APRIL 2026 | Education eNewsletter, Idaho Public Television

Learning Lives Here: Idaho Public Television in your Neighborhood!

Scenes from Last Year - Next Edition 2026 Scenes!

Mountain Home

Family Math Night

Frontier Days

Weippe

Fort Hall

Molly of Denali

(Molly of Idaho)

Screening

KUID, Moscow Station Visit from

University of Idaho Children's Center

IDPTV, Boise Station Visit from

Trio Upward Bound

FOR FAMILIES

CELEBRATE SPRING WITH PBS KIDS AND IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION!

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Spring is in the air, and oh, what a delightful time it is to embrace the warmth of the sun and the promise of new beginnings! After a long, chilly winter, let’s shake off those frostbitten blues and jump into a world of vibrant colors and budding life. Gather your little ones and celebrate the season with exciting hands-on learning activities, crafts, and delightful investigations that will spark their creativity and curiosity! Encourage them to wonder about the magical transformation of weather and the bustling life around them.

To add a splash of fun, whip up some Pinkalicious lemonade or get crafty with a Curious George-inspired bird feeder to welcome our feathered friends back to the neighborhood.

Remember, every giggle and question is a step on the path of lifelong learning, so let’s make this spring a season of joy, discovery, and unforgettable memories!

Someone new is coming to the Work It Out Wombats Treeborhood!

Watch all new episodes, and look for a new friend this spring.

I wonder who it is?

Search the newsletter for the answer!

FOR EDUCATORS

NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE!

Were you a PBS kid? Guess what! Now you can harness the power of public media in your classroom with a new professional development course offered by Idaho Public Television. PBS KIDS Watch & Learn lets you expand your content knowledge and spark new ideas for engaging your students as you explore fun, educational PBS KIDS programs! Now your students can be PBS kids too!

This *FREE online professional development course can be completed on your time!

*Note: Although Idaho Public Television doesn’t charge for professional development trainings, universities may charge educators a fee for credit.

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Grades K-12

Pre-K to Grade 2

It's Bex! She is the new friend in the Work It Out Wombats Treeborhood!

She is adventurous, creative, and hard of hearing. Bex wears a cochlear implant with a hearing aid. She loves waffle-wiches (a waffle stuffed between two pancakes)!

Work It Out Wombats!

Grades 3-5

PBS KIDS PODCASTS

Have some fun implementing PBS KIDS Podcasts into your classroom. Let your students develop their own podcast by finding an interesting topic, exploring it, and then interviewing others about their ideas on the topic. They could interview professionals in their school: teachers, principal, custodian, librarian, and get many different perspectives.

Grades 6-12

IDAHO JOBS EXPLAINED

Idaho Jobs Explained is a web series designed to help teens and young adults explore in-demand careers across Idaho.

Each episode takes viewers inside real workplaces, where host Matthew works alongside employees and interviews professionals at different stages of their careers.

Between episodes, shorter social media videos offer career advice, soft skills tips, and practical tools to support every step of the journey.

This engaging, hands-on series gives students, parents, and educators statewide access to the resources they need to explore and pursue meaningful careers.

Idaho Jobs Explained Link

This month, on Science Trek, we are learning about fossils!

When an animal or plant dies, it is usually completely destroyed — either by another animal eating it or by decaying on the ground or in the water. But sometimes the animal is buried before it is destroyed. And when that happens, and conditions are just right, the remains of the animal are preserved as fossils.

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