissie and Daniel are playing together at school today, but when Chrissie loses her special bracelet, she doesn't feel like playing anymore. Daniel has trouble understanding why until Teacher Harriet shows him how to be empathetic and think about how Chrissie may be feeling. Daniel remembers just how worried he was when he thought he had lost Tigey, and decides to stop playing and help find the bracelet.
103A Tia needs someone to take care of Benito, her puppy. This sounds like the perfect job for Rosie the dog sitter. 103B Rosie decides to be a chef and opens her own restaurant with Iggy, but soon realizes she needs to do more tasks than cooking.
Donkey and Bob Dog love riding Harriett's new Swoop-a-rino, but Duck Duck can't figure out how to fly it. Can she learn to do it?/Donkey takes Duck Duck on an adventure where she has to make a lot of choices. How will she decide which way to go?
Zeke's sorting choices prove interesting when he volunteers to be Mr. E's "Helper for the Day." / The Wombats are psyched to race in the Treeborhood Derby, but can't get their homemade car out of the house, let alone to the starting line.
When the Loops vacuum breaks, Luke, Lyla, and Everett test vacuums to pick the best one. / When the Loops don't have the right ingredients to make cookies, the kids set out to make them using substituted ingredients.
NATURE CAT follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, "backyard explorer extraordinaire." Nature Cat can't wait to get outside for a day of backyard nature excursions and bravery, but there's one problem: He's still a house cat with no instincts for nature. Like many of today's kids, Nature Cat is eager and enthusiastic about outside activities, but is at times intimidated by them. With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on action-packed adventures that include exciting missions full of nature investigation, "aha" discovery moments and humor, all while inspiring children to go outside and "play the show."
Buster Spaces Out - Inspired by footage of the moon landing, Buster wants to go to outer space! Well, someday. For now, it'd be really cool to build and launch a rocket! So Buster enlists his friends to help...but they can't agree on anything and the mission stalls. Luckily, NASA astronaut Mike Finke guest-stars to teach the kids that only teamwork will accomplish this mission-and then it's blast-off! The Long Road Home - After costing Lakewood Elementary the win in a relay race against Mighty Mountain, George wants to redeem himself. Ok, George might be a slower runner but he is determined to walk all the way from Crown City to Elwood City and raise money for charity. There's just one problem - no one really thinks he can do it! This episode also marks the homecoming for "El Boomerang" and the suspense is - will the beloved soccer ball arrive from (believe it or not) Turkey in time for Alberto's birthday?? Everyone's in for a surprise.
Puppet Show - Olive and Otto have to crack a case in which a group of people have been turned into puppets. Curriculum: Measurement; telling time and ordering events. Mystic Egg Pizza - With the help of Odd Squad, Delivery Debbie and Delivery Doug must figure out why their food is disappearing. Curriculum: Number operations; beginning understanding of fraction.
It's a relaxing day at Tortuga HQ when Chris comes in complaining about Martin. Confused, the gang soon discovers that Chris means a bird called the Purple martin and not his brother! Chris is not happy about something else named Martin and when a second creature called Martin comes along - he realizes it's not his day. But soon, comes to understand what awesome creatures these "Other Martins" really are. Science Concept: Form for Function.
The Wild Kratts are on a mission to decode the secret language of one of the smartest creatures on Earth - Dolphins!
When the Loops vacuum breaks, Luke, Lyla, and Everett test vacuums to pick the best one. / When the Loops don't have the right ingredients to make cookies, the kids set out to make them using substituted ingredients.
Picking Cloudberries Molly, Trini and Nina set out to pick cloudberries to make a special pie for Molly's Mom. Grandpa Nat knows a great spot, but the trio's trek runs into trouble when his hard-to-read directions seem to point them every way but the berries. Puzzled Molly and Tooey find a strange box under the floorboards beneath Tooey's bed and discover it's an old Japanese puzzle box that is storing something valuable inside. What could it be and how did it get there?
Operation Sleepover When a blizzard hits Qyah Molly has to spend the night at Tooey's house. Sleepover time! And even better, Atsaq agrees to Molly and Tooey's plan to have the sled dogs sleep inside - if they can behave. Beneath the Surface It's ice fishing season! Nina is studying life under the ice with her new underwater camera, so Molly and Tooey decide to join her in her tent. But a friendly competition to see who can catch the most fish turns south when Molly's fish charm bracelet accidently falls into an ice hole.
