PBS KIDS Heads Back to School with a Full Slate of New Programming, Free Resources for Parents and Teachers

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Beverly Hills, CA, July 29, 2019 - PBS KIDS is ringing in the school year with an exciting line-up of new programming from award-winning series, and resources for families and teachers. Starting August 5, families from coast-to-coast can tune in together to fun and educational PBS KIDS programming, including the premiere of PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC: A Pinkaperfect Birthday, the first one-hour special from the series; back-to-back brand-new episodes of DINOSAUR TRAIN; and a special DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD Family Week, featuring the debut of five episodes.

The start of the school year marks a crucial transition for children, families and teachers - and helping them prepare for the year ahead is vital to success in the classroom and beyond, said Lesli Rotenberg, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, Children's Media and Education, PBS. Our PBS KIDS programming supports children's social-emotional development and school readiness needs with enriching content that is as entertaining as it is educational.

Along with the themed programming, PBS KIDS will offer exciting new games for kids, parents, caregivers and teachers. Kids can explore different ways to dance and express themselves through movement in the sparkly, toe-tapping Pinkamagine Fashion Game, designed for one player or the whole family. Play with the Tiger family as they hide in silly places around their house in Daniel Tiger's Hide and Seek, a fun way to remind children that people come back, even when they go away for a little while. And decorate train cars and discover the joy of helping others in Dinosaur Train: Dinocar Designer. Mixing creativity and consideration, this new game is a sticker-filled expressive experience for preschool-aged children. These games will be available on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Games App.

To help parents and caregivers build on the educational opportunities presented in these episodes and digital experiences, new resources such as Pinkalicious activity videos and printables and a family-oriented book list will be available on the updated PBS KIDS for Parents site. The site includes articles, tips, activities and materials connected to the back-to-school lineup, including a back to school hub page and relevant topics organized by program curriculum and target ages. Teachers can turn to PBS LearningMedia for collections of classroom resources, clips and activities connected to DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, such as the Life's Little Lessons collection, as well as resources from PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC, and more. The site now includes features such as simple browsing by curriculum area, state/national standards and grade; improved search functionality; a refreshed look and easier access to local PBS station resources.

PBS KIDS Back-to-School Programming Episodes and Descriptions

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PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC: A Pinkaperfect Birthday

Premieres and streams August 5

Pinkalicious is excited for her most pinkaperfect birthday party ever! During the festivities, Pinkalicious receives a mysterious gift that makes her birthday wish come true - she can turn anything pink! But not everyone shares her love of a pinkafied world. Pinkalicious and Peter take a trip to Fairyland to find the gift-giver - the Birthday Fairy - hoping she can help restore Pinkville to its proper colors.

Other new PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC episodes include:

Jumping for Joy/The Pinkatoo

Premieres and streams August 6

Jumping for Joy - Peter thinks he's too short to do fun activities as well as Pinkalicious or Rafael, so he makes shoes that let you jump really high! But he and Pinkalicious will need to learn how to jump properly if they're going to make it to the park in time to play basketball.

The Pinkatoo -- Pinkalicious sees a pinkatoo, a rare music-loving bird that hasn't been seen in Pinkville for 53 years! Now everyone wants to see the pinkatoo, too. Pinkalicious, Peter, Rafael and Jasmine set out to find that bird!

Knights of the Pink Table/Musical Mix Up

Premieres and streams August 7

Knights of the Pink Table - 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?

Musical Mix Up - 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!

Whale of a Song/Pinkabubbles

Premieres and streams August 8

Whale of a Song - The Pinkerton family is going whale watching with Captain Jolly! While at sea they discover a lost baby whale. Will Pinkalicious' whale song succeed in calling out to its mommy - one of Pinkville's great pink whales?

Pinkabubbles - It seems like another fun-filled, bubble-blowing day in Pinkville - until Peter gets trapped in Pinkalicious's huge bubble! Pinkalicious and friends chase Peter all around town. Will the Peter-bubble burst before they catch him?

DINOSAUR TRAIN

New episodes premiere and stream August 26. The PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and livestream will host a weekend-long marathon of Dinosaur Train, kicking off on Friday, August 23 at 7:00 PM as part of PBS KIDS Family Night and continues through 6:00 AM the morning of Monday, August 25.

The Tiny-saur Train/ How Many Horns?

The Tiny-saur Train - While Mikey Microraptor is visiting Tiny at the family nest, next-door neighbor Larry Lambeosaurus tells Mikey that he can't actually be a dinosau

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