How can we help our children feel safe and secure when we’re struggling ourselves? The COVID-19 pandemic brought on so much uncertainty: plans that constantly changed, long-awaited events canceled, new guidelines replaced by newer guidelines, and ongoing adjustments to daily routines. We all have feelings! Join us to learn ways and resources to help kids develop a strong emotional toolkit and enable them to better able to handle the ups and downs of life.

We all have feelings! Join us to learn ways and resources to help kids develop a strong emotional toolkit and enable them to better able to handle the ups and downs of life. Anxieties and insecurities affect the wellbeing and ability of our young learners to focus and learn. Featuring content from KET, PBS KIDS and others, this session will focus on media tools that can be used to teach the youngest learners skills like patience, dealing with frustration, and how to understand and manage their feelings.

Young children are regularly engaging with media in a variety of settings. The TEC at the Erikson Institute issued their Media Literacy in Early Childhood Report to help offer a way to support and develop young children’s media literacy skills. Join us as we discuss ways to help young children find reliable information in a world of misinformation.  

Join KET for PBS KIDS Edcamp! This professional development opportunity is a FREE participant-driven experience for all educators, childcare providers, and community members invested in education. This exciting “un-conference” is a great opportunity to connect with other professionals in your field. You’ll have the chance to learn about topics important to you, and to share your own expertise. 

For decades, young authors have turned to the KET Young Writers Contest to share their work. As the needs of young writers, their parents, and their teachers change, so too, does the YWC. What once was a contest intended only for kindergarten, first, and second graders has blossomed to be inclusive of students in preschool […]

Author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner is the creator of the EngiNerds series of Middle Grade novels, the Geeger the Robot series of early chapter books, the activity books Give This Book a Title and Give This Book a Cover, and The Hunger Heroes series of graphic novel chapter books. Jarrett is also the creator of the forthcoming illustrated novel in verse A Work in Progress, a forthcoming […]

Informational text is any text created for the main purpose of providing information and can be created using written words, oral language, visuals, or a combination of these forms. PBS KIDS Molly of Denali uses informational text to navigate her world and solve problems with the help of books, online resources, field guides, historical documents, […]

This exciting “un-conference” is a great opportunity to connect with other professionals in your field. You’ll have the chance to learn about topics important to you, and to share your own expertise. The session topics are determined by YOU! Target Audience: Educators and caregivers for children PreK-12th grade Register here 

Children are regularly engaging with media in a variety of settings. The Erikson Institute Technology in Education Center’s Media Literacy in Early Childhood Report, they define Media Literacy in Early Childhood as the emerging ability to access, engage, explore, comprehend, critically inquire, evaluate, and create with developmentally appropriate media. Join us as we explore activities […]

Arts educators seek to build social and emotional learning (SEL) skills to help their students appreciate the nuances of art, often by attending to the way emotions are expressed in painting, sculpture, drawing, music, and dance. Observing, analyzing, and understanding art and its production and context builds many SEL competencies. Join us to learn ways […]

Join us as we highlight PreK-2nd grade resources from the Changing Seasons collection on PBS LearningMedia. These resources were developed through a co-design model, partnering with PBS KIDS and the PNC Foundation, to connect with PreK teachers and PBS member stations, such as KET to align materials from the Grow Up Great Lesson Center with PBS KIDS content. The result… new seasons-themed resources available for PreK teachers – all available in English and in Spanish.