WEDU Promotes STEM Learning Through Upcoming Educator Workshop

Dec. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- DECEMBER 26, 2011 (Tampa, FL) — West Central Florida’s leading PBS station and source for public media, WEDU, will host an Early Childhood Educator Workshop featuring the PBS series “Sid the Science Kid.” The workshop will incorporate a variety of additional PBS educational resources focusing on the early childhood STEM learning environment.

"Sid the Science Kid," an educational animated television series produced by The Jim Henson Company and KCET/Los Angeles for PBS KIDS®, features a practical curriculum using music and humor to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. The conceptual content of the series is based in national science learning standards, cognitive learning theory, and on the preschool science curriculum, Preschool Pathways to Science©.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the WEDU Studios, 1300 North Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33607. This is a FREE workshop, but reservations are required due to limited seating. Visit wedu.org to register by Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

For more information, contact Gail Taylor, Director of Educational Services at gtaylor@wedu.org or 813-254-9338, x2205.

This workshop is supported in part by a grant from WNET, New York Public Media.

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WEDU is west central Florida’s leading PBS station and public media company reaching 16 counties through multiple media platforms including on-air programming and online experiences that broaden horizons, transport and transform and open gateways to new ideas and new worlds. Financially supported by the community, the organization offers a wealth of award-winning inspirational, educational and enlightening content over a variety of multi-media platforms. WEDU’s focus on the local community has resulted in the organization being regarded as a beacon of trust for men, women and children of every walk of life no matter their age, ethnicity or socio-economic status. WEDU prides itself on its position in the Tampa Bay community as a leader, partner, informed citizen and a member of PBS, the most trusted institution in America (2010 GfK Roper Public Affairs Media Survey).