How do we keep kids entertained, challenged and safe while watching TV or using the Internet? Easy. They can watch TVOKids and visit www.tvokids.com. Here they will find shows and online activities that are fun and educational.
The Space: Helping You Help Your Kids
- All television programs and online activities are written to correlate with school curriculum in an “inside out” approach
- Experts are consulted for advice and direction during the creative process
- Input is gathered from teachers and parents
- Activities are pilot tested with children to ensure that they are age appropriate, educational and fun
- We are accountable for delivering educational content that is linked to school curriculum and backed by research and testing
- Programs and activities are geared to younger children, but reaches a wide audience and are adaptable for all learners
- Ensures that printable worksheets are available to support caregivers and extend the learning
Gisele’s Big Backyard: A Special Area For Your Preschooler!
- Helping children develop the necessary skills needed for a positive school experience
- Focusing on math, phonemic awareness, letter recognition, personal and social development, computer skills and problem solving
- All our online activities found in this area are best used as Lap-Time Activities- sharing the experience with your little ones helps to build connections; both physical and emotional
- Dr. Janette Pelletier of OISE/University of Toronto, in her comparison of children at Early Years Centres: “…among families participating in a family literacy intervention project, children who watched more educational television with their parents as part of the intervention, made significantly greater gains in early reading than children in the regular family literacy intervention.”
