These Netflix shows are educational and teach children that learning can be fun, each with its own unique approach to ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

Educational TV for kids has come a long way since I was a kid. Gone are the preachy, boring lessons, and instead, kids have a ton of shows to choose from that teach everything from math to social ...

If you’ve found yourself feeling like you don’t understand your kids more and more recently, you’re not alone. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 79% of Americans see major differences ...

Kids’ shows aren’t exactly known for appealing to the grown-up set. Some focus pretty heavily on teaching lessons adults have long since learned. Others seem purely built around selling merchandise ...

For the past 30 years and with broad bipartisan support in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has funded competitive Ready to Learn (RTL) grants, authorized under the Elementary and ...

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (now defunct, too) and Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Ready to ...

Plus, how you can track your children’s spending habits.

Puppets are everywhere—on beloved TV shows and movies, in local theatre productions, in classrooms, and even at the doctor’s office. And while most parents may not know this, puppets are also integral ...