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Aired Friday June 15th, 2012 at 8:00 am on KUED HD Ch. 7.1

SUPER WHY! Around the World Adventure kicks off PBS Kids Summer Learning Initiative This June 



PBS KIDS will help bridge the summer learning gap with a new on-air special, along with other content to air on KUED, online and on mobile devices.
PBS KIDS premieres the SUPER WHY! Around the World Adventure, featuring two new episodes of SUPER WHY! on Friday, June 15 at 8:00 a.m. and again at noon on KUED. This new special is the cornerstone of PBS KIDS' summer learning initiative, an effort to help kids continue building key literacy skills throughout summer vacation. Research shows that students experience significant learning loss when school is out during the summer months. To help bridge this summer learning gap, PBS KIDS is providing families with the SUPER WHY! Around the World Adventure, along with a host of other fun and educational content and activities.

"When children go back to school in the fall, teachers typically spend between four and six weeks re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the summer," said Lesli Rotenberg, senior vice president, Children's Media, PBS. "We want to equip families with tools to prevent this 'summer slide,' and to make summer a time for learning and exploring. At PBS KIDS, we know that kids learn the most from content that is both educational and engaging, which is why we're offering a range of activities across platforms to help kids and parents build key skills while having fun this summer."

The two award-winning episdoes episodes of SUPER WHY! Around the World Adventure will also be available online at PBSKIDS.org/video and on the free PBS KIDS Video App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.


PBS KIDS will focus on literacy with 10 weeks of themed programming. Each week will feature reading-related episodes from a different PBS KIDS series, including Wild Kratts, WordGirl, Arthur, Curious George, The Electric Company, Dinosaur Train, Martha Speaks, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and Sid the Science Kid. Select episodes and clips will also be featured on PBSKIDS.org/video and on the free PBS KIDS Video App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and games and activities will be available for kids at PBSKIDS.org/read and for parents at PBSPARENTS.org/read. Starting June 4, free episode downloads, video playlists and other downloadable content will also be available on iTunes.

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