Resources for Parents

  • Look no further than WFSU Public Media for educational and entertaining activities for your family. Together with partners, we aim to help you boost your child’s vocabulary, math skills, and understanding of themselves and the people around them.

    Our programs, apps, websites, and newsletters and those of our partners are all created with your family in mind. Explore the information and resources below to learn why PBS resources are valued by families across the country.

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    Events & Info

    The WFSU Education & Engagement team works year-round to create fun and educational family-friendly events. Our events and workshops are free and open to the community. Learn more about what we have planned.

  • Family Workshops

    Family Community Learning workshops demonstrate what we believe in at its core: an engaged family and community feeds into every child. More info about FCL workshops can be found in our workshops section.

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    Meet the Helpers

    MEET THE HELPERS is a public media initiative designed to introduce children to community helpers and practice emergency preparedness.

  • PBS Parents

    With PBS Parents, explore parent resources to help you raise kind, curious, and resilient children. Find parenting tips, hands-on activities, games, and apps featuring your favorite PBS KIDS characters.

  • Maya's Book Nook

    Libraries are one of the few places where books and media are available to all for free. While we know access to books is critical for children, it is even more important to foster conversations around the books as they are being read. Learn more about Maya’s Book Nook and how you can support literacy and language development for children.

  • The Learning Neighborhood

    Foster a community/state-wide culture that promotes the “Learn Together” theme and empowers children and adults to learn anytime, anywhere – at home, in the neighborhood, and within local systems and spaces. Come visit The Learning Neighborhood to see how PBS and its partners support early learning for children and their families.

  • Kid Vision Pre-K

    Get your child ready for kindergarten with our fun and easy to use content based on State and National Department of Education standards, for 1 to 4-year-olds in both English and Spanish. Learn more about how you can help your child get a head start on their early learning at KidVision Pre-K.

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  • WFSU Education & Engagement’s resources for parents include information that has been tested and beloved for generations of parents raising their amazing kids! When parents are curious about the world around them along with their children, the magic of learning happens naturally! Here are some additional spaces to visit about WFSU Public Media’s Special Events for Families, Family Workshops, Literacy Connections, Meet the Helpers, KidVision, and our absolutely amazing and free digital library of everything… PBS Learning Media!
    • Learn all about media literacy and your family.
    • Visit the “For Educators” section of this site for tips on helping your children learn, workshops, and curriculum. Parents are always welcome to participate in all of our activities and information for educators.
    • Explore Florida PBS Learning Media for curriculum resources for children, teachers, and families.

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