When muffins go missing from the school cafeteria kitchen, Sparks' Crew tries to solve the mystery. But their electronics and gadgets are all charging, so they find ways to use everyday objects to help them find the culprit. Curriculum: It's not always necessary to use high-tech tools to solve a problem; people can use low-tech tools to observe, gather, and share information to solve the problem. / When a scout troop's tent blows away, Sparks' Crew helps them build a new shelter. But with all the tent material damaged, is there anything in nature that our heroes can use? Curriculum: Trees have various parts with different characteristics. Each part can be used to help build a structure.
Has Hacker finally found a way to take down Motherboard forever? All bets are off when Hacker stumbles upon the secret location of the "Program Proliferator" - a piece of hardware capable of reprogramming Motherboard's operating system. It's buried right under Dingerville Park, home of The Dingerball Series, a once-in-every-four-year championship game less than a week away. While retrieving the device, Hacker suctions up all the ballfield's dirt, leaving a giant crater in the ground-and in the hearts of all Cybercitizens. No one is more distraught than Lefty, the local seven-year-old pitcher Matt's been mentoring. The CyberSquad must figure out how to refill the missing dirt before the big game! Could composting lead to a home run?
Follow the adventures of three friends - Leo, a wombat from Australia; Carmen, a butterfly from Mexico; and Andy, a frog from the U.S. - as they traverse the globe with their parents' traveling performance troupe, "Circo Fabuloso." At each of the Circo's stops, Luna the Moon, voiced by Judy Greer, guides the trio as they get to know the local region and its people. The gang's adventures take them through cities around the globe - from London to Cairo to Beijing - where they explore the food, music, art, architecture and other features that make each place distinctive.
Based on the popular Scholastic book series by Norman Bridwell about the lovable oversized canine with his head in the clouds but four paws planted firmly on the ground, Clifford presents a larger-than-life view of the world. With his loving human, Emily Elizabeth, and dog pals, Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford inhabits a colorful island community, inviting viewers on a fun-filled journey through childhood, navigating the dips and curves along the way. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG emphasizes good citizenship and the importance of community. Each episode concludes with a component of Clifford's Big Ideas - 10 different attributes children learn to embrace - which leaves them with something to think about and practice in their lives.
"Spooky Tree" - Shiny invites Annie Tyrannosaurus to Pteranodon Terrace for a sleepover, but all Annie wants to do is investigate the "spooky tree" that Don says "comes alive at night." All Shiny wants to do is stay as far away from the tree as possible. Can the kids get to the bottom of the mysterious tree, and figure out if it really comes alive at night? Educational Objectives: A wide variety of organisms produce light inside their bodies, and this light can be used for a variety of purposes. Some creatures have a chemical reaction in their bodies called "bio-luminescence," which causes them to glow. This bioluminescence can serve different functions, including camouflage, luring of prey, mimicry of other animals, and warnings for potential predators that the glowing critter is unpalatable. "Spinosaurus Super Model" - When Don stumbles across a stick that looks EXACTLY like Old Spinosaurus, he's determined to have the grumpy old dinosaur pose for his sculpture (so he can get the Spinosaurus's features exactly right). But when they arrive at Old Spinosaurus's home, he makes it clear that there's no way he's posing for anything. Can Don convince Old Spinosaurus to pose for his sculpture, or will Don have to come up with another plan? Educational Objectives: Spinosaurus, a gigantic theropod from the Cretaceous period, was the world's largest land carnivore, and the only Mesozoic dinosaur truly built for living in the water versus on land (as opposed to going into the water to cool off, for example).
The Pinkville marching band comes down with a bad case of the whiffling sneezes and can't play, disappointing the town. Luckily, Pinkalicious persuades her friends to use their voices to become the Invisible Marching Band. / It's Daddy's birthday and Pinkalicious doesn't have a present, but knows she'll need wrapping paper so she sets out to paint some. When Daddy gets home, that's all that's done!
