Back to School with Super WHY! (DVD Giveaway)

PBS Kids has some really great shows, and one of them is Super WHY! Children love it because it’s fun, but parents like that it helps kids learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook adventures. If you’re not acquainted with Super WHY yet, it features a team of superhero characters with literacy powers who jump into books for answers to everyday preschool challenges. Children watching the show are superhero sidekicks who are encouraged and empowered to participate in the reading fun through research-based literacy games.

If your child is getting ready to go to school for the first time or preparing to go back to school after summer vacation, Super WHY’s literacy experts have some tips for what you can do as a parent to help your child acquire early reading skills while preparing for the start of school:

Visit the library or bookstore: Find books that start a dialogue about school to help get young children feeling comfortable and confident about this new experience. Read the books together and identify key words.

Practice going to school: Point out places that are familiar to your children on the way to school and encourage them to read or find letters on the signs as you pass -- even their school sign!

Tool up: While shopping for school supplies, read the list out loud and have kids spell out words like pencil or paper.

Create a cozy study space with your child: Before the school year even starts, set up an area together that is comfortable and quiet. This can also be a place to spend quality time reading.

Head over to http://pbskids.org/superwhy for super useful -- and fun! -- online content, activities, games and more designed to help parents engage kids in reading!

GIVEAWAY

The all-new Super WHY DVD, "Attack of the Eraser: A Comic Book Adventure," is available just in time for the start of school with FOUR “super” reading-powered episodes, including “Attack of the Eraser,” “The Story of the Tooth Fairy,” “The Cookbook,” and “The Big Game!” Here’s your opportunity to win a copy! To enter, go to http://pbskids.org/superwhy, and then return here to leave a comment about something you liked on the site. You must do this to enter the giveaway.

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One winner will be randomly selected from the qualified comments received by Friday, September 10, 2010, at midnight ET. Please leave an email address on one of your comments if it’s not available on your Blogger profile. Winners must respond within 72 hours or another winner will be drawn. Contest is open to US residents only.

CONTEST CLOSED. Congratulations to the winner, Kelly D.!



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