OVERVIEW
WEDU PBS KIDS’ Family & Community Learning (FCL) workshops engage families in active, hands-on learning experiences on a variety of topics. Designed for families with kids ages 3–5 or 5–8, the work-shops use creative play and exploration to introduce kids and grown-ups to digital and tangible tools that can be used to develop knowledge, practices, and perspectives. Through child-led activities and experiences, the workshops foster collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills among family members.
Each Family & Community Learning topic features a series of workshops.
Events can be virtual or in-person and include 3–4 90-minute sessions per topic.
AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS & FAMILIES
WEDU PBS supports school readiness for children by providing access to quality hands-on resources and family friendly experiences to complement an array of PBS KIDS media, which supports both academic and whole child learning for children ages 3–8. Presenters share topic-related resources and suggest how to use media effectively at home. See below for descriptions of the learning experiences, broken down by Preschool, K-2, and Ages 3 - 8.
Family Math | Preschool
The goal of Family Math is to facil-itate young children’s and families’ development of math knowledge, math interest, math positivity, and leadership skills by supporting family engagement around math-ematics. The sessions integrate hands-on activities, interactive games, digital videos and rich con-tent that allow for creative and playful learning experiences. Found-ational math skills are explored: number sense and counting, pat-terns, shapes, sorting and collect-ing, spatial sense and measurement.
Learn & Grow Together | Preschool
Families will learn and play together in an engaging environment where kids and grown-ups explore topics related to personal growth and development. The series will help create habits in families that support childrens’ development including how they manage themselves and get along with others. Additionally, parents build confidence in implementing strategies they explore during the sessions.
Molly of Denali | K-2
Sessions engage families in active, hands-on learning experiences and media resources from the PBS KIDS program Molly of Denali. The learning focus for this workshop is on literacy and informational text. Themes include community, family values and traditions.
Sensational Science Camps with Ruff Ruffian | K-2
Sessions engage families in active, hands-on learning experiences and media resources from the PBS KIDS program The Ruff Ruffman Show. The series uses tools to support the development of science inquiry and engineering design practices as families observe, question, predict, investigate, build, share and reflect with one another. Families will explore these scientific topics: mixtures, materials, friction, and structures.
Financial Literacy | Ages 3 - 8
This series is about financial literacy and introducing the concepts of money and saving to children. Each session will encourage families to explore money concepts together while interacting with digital and tangible tools. The topics covered in this series are about value, money basics, spending vs. saving and sharing