The Martians come into Pretty Big City and accidentally break all the ornaments on the Pretty Big City tree. Since the holidays can't start without a decorated tree, the Mechas need to create new ornaments and fast./It's time for Zee and MacBarm's gift exchange, but the snowman scarecrow Zee made for MacBarm keeps blowing away! The Mechas need to help Zee build a scarecrow out of a new material - one that won't blow away from a rocket launch.
It�s Jobs Day on Sesame Street! Elmo and his friends are learning about jobs they would like to do when they grow up. Elmo wants to be a cook like Alan who makes yummy food, Tamir wants to be an engineer like Nina who fixes things, and Mia wants to be a painter like Frida Kahlo who uses beautiful colors in her paintings. Gabrielle knows that she really loves dogs and other animals, but she doesn�t know what she wants to do yet. When Gabrielle offers to take Tango to her checkup, she meets a veterinarian who helps animals by making sure they are healthy. Gabrielle finally knows what job she wants to do, a veterinarian because she loves animals and wants to help them stay healthy. And she learns that if you work hard and practice, you can do anything you want to do.
Elmo, Rosita, and Rudy are making a submarine! They use cardboard boxes to build their submarine but it's not big enough to fit all three of them. This is a problem! They wonder if there's something big enough that's not too heavy. What if they combine two boxes to make one big box? Let's try! It works. They didn't give up and added on windows, propellers, and rudders to their submarine and pretended to explore the ocean using their imagination.
Work It Out Wombats! follows a playful trio of marsupial siblings -- Malik, Zadie, and Zeke -- who live with their grandmother (named Super!) in a fantastical treehouse apartment complex. The Treeborhood is home to a diverse and quirky community of neighbors who just happen to be wombats, snakes, moose, kangaroos, iguanas, fish, tarsiers, and eagles! Each day drops a new challenge into the Wombats' laps, requiring them to find, debug, fix, order (then re-order) -- and create, test, and re-create when things don't go according to plan. But thanks to their creativity and collaborative spirit, their sense of family, and the role they play within the larger Treeborhood community -- as problem-solvers, friends, and neighbors -- the Wombats always win the day. With an educational focus on computational thinking, Work It Out Wombats! introduces preschoolers to a way of thinking that enables them to solve problems, express themselves, and accomplish tasks using the practices, processes, and ideas at the core of computer science, laying important groundwork for success in school and life.
Zadie creates a Treeborhood photo album to trace the growth of their beloved Tree from little, to big, to VERY big. / When Mr. E accidentally polka-dances a sculpture to smithereens, he and Louisa hold a contest to replace it.
Daniel and O's Road Trip - Daniel and O are pretending to go on a Trolley road trip. Where should they go? To the beach? To the vegetable garden? When they can't agree on where to travel to first, they learn that making a plan can help them solve their problem. Daniel's Puppet Plan - When Daniel and his friends are making puppets at the library, they find out that making a plan can help them put on a grr-ific puppet show! Strategy: If there's a problem, talk about it and make a plan.
"Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" is an animated series with live-action interstitials. Fred Rogers' original Neighborhood of Make Believe is recreated in vibrant color and texture; his signature puppet Daniel Striped Tiger is transformed into a curious and playful 4-year-old joined by his friends O the Owl, Prince Wednesday, Katerina Kittycat and Miss Elaina. The series curriculum is school-readiness and social-emotional learning, and each preschool themed episode offers a musical strategy for children and parents to use together.
For more than 75 years, generations of young children have been charmed by the literary adventures of Curious George. Based on the best-selling Curious George books by Margret and H. A. Rey, the daily series expands George's world to include a host of colorful new characters and original locales, while maintaining the charm of the beloved books. Each half-hour episode includes two animated stories, followed by short live-action pieces showing real kids who are investigating the ideas that George introduces in his stories. The series aims to inspire kids to explore science, math and engineering in the world around them.
