PBS 45 & 49 Receives Outreach Grant

The National Center for Outreach has awarded PBS 45 & 49 a $10,000 grant to provide PBS Kids Go! educational services, materials and activities to local communities. The center, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, supports public television outreach efforts that extend the impact of public broadcasting.

PBS Kids Go! is a new educational multimedia destination designed for early elementary school children. The initiative includes a programming block featuring the series Maya & Miguel and Postcards From Buster, plus a Web destination, pbskidsgo.org. It also features programming, including Arthur and Cyberchase, that is targeted toward older children.

Through this new grant, PBS 45 & 49 will offer the following resources during 2005-2006:

Creation of a PBS Kids Go! Activity Guide
Outreach activities with the school-age specialist at Child Care Connection, our local resource and referral agency
Three community outreach events
Workshops that use the PBS Kids Go! Activity Guide
A Web site that disseminates the Activity Guide and promotes activities

“After-school teachers and caregivers continually face the challenge of providing appropriate, meaningful materials for students with a wide range of ages and abilities,” says Maria Mastromatteo, director of educational services at PBS 45 & 49. “We are pleased that, through this grant, we can offer high-quality print materials and activities that will help teachers find effective, standards-based learning tools for the children in their classes.”