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Out and About
Santa and IPTV Join Together

IPTV Education staff visited the Murray Public Library for a special Christmas story time. Guests enjoyed stories, songs and even a special appearance by Santa during this event. As part of IPTV's Ready for School project, kids will now have access to an iPad at the Murray Library. Santa isn't the only one who gets to have all the fun.
Kids & Family
Learn About Your Child's Stages of Growth

Did you know that on the PBS Parents website you can use PBS's child development tracker
to get insights on the stages of growth? Start by selecting the age of you r child, then choose from one of the categories to learn more. You can explore how to approach your child with learning, how your child might be developing, and even what PBS KIDS shows are most appropriate for your child.  While visiting the PBS Parents website, browse around at all of the other wonderful resources they have to offer. Some PBS shows are only on the web, so this site is a great place to see it all in one spot.
Early Childhood
Free Raising Readers Course

Are you a child care provider looking for free DHS credit? If so, Iowa Public Television is looking for you. IPTV's Ready for School initiative is looking for child care providers to take the online PBS TeacherLine course,  Raising Readers: Preparing Preschoolers for Success, for FREE. This course focuses on preparing preschoolers for success by developing early literacy skills. You will learn to plan meaningful early literacy-learning experiences that build on preschoolers' prior knowledge, expand their vocabulary, and strengthen oral language development - providing them with the foundation for reading writing, and future academic success. Read additional information  or register for this course . This six week online course is worth 15 hours of DHS credit and done at your convenience. The next scheduled courses will run in January and March.
Elementary
New Science Module: Animal Adaptions

Animal Adaptions is a new science module for first grade teachers that can be used from the PBS KIDS Lab website. Lessons using online games and video clips from Wild Kratts help children build concept knowledge about animal adaptations and how these adaptations help animals meet their needs and survive. Children also learn about ways in which humans can improve their performance and solve problems by mimicking the ways animals use their physical characteristics to meet their needs and survive. PBS KIDS ScratchJr, can be used to report and share what they learned.
Secondary
Student Reporting Labs

PBS News Hour's Student Reporting Labs connect students with a network of public broadcasting mentors, an innovative journalism curriculum and an online collaborative space to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports. These journalism and news literacy curriculum resources help students produce high-quality, relevant stories that connect your community to national and global current events.
Coming Up

Look for IPTV Education at the following events:
  • December 28 Library Storytime (Mitchellville)
  • January 5 Ruthven Elementary Professional Development (Ruthven)
  • January 19 NASA Downlink (Johnston)
Email IPTV Education to request customized trainings and/or request a booth. 

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