"An inventive take on an old favorite"- TV Guide
"The 'George' series is nearly perfect preschool literature."- The New York Times
Praise for the PBS-TV series: -20 Daytime Emmy Award The pictures are entertaining and keep the child's attention, and they don't even know they are learning!" "Curious George books are easy to read, and educational at the same time. I think Curious George encouraged her to read more, sound out, etc."
"My daughter is learning how to read, so she was discovering new words all the way through the book. Learning by doing is an indispensable teaching tool!" These activities reinforce what the book teaches. "I like that the book has activities at the end for parents to do with the child. And they were entertaining and engaging to my child." They gave excellent "at home" experiments. "The books brought up topics I never thought to talk about. Parents reported that the episodes, books, and activities in the back of the books all gave them ideas for exploring science and math activities. In addition to teaching children about science and math, the Curious George resources also helped parents to feel more confident about their ability to support their child in doing STEM-related activities. Nearly all parents reported that reading the books after watching the episodes helped their children remember what they learned (92%) and helped to reinforce what their children learned in the episodes (96%). Reading the books and the episodes together reinforced the positive learning impact presented by each. Particularly, kids who are reading the HMH Curious George TV tie-in titles had much higher knowledge scores and demonstrated that they had additionally developed "significant scientific habits of mind when reading"-asking questions, making predictions and showing curiosity-over their peers who have not had the benefit of reading these books. The study found that children who read the Curious George books and watched the Curious George episodes demonstrated significantly better knowledge of measurement, hibernation, colors, weather, buoyancy, sound, sorting, and plant life than children who did not read or watch Curious George. The findings of this study have highlighted the impressive influence Curious George is having on young children. George, The Man with the Yellow Hat, and their friends are off on an exploration of the world around them, introducing young viewers to Earth Science concepts such as recycling, composting, weather patterns, solar power, and agriculture along the way.In 2012, Concord Evaluation Group (CEG) was hired to evaluate the impact of Curious George television episodes and TV tie-in books on their target audience. With his insatiable curiosity and a Daytime Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Children's Animated Program" in tow, America's favorite little monkey continues his (mis)-adventures in the third season of CURIOUS GEORGE on PBS KIDS. Quint is broadcasting to the entire town on this same night - the furry twosome cause quite a stir.Ĭurious George "Creatures of the Night" airs Friday, October 29 at 8 a.m., encoring at 3 p.m.
And because their night shadows strike a scary resemblance to the legendary Lake Creature of Lake Wanasink Lake - whose tale Mr. The two set off on a night journey to find the possum's home and meet some other nocturnal animals (and some very tired "day animals"!) on the way. Who or what is eating it all? Could the small animal tracks be a clue? Determined to solve the mystery George stays up all night and finds a baby possum who has lost his family. George thought it was odd that all the food was gone from the bird feeder in a single night. Join us for this Curious George parody of H.G.
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