KSMQ | Kids & Families

Share A Story
Watch our regional promotional spots for our Share A Story initiative and check out the smiles reading creates.

Learn more about the national literacy campaign that inspires adults to help children with learning and literacy skills.

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If you're around the age of 9–12, you'll find lots of cool stuff to explore with 5 great websites. Check out the Tween websites.

The two-hour PBS KIDS preschool destination is part of our continuing effort to put kids and education first—always. This two-hour block airs weekdays beginning at 8:00am. Read more...

	Your Favorite Programs Find out when your favorite PBS Kids programs are on and see this month's featured PBS character. > Go now...

	Cool Free Stuff Get neat background pictures for your computer and coloring sheets of some of your favorite PBS Kids characters. > Go now...

	Explore PBS Kids They're all here—your favorite PBS characters with fun, games, and a whole lot more. > Go now...

	PBS Kids GO! A cool place where older kids can explore all the cool stuff at PBS Kids Go. > Go now...

	KSMQ Parents Get an overview of KSMQ's efforts in child development and more on our KSMQ Parents web page. > Go now...

	Why KSMQ & PBS? Clear, concise information regarding the real benefits of KSMQ and PBS. > Go now...

	Tips for Selecting Quality TV Guidelines to help ensure that you're selecting programs which are positive learning tools for children. > Go now...

	Resources for Parents We've gathered a listing of regional resources for your convenience—from regional services to libraries, you'll find it on this useful list. > Go now...

Educational Outreach KSMQ and PBS are much more than television... we're a primary source for outstanding educational programming directly into the classroom and the home. Learn more...	Ready To Learn To get the most from television as a learning tool, use the Ready to Learn Triangle with your child. We call it Smart TV. Ready to Learn is a simple process, learn more...	Share a Story Share a Story is a national literacy campaign designed to inspire adults to help millions of children develop language and literacy skills. See how it works. Learn more...

Empowering “big” kids to discover themselves, and explore the world around them. PBS Kids Go!	Find parenting advice for raising your PBS Kid! From child development, reading, creativity and suggestions for talking with children PBS Parents provides a wealth of outstanding information.	If you're an educator you will find an abundance of useful information at PBS Teachers— which provides more than 4,500 free lesson plans, activities and professional development tools designed just for you.	PBS Kids is a great safe-haven for children. Come along and play with your favorite PBS characters!

It may seem obvious, but parenting counts! A growing body of research shows that the first five years of a child’s life are instrumental in setting patterns for how children learn and develop. Every interaction with your child, every act of verbal and non–verbal communication, is important in your child’s development.

Parenting Counts provides informational and entertaining resources to bridge the gap between the latest discoveries in early learning and brain development and parenting practice.