Totally Technical Tuesday: Educational TV

Objectives:
* To recognize which television shows are educational and productive for children to watch
* To watch and learn from these programs

Materials:
* TV

Procedure:
* We all know that too much TV is not good for our children; however, the shows that they do watch can be very beneficial if you look closely at the programs available today.  This lesson is mainly a personal review of the educational programs that are on television daily.  The shows listed below are some of our favorites and the best I have seen at teaching in the academic areas.  We try to only watch two shows a day, one 30 minute program in the morning and another 30 minutes in the afternoon/evening.  (Of course there are days in which mommy needs to turn on one more! :))  Enjoy watching these together!

* Dora The Explorer on Nickelodeon


Everyone loves Dora!  Great for letter/number
recognition, social skill development, and
of course, Spanish!



* Bubble Guppies on Nickelodeon



Super cute program with a theme for each
show that is centered around real life
areas.  Lots of fun music and dancing, too!



* Super Why on PBS



Great show for reading skills including
letter recognition, rhyming, spelling,
and sounding out words that give
everyone the power to read!



* Go, Diego, Go on Nickelodeon



Science based program that focuses on
different types of animals, their habitats,
and their characteristics, as well as
more Spanish!



* Word World on PBS



Another fun reading program with tons of
spelling and phonics.



* Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS



My new favorite show!  Based on the old
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, this program
focuses on a different social skill or
situation each day.  Great for learning
cooperative behavior, manners, and
communication skills.  Love the cute
songs to go along with each show!



* Team Umizoomi on Nickelodeon



Perfect show for math!  This tiny team of
super heroes solves problems using
addition/subtraction, patterns, shape
recognition, and measurement.

















* Sesame Street on PBS


Of course I had to include this old faithful! 
Sesame Street is still going strong with
so many academic lessons, songs, and
activities with all of your favorite characters!