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Curious George? Teaches Children About Pet Safety & Shelters in a Brand-New Episode
?Airs Monday, February 4, 2013 on PBS KIDS? (check local listings)?
Boston, MA and Universal City, CA, January 28 2013 ? Curious George, television?s number one series for preschoolers[1], continues its seventh season with a special episode about animal shelters premiering Monday, February 4, 2013 on PBS KIDS (check local listings). In ?Where?s the Firedog?? George?s canine friend, Blaze, keeps running away from the firehouse. When Blaze winds up in the animal shelter, George and his firefighter friend Sam learn how to keep her safe by putting a tag on her collar, walking her on a leash, and making sure she?s never lonely.
?Kids love having pets, but some kids need help learning the best pet care practices,? says Executive Producer Dorothea Gillim. ?Who better than Curious George to help kids learn this??
Also airing that day is a special episode about germs. In ?Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye,? Toots the blues-singing germ is back and the Man with the Yellow Hat has a cold. George chases Toots out of the Man but now the germ wants to spread to other people. Can George stop Toots before others catch his infectious tune?
?Learning to stay healthy and to keep pets healthy is a common theme of this episode? says Ellen Cockrill, Senior Vice President of Animation Production for Universal 1440 Entertainment. ?We?re also thrilled to be able to introduce young viewers to the valuable world of animal shelters.?
Curious George airs weekdays on PBS KIDS (check local listings). For more monkey fun, visit Curious George?s website at pbskids.org/curiousgeorge. The site has games, printables, and video clips to enrich kids? creativity and learning. For more information on shelter animals, visit The Humane Society of the United States at www.hsus.org.
Jennifer Garner and Her Real-Life Dog Martha to Star in Hit PBS KIDS? Series Martha Speaks
? New Episode Airs Monday, February 4, 2013 on PBS KIDS (check local listings)?
(Boston, MA, January 28, 2013) ? The popular PBS KIDS series Martha Speaks continues its fourth season with a special episode featuring actress and super mom Jennifer Garner. Garner, mother to three young children with actor/director Ben Affleck, will be animated alongside her dog, whose name also happens to be Martha. Her appearance on Martha Speaks adds to her advocacy efforts on behalf of children?s literacy. Garner, whose mom was an English teacher, is an artist ambassador for Save the Children?s early education programs and has worked to promote legislation that ensures quality early education and literacy for children.
?Ms. Garner shares the same passion for reading and dogs we do,? says executive producer Carol Greenwald. ? We were thrilled to have her lend her talents to this episode.?
In ?Too Many Marthas,? Martha is asked to sing at an animal rescue fundraiser and she?s thrilled. But on the day of the concert, Martha gets mixed up with another Martha ? a dog belonging to a lady named Jennifer (Jennifer Garner). Can Martha help Jennifer locate her missing pup before it?s time to sing? Kids can tune-in and learn new words like number, aria, and a capella.
Also airing is the brand-new episode ?Too Much Martha.? In this episode, Martha?s constant pursuit of snacks has added some extra pounds and the vet says she needs to lose some weight. The family resolves to help Martha control her portions and maintain a balanced diet, but when Martha learns what this means, she?s pretty fed up. No more late-night pizza?
Tune in for this brand-new Martha Speaks Monday, February 4, 2013 on PBS KIDS (check local listings).
About Martha Speaks
Martha Speaks works to help increase children?s oral vocabulary ? and how better to get kids excited about learning new words than with a dog who just can?t stop talking? Throughout the episode, Martha teaches young children vocabulary words like famous, admire, understudy, and more.
Martha?s antics continue online at PBSKIDS.org/martha, a comprehensive website that builds on the series? curriculum to bolster the oral vocabulary of 4- to 7-year-olds.
Source: http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2013/screen-it-sunday-73/
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