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Let’s Learn provides resources for children ages 3-7 is drawn from the public television series Let’s Learn. Produced by Thirteen PBS in NYC.

Let’s Learn aims to provide our young learners with knowledge and skills to learn and succeed in school and beyond. While the series is aimed at a wide range of ages, segments might serve as introduction, reinforcement, or enrichment to material depending on students’ needs. To paraphrase Catherine Snow, expert on language and literacy development in children, the teaching that is taking place “…is helpful for all children, harmful for none, and crucial for some.”

Explore: The Let’s Learn website includes: Storybooks, Reading and Writing, Math, Science, Arts, Social Studies, Mind and Movement, and STEM.
Full Episodes are available on-demand. Clips are also available by subject and theme. Activities from each clip are also available.

For Teachers and Classrooms:

Let's Learn and an apple on top of school books

Explore the Let’s Learn PBS LearningMedia Collection

Molly of Denali: Games, Videos, Podcast & Activities

Play games and watch full episodes and podcasts of Molly of Denali on https://pbskids.org/molly

Get ready to sled into fun with “Molly of Denali!” In this show for children ages 4 to 8, join Molly, an Alaska Native girl, her dog Suki, and friends Tooey and Trini on their adventures in epically beautiful Alaska. Along the way, Molly’s life is enhanced, kept on track, and flat-out saved by maps, guide books, websites, weather reports, and more.

Intro Video:

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Here are a few of our favorite Activities To Do

Watch & Listen

PBS KIDS for Parents Molly of Denali Series Page

PBS KIDS Full Episode Playlist

Do 

  • Play Molly of Denali online games. Try exploring the Trading Post or Sled Dog Dash.
  • Use Google Earth to look at a map of where you live. 
  • Learn the importance of beading with Moly in Beading Art. 
  • Got any old paper maps? See if you can recognize any of the locations. 
  • Download and play Molly of Denali’s FREE app. 
  • Download some Molly of Denali puzzles and activities!
  • Find out where it all started – listen to the Molly of Denali podcast!
  • Expolre nature like Molly!
    • Go on a nature walk. Download the free Seek by iNaturalist app to take your nature knowledge up a notch Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. 
    • Make observations when you’re outside or looking outside from your window. Add your observations to the WXXI Community Nature Challenge. 

Read

  • Native American Heritage Video Playlist from PBS KIDS

Speaking Grief Documentary & Resources On-Demand

Moving away from the idea that grief is a problem that needs to be “fixed,” Speaking Grief validates the experience of grievers and guides those wishing to support them. See the on-demand film and extensive resources for exploring the topic of grief.

Speaking Grief explores why the pain of losing a loved one can be so difficult to understand and discuss. The film interviews grieving families from across the U.S., whose losses range from stillbirth to suicide, to address common misconceptions about grief. Through candid personal stories and conversations with experts in the grief field, the film also presents ideas for how family and friends can better support each other through loss.

There is no “right” way to grieve. By sharing diverse representations of bereavement, Speaking Grief illustrates that grief is a universal, yet individual experience.

Watch the documentary on-demand: https://www.speakinggrief.org/documentary

Funding for Speaking Grief is provided by a grant from WPSU Penn State and The New York Life Foundation

Related Resources:

Norm & Company: Giovanni LiDestri On-Demand

In 2021, WXXI President Norm Silverstein sat down with Giovanni “John” LiDestri, CEO of LiDestri Food & Drink to talk about his experience immigrating to Upstate NY from Italy, his Fairport-based business, and life in Rochester.

Rooted in hard work and integrity, LiDestri’s history in the Rochester area runs deep, with strong family ties to businesses like Hickey Freeman and Ragu. Today, Lidestri Foods is a flourishing company, providing a tangible economic boost to the local area, while still remaining a family-owned business that continues to put the well-being of its employees and the wider community first.

Norm & Company is hosted by WXXI President & CEO Norm Silverstein, who speaks with long-time Rochesterians as they recount fascinating stories about their lives in the community.

Celebrating African-American Contributions On-Demand

WXXI celebrates Black History and Heritage. We proudly feature contributions from these 40 individuals.
WATCH ALL PROFILES IN THIS PLAYLIST or the individual profiles below.

Watch all the segments on a loop above, or click the links below for individual spotlights.

