"Peep and the Big Wide World:" A Television Science Series for Three to Five Year Olds

WGBH正在制作和传播两季每天半小时的电视科学系列节目，并为三至五奥尔兹进行宣传。 该系列将作为探索电视台新扩大的探索儿童节目的一部分在全国范围内播出。 该项目名为“Peep and the Big Wide World”，将模拟适合发展的探究和探索过程，培养幼儿天生的好奇心，促进他们对周围世界的进一步实践探索，并激励父母和照顾者支持和鼓励这些活动。 电视节目将结合联合收割机动画和短，真人片段。 动画将把幼儿科学课程编织成关于三只鸟和它们的动物朋友探索世界的故事。 科学内容、统一概念和思维习惯将通过两分钟的真人片段得到加强，这些片段展示孩子们参与与前一个故事直接相关的科学游戏。该电视剧将得到该项目全面的“随地科学”外展部分的支持。 “任何地方的科学”强调了这样一个事实，即体验和享受科学的机会存在于生活的大多数方面。 它将提供一系列活动-通过网络和印刷材料-几乎任何人，几乎任何地方都可以享受。 “任何地方的科学”的目的是向父母和照顾者展示支持孩子的好奇心是多么重要，以及参与有助于培养他们科学思维习惯的活动是多么容易。“外联活动将围绕新的全国幼儿教育协会专业发展标准和开端的科学框架展开。 “窥视和广阔的世界”的内容总监是卡伦沃思，在教育发展中心的高级科学家和城市科学教育改革中心的联合主任。 她还是“幼儿科学教育工具包”的首席研究员，该工具包正在制定学前科学教育的国家标准。 该项目的执行制片人是凯特泰勒谁曾担任执行制片人“变焦”，“在世界上哪里是卡门圣地亚哥”和“德格拉斯初中。“PEEP的创作者和动画艺术家是凯·平达尔，丹麦电视台前动画负责人。 首席作家是凯西沃谁写了四季艾美奖获奖儿童系列，“亚瑟。该系列的顾问包括：埃里克森儿童发展高级研究所所长芭芭拉·鲍曼、会德丰学院教育学教授黛安·莱文、“沙盘之外的科学“顾问兼讲习班主持人泰拉·奥霍拉、“Kathy佩吉特，一位幼儿教育家，在技术教育研究中心担任科学课程开发者和科学相关教育项目的评估者; Diane Whitehead，全国领先协会的质量倡议协调员;和Elizabeth Young，马萨诸塞州剑桥的领先儿童保育主任。

WGBH is producing and disseminating two seasons of a daily, half-hour television science series and accompanying outreach for three to five year olds. The series will be carried nationally as part of Discovery Television's newly expanded Discovery Kids. The project, "Peep and the Big Wide World," will model a developmentally-appropriate process of inquiry and exploration, nurture young children's innate curiosity, catalyze further hands-on exploration of the world around them, and motivate parents and care-givers to support and encourage these activities. The television programs will combine animation and short, live-action segments. The animation will weave the early childhood science curriculum into stories about three birds and their animal friends as they explore the world. Science content, unifying concepts, and habits of mind will be reinforced through two-minute live-action segments that show kids engaged in science play relating directly to the previous story.The television series will be supported by a comprehensive "Anywhere Science" outreach component of the project. "Anywhere Science" reinforces the fact that opportunities to experience and enjoy science exist in most facets of life. It will offer a range of activities -- through both web and print materials -- that can be enjoyed by just about anyone, just about anywhere. "Anywhere Science" is being designed to show parents and caregivers how important it is to support children's curiosity and how easy it is to engage in activities that help develop their science "habits of mind." The outreach campaign will be built around the new National Association for the Education of Young Children professional development standards and Head Start's science framework. The content director for "Peep and the Big Wide World" is Karen Worth, Senior Scientist at the Education Development Center and the Co-Director of the Center for Urban Science Education Reform. She is also the Principal Investigator of "Tool Kits for Early Childhood Science Education" that is developing national standards for preschool science education. The Executive Producer for the project is Kate Taylor who has previously served as Executive Producer for"ZOOM," " Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego," and "Degrassi Junior High." The creator of PEEP and animation artist is Kai Pindal, former Head of Animation at Danish Television. The head writer is Kathy Waugh who has written four seasons of the Emmy winning children's series, "Arthur." Evaluation will be conducted by Rockman et al. Advisors for the series include Barbara Bowman, President of the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development; Diane Levin, Professor of Education at Wheelock College; Tera O'Hora, Consultant and Workshop Facilitator for "Science Beyond the Sandtable;" Kathy Paget, an early childhood educator working as a science curriculum developer and evaluator of science-related educational projects at the Technical Education Research Center; Diane Whitehead, a Quality Initiative Coordinator for the National Head Start Association; and Elizabeth Young, Director of Head Start Child Care in Cambridge, MA.