George Measures Up - Chef Pisghetti is cooking one up for the records book - a strand of spaghetti that measures 30 feet! When the Chef leaves for an important appointment, George protects the noodle from being destroyed by a playful Gnocchi. Later, the Chef calls to ask George how tall the building next door is, but George doesn't have anything long enough to measure with... or does he? Chef Pisghetti returns and sees a monkey measuring a building with the world's longest noodle. Now THAT'S one for the record books! Something New Under the Sun - To beat the scorching summer heat, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat visit the museum, which is the only place in town with power, due to its new solar energy panel. George sees how the sun can charge batteries, and the Man agrees to make his famous lasagna as a surprise for Dr. Levit's birthday. But how can the Man make his lasagna without power for his electric oven? Can a monkey's new knowledge of solar power be the key to baking the world's first solar-energy birthday lasagna?
Panda looks to his pals to cheer him on during "Masked Veggies," but can he win the final round if he can't see them?/Donkey and Panda host King Friday for the day, but don't know what kings like to do. Will he think their fun ideas are too silly?
Duck Duck has a super big feeling, but she doesn't know what it is. Detectives Donkey and Panda are on the case! / When Clyde feels sad, the pals want to help him feel better, but he needs time. They give him time until he is ready to play.
Olive gets inspired to play her violin after observing why crickets chirp. / Elinor and her friends learn why birds fly high while flying in a hot air balloon with Mz. Mole.
Rosie creates a dance party island in her backyard, but the flag she puts on the island causes confusion. / Rosie wants to help cheer on Javi's soccer team, so she decides to become their mascot.
Rosie decides to be a message delivery kid and deliver messages to her neighbors, but her messages get all mixed up. / Javi temporarily loses his voice, so Rosie must help him recover before they perform their El Coco play.
Madam C.J. Walker shows Xavier that choosing to work hard on his lemonade stand now can help him afford the pogo stick of his dreams later. / Edwin Binney shows Xavier, Yadina, and Brad that if they want to work together as a team to create a special art project, they should listen to everyone's ideas.
When Alma, Harper, and Rafia see a quick-change video Safina made, Harper wants to make a video for her dad of her changing into her robot costume that's just like it. The only problem is, they can't figure out how she changed her clothes so fast! They'll need a little help to make a video of their own. Alma is supposed to help Eddie record a rap, but starts a rap circle with Junior, Andre, and Becka instead.
Ever wish you could pause life long enough to figure out the answers to all your problems? Alma can! Follow her adventures in Alma's Way, as she learns to think for herself-making mistakes and decisions and finding solutions along the way!
Lyla and Everett design a waffle costume for Stu, but they'll need to change it to withstand the elements like wind and pigeons! / Lyla creates an original game to reignite everyone's interest in family game night.
NATURE CAT follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, "backyard explorer extraordinaire." Nature Cat can't wait to get outside for a day of backyard nature excursions and bravery, but there's one problem: He's still a house cat with no instincts for nature. Like many of today's kids, Nature Cat is eager and enthusiastic about outside activities, but is at times intimidated by them. With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on action-packed adventures that include exciting missions full of nature investigation, "aha" discovery moments and humor, all while inspiring children to go outside and "play the show."
Kate and Mei Lin are thrilled to tour the solar system with Pal's cousin, Dr. Yowl. But Pal suspects his Plutonian relative is up to no good. Educational Objective: Kate and Mei Lin learn about the solar system. Wally is missing and Elwood City's best detective is on the case. And that detective is...Binky?!? Not if Fern (aka Detective Virgule Watteau) has anything to say about it! Educational Objective: Fern and Binky learn to set aside their differences and work together to help their friend.
Odd Outbreak - Dr. O takes the lead on the case of a strange medical crisis that causes chaos right in the middle of Odd Squad HQ. Curriculum: Data collection and analysis. The Perfect Lunch - Olive and Otto help Ms. O host a lunch for some very important but easily offended guests. Curriculum: Weight; algebraic thinking; deductive reasoning.
When Martin and Chris argue about who gets to keep a prized creature souvenir, Aviva unveils a new Creature Power Challenge that should settle things. This time, Martin and Chris must make it through the day in one of the harshest habitats on Earth, the rocky intertidal. The Kratt Bros. must use the creature powers of the intertidal to outlast each other and win the prize. Science Concept: Adaptation. Life usually finds a way to survive in even the harshest of environments.