President Barack Obama

Jupiter Hammon

Phillis Wheatley

Richard Allen

Thomas Jennings

Alexander Twilight

Mary Jane Patterson

Rebecca Crumpler

Cathay Williams

Richard Greener

John Menard

Mae Carol Jemison

Daniel Hale Williams

Madame C.J. Walker

Bessie Coleman

Lonnie Bunch

Vice President of the U.S. Kamala Harris

Wiley Sherald

Darryl Williams

Tiger Woods

Charlie Pride

Colin Powell

Condoleezza Rice

Arthur Ash

Hattie McDaniel

Count Basie

Juanita Hall

Hemsley Winfield

George Faison

Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm

Althea Neale Gibson

William Edward White

Lucy Diggs Slowe

William DeHart Hubbard

Alice Coachman

Lloyd James Austin III

Ethel Waters

Williams Walker

Rafer Lewis Johnson

Black History & Culture Video Playlist On-Demand

PBS continues to provide programming on-air and on-demand regarding history and current issues for race, racism as resources for everyone to educate themselves and continue the conversation on all the ways that inequality in America shows up in everyday life.

PBS is continuing our commitment to highlight content that will continue the conversation, add historical context to these issues and enable change. Below you will find programs that profile police departments, specials that detail conversations parents of color have with their children, documentaries that cover the treatment of Blacks since slavery and films that shed light on both past and current events.

The History of White People in America

The history of how skin became race, and race became power. (3 episodes below the trailer)

AMERICA REFRAMED Tutwiler

Exploring the Alabama Prison Birth Project at Alabama’s women-only Julia Tutwiler Prison.

LOCAL, USA A Dream Deferred: The Broken Promise of NYC Public Housing

An intimate look at the lives of New York City Housing Authority residents.

LOCAL, USA Beyond the Tap

Examining the costs of one of America’s greatest threats: crumbling water infrastructure.

LOCAL, USA Veterans Coming Home – Health

The health challenges veterans face in transitioning from military to civilian life.

Two Dollars and a Dream

The biography of Madame C.J. Walker, America’s first self-made millionairess.

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories On-Demand

The 70-year fight for suffrage began in Central and Western New York, an epicenter of reform. Women began their battle for the vote  in the mid-1800s. This part of the upstate region was an epicenter of reform, tackling societal issues like abolition, religion, temperance, and women’s rights. Success depended on many women whose stories are often forgotten.  Watch On-Demand & Access Classroom Resources

Meet Matilda Joslyn Gage, Paulina Wright Davis, Mary Burnett Talbert, and Hester Whitehurst Jeffrey, diverse suffragists who tirelessly navigated religious intolerance, sexism, politics, and racism as they fought for the vote and women’s equality

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories PBS LearningMedia Collection

Coming Together: Sesame Street Resources on Racial Literacy

Sesame Workshop continues its major commitment to racial justice with new resources and content called “Coming Together” to help families talk to young children about race and identity. 

All kids need a strong individual and group identity, but racism hurts the healthy development of both, as well as our entire society. Whether you and the children in your care are directly affected by racism or you’re allies of those who are, engaging honestly and directly with little ones is the beginning of building racial literacy (the skills needed to talk thoughtfully about race and to identify and respond to racism). 

Please note: All of the resources listed below and available through Sesame Street in Communities are designed for co-viewing, co-learning, and co-participation – meaning that to create the most meaningful experience and takeaways, adults and children should use them together.

I Am Somebody Song:

I Am Somebody (Giant Song) #ComingTogether
You and Me Makes We Song #ComingTogether
#ComingTogether Playlist

Coming Together is rooted in extensive research and consultation with experts to develop a groundbreaking Racial Justice educational framework and curriculum for young children. Like the science-based whole-child model that Sesame Street is known for, this framework will help guide and inform the creation of new Sesame Workshop content going forward—including future seasons of Sesame Street. This collection of resources are designed to provide families with the tools they need to build racial literacy, to have open conversations with young children, to engage allies and advocates to become upstanders against racism, and more, Coming Together includes a racial justice educational framework, ongoing research, and a rolling release of new content.

Where to Find Coming Together Resources: You can find all of the resources connected to Coming Together and Racial Justice by following the below links.

Learn More: Sesame Street in Communities Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Resources

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