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angelina
angelina ballerina: The Next steps

Angelina Ballerina celebrates music and brings to life many forms of dance for Angelina including ballet, modern, tap, jazz, classical and ethnic. As an 8-year-old ballerina, her life revolves around dancing and performance, family, friendship and following her dreams. (Ages 3-8)

Monday at 12:00 pm

arthur
arthur

Author Marc Brown's lovable eight-year-old aardvark, his sister D.W. and their family solve daily crises with imagination, kindness, and humor. (Ages 3-8)

Monday - Friday at 7:00 am

barney
barney & friends

Barney and his young friends discover the fun of learning, making friends, and playing together through music, physical activity, and imagination. (Ages 2-5)

Monday - Friday at 12:30 pm

bobthebuilder
bob the builder

The Bob The Builder series presents an engaging world of construction, filled with adventure and positive messages for young children. (Ages 3-6)

Saturday at 6:30 am

caillou
caillou

Using baby logic, imagination, and a whole lot of humor, Caillou explores the many adventures in the life of young children. (Ages 2-6)

Monday - Friday at 1:00 pm
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 3:30 pm

catinthehat
the cat in the hat knows a lot about that!

Based on Random House's best-selling Beginner Book collection "The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library™," the TV series and online resources are designed to cultivate positive views about science and scientists among the next generation - the children who will become tomorrow's citizens and innovators - and help families and teachers build communities of science explorers.

Monday - Friday at 8:30 am and 4:00 pm
Saturday at 7:30 am

clifford
clifford the big red dog

Based on the book series by Norman Bridwell, Clifford, Emily Elizabeth and dog pals Cleo and T-Bone find their place in the world and in a colorful island community. (Ages 3-7)

Monday - Friday at 6:00 am

curiousgeorge
curious george

This series is designed to inspire kids to explore science, math, and engineering in the world around them in a fun and entertaining way. It encourages inquiry and curiosity and promotes hands-on exploration. (Ages 3-5)

Monday - Friday at 8:00 am and 3:00 pm

dinosaurtrian
dinosaur train

Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains. The series encourages basic scientific thinking skills as the audience learns about life science, natural history and paleontology. (Ages 3-6)

Monday - Friday at 9:30 am
Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am

dinosaurtrian
the electric company

With a cool cast of characters, amazing literacy superpowers, side-splitting cartoons, and songs that you can't help dancing along with, this reincarnation of a television classic is sure to make an impact on the newest generation.

Monday - Friday at 5:30 pm

dinosaurtrian
martha speaks

This animated series follows the adventures of Martha, a loveable dog whose appetite for alphabet soup gives her the ability to speak. Using her newfound abilities, Martha gets jobs, wears disguises, foils bad guys, wins contests and orders lots of steaks. The educational goal of the series is to bolster vocabulary within the context of great stories. (Ages 4-7)

Monday - Friday at 7:30 am

dinosaurtrian
mister rogers' neighborhood

Mister Rogers talks in a way that young children understand, at a pace they can absorb and with a consistency that creates a calm, safe place for preschoolers. Topics with sensitive emotional concerns are blended with fun and whimsy to match a young child's interests and level of understanding. (Ages 2-6)

Saturday at 6:00 am

peep
peep and the big wide world

Set in and around a pond, a bush, and a tin can, the show follows a newly hatched chicken named Peep, and his friends Chirp and Quack (a robin and a duck), on their daily adventures. Surrounding them is a large urban park - a place of great wonder and mystery, a place they are forever eager to explore, a place they call "the big wide world." (Ages 3-5)

Sunday at 7:30 am

sesamestreet
sesame street

Sesame Street comes alive with a variety of human and Muppet characters who nurture children's curiosity through active participation. (Ages 2-5)

Monday - Friday at 10:00 am
Sunday at 6:00 am

sidthescienekid
sid the science kid

This is an educational animated series using comedy to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. The energetic and inquisitive Sid starts each episode with a new question and embarks on a fun-filled day of finding answers with the help of family and friends. (Ages 3-6)

Monday - Friday at 11:00 am
Sunday at 9:00 am

superwhy
super why

Super WHY is the only preschool property created to help kids learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook adventures. The series focuses on the adventures of four fairytale friends who transform into reading-powered superheroes. The Super Readers jump into books (literally) to find answers to everyday preschool challenges and embark on exciting adventures. (Ages 3-6)

Monday - Friday at 9:00 am
Tuesday & Friday at 12:00 pm
Sunday at 8:00 am

wildkratts
wild kratts

This animated show is aimed at people six and older and is designed to use the natural appeal for animals and harness it towards the goal of teaching science concepts to children. (Ages 6-10)

Monday - Friday at 5:00 am

wordgirl
wordgirl

WordGirl chronicles the adventures of Becky Botsford, a mild-mannered fifth grader who, at the call of duty, transforms into WordGirl – caped crusader and definition dynamo. Through humorous and engaging storylines and a wacky cast of characters, the series introduces children to an array of new and sophisticated words in a context that is fun and thoroughly exciting. (Ages 6-8)

Monday - Friday at 4:30 am

wordworld
wordworld

WordWorld’s WordFriends invite the preschool viewer to join them on comic adventures, where problems can only be resolved by “building” the right word. Word building is a unique moment when children witness a word form and then ‘morph’ into the thing it is! (Ages 3-5)

Monday - Friday at 11:30 am

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