The Wild Kratts are having a picnic when a seagull steals one of their creature power discs and drops it into the ocean. The Kratt Bros dive in to retrieve the disc and encounter an enormous lobster. Could this be the "Last Largest Lobster"? Martin and Chris begin to follow him to investigate the life of a lobster. But there's someone else on the lobster's trail. It's Chef Gourmand Gaston, who plans to catch him and "cook him up". It's up to Martin and Chris to stop Gourmand and save "the last largest lobster". Science Concept: Life cycle.
Lyla and Everett design a waffle costume for Stu, but they'll need to change it to withstand the elements like wind and pigeons! / Lyla creates an original game to reignite everyone's interest in family game night.
Molly is excited to show some visitors around Qyah, but they don't think she is "Native enough" for the job. Upset, Molly learns about someone who also faced discrimination for being Alaska Native, Elizabeth Peratrovich./Tooey's family is throwing a "Uqiquq," a special Yup'ik celebration in honor of his first catch. Tooey wants to give his Grandma Elizabeth a special gift a speech in Yup'ik but will he learn the Yup'ik language in time?
King Run It's salmon season! First order of business at fish camp: help Grandpa Nat fix the broken fish wheel. But when the fish wheel goes missing, Molly and Tooey have a bigger problem to solve. The Native Youth Olympics Did you know that Molly's Dad used to compete in the Native Youth Olympics? Neither did she! But now she's determined to put together a team and bring a gold medal to Qyah, if she can master an event.
A bird takes AJ's Twigcam and flies off with it while it is still sending footage of its flight. Sparks' Crew uses a map to help them identify the bird's locations and follow it through Citytown. Curriculum: A map is a model of the land and its features. / Sparks' Crew is looking forward to seeing a meteor shower, but the nighttime sky is too lit-up by the lights of the city. How can they make the sky darker so everyone can see the meteors? Curriculum: People in cities use a lot of light at night, which makes it hard to see the night sky. But there are things they can do to reduce the impact, like turning off lights.
Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE energizes kids ages eight to eleven with math power. Full of cyber-mysteries with eye-popping animation and a sly comic flair, the daily series features the voices of Christopher Lloyd and Gilbert Gottfried. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker (Lloyd) launches a mad mission to conquer the virtual universe, Motherboard calls upon three earth kids for help. They are Jackie, Matt and Inez - the culturally diverse heroes of CYBERCHASE - who, along with the wise-cracking cyber-bird Digit (Gottfried), travel from their real-world realm to the colorful virtual vistas of cyberspace, where they vanquish the bad guys in an all-out battle of wits. Each episode takes the kids on a thrilling adventure driven by a different math concept - from tackling time in ancient Egyptian tombs to cracking codes in creepy caves or making sense of numbers in a fractured fairy tale world.
Follow the adventures of three friends - Leo, a wombat from Australia; Carmen, a butterfly from Mexico; and Andy, a frog from the U.S. - as they traverse the globe with their parents' traveling performance troupe, "Circo Fabuloso." At each of the Circo's stops, Luna the Moon, voiced by Judy Greer, guides the trio as they get to know the local region and its people. The gang's adventures take them through cities around the globe - from London to Cairo to Beijing - where they explore the food, music, art, architecture and other features that make each place distinctive.
Rosie decides to be a message delivery kid and deliver messages to her neighbors, but her messages get all mixed up. / Javi temporarily loses his voice, so Rosie must help him recover before they perform their El Coco play.
Madam C.J. Walker shows Xavier that choosing to work hard on his lemonade stand now can help him afford the pogo stick of his dreams later. / Edwin Binney shows Xavier, Yadina, and Brad that if they want to work together as a team to create a special art project, they should listen to everyone's ideas.
When Alma, Harper, and Rafia see a quick-change video Safina made, Harper wants to make a video for her dad of her changing into her robot costume that's just like it. The only problem is, they can't figure out how she changed her clothes so fast! They'll need a little help to make a video of their own. Alma is supposed to help Eddie record a rap, but starts a rap circle with Junior, Andre, and Becka instead.
Ever wish you could pause life long enough to figure out the answers to all your problems? Alma can! Follow her adventures in Alma's Way, as she learns to think for herself-making mistakes and decisions and finding solutions along the way!