Are your kids ready for kindergarten? Join us for Playing to Learn, a five-week virtual program for kids ages 4 to 5. This free program will provide information and kindergarten readiness materials using resources from PBS KIDS and Sesame Street. A weekly parent Zoom meeting will introduce each week’s topic and weekly Storytime for kids followed by a parent share time.
There are three opportunities to engage with the program.
This program is for Kansas City Metropolitan area parents.
Funding for this program provided by the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation.
We will be creating 60 Exploration Kits that will be available via a drive thru pick up at Kansas City PBS 125 E. 31st St. KCMO 64108.
Families must register to pick up exploration kits from Kansas City PBS. Exploration kits include activities to guide nature observation and insect identification. Families can use these kits in their backyard, at a local park, or nature center to get out and get curious! Making careful observations inspires curiosity, scientific learning and attention to detail.
Are your kids ready for kindergarten? Join us for Playing to Learn, a five-week virtual program for kids ages 4 to 5. This free program will provide information and kindergarten readiness materials using resources from PBS KIDS and Sesame Street. A weekly parent Zoom meeting will introduce each week’s topic and weekly Storytime for kids followed by a parent share time.
There are three opportunities to engage with the program.
This program is for Kansas City Metropolitan area parents.
Funding for this program provided by the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation.
Working with children who have differing abilities can be a challenge in the classroom without the right tools. In this session, we will expand and challenge your thinking to create an inclusive learning environment and experience for everyone.
Trainer: Jenna Bodensteiner, The Family Conservancy
Earn two clock hours for both Kansas and Missouri.
Support provided by the Francis Family Foundation
Join Kansas City PBS and Nico Giles Media for a free, public screening of the documentary “6 STREETS”, a film chronicling the creation of local street murals honoring the Black Lives Matter movement. Filming highlights the community organizations that made the project possible and celebrates the art activists whose creative interpretations of this profound moment in history are now commemorated in neighborhoods across Kansas City. Join the film’s producers, Nico Wiggins and Cody Boston for a Q&A following the screening.
Please reserve your tickets by email: cherithbrookkcmo@gmail.com.
Math and science are all around us! With the Kansas City PBS KIDS STEAM Kit, you and your child can explore science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts together.
Join our four-week series of hands-on and digital activities introducing science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts to parents, caregivers, and kids. Each week at home, your family will open a new STEAM packet found in your kit and work on an activity together in your home, supplemented by resources from Kansas City PBS.
This program in limited to local Kansas City families.
*Please visit arvestbanktheatre.com and aegpresents.com/health-policy prior to the event for updates to the venue’s COVID-19 policies.
Update: This event has been rescheduled from Tuesday, April 25, 2020 to Friday, August 27, 2021.
For the health and safety of The Fab Four’s fans and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Fab Four has made the decision to reschedule their Tuesday, April 25, 2020 performance. The new Fab Four tour date is scheduled for Friday, August 27, 2021.
Kansas City PBS is pleased to offer you this exclusive opportunity to see The Fab Four perform live in concert at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland on Friday, August 27, 2021.
Thank you for your interest in this Kansas City PBS and The Fab Four. Tickets are no longer available through Kansas City PBS. Please check back for future opportunities to continue supporting Kansas City PBS!
With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatle’s classics, the Fab Four will make you think you are back in time rockin’ with John, Paul, George and Ringo! With The Fab Four on stage, you’ll hear record-perfect live performances of such classics as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Penny Lane,” “Here Comes The Sun,” “Hey Jude” and many more!
Registration is now open for Sesame Street in Communities 2021 Heroes: Helping, Healing and Moving Forward. This year the workshop will be virtual.
Download Session Descriptions (PDF)
To register click on the green register button in the upper right hand corner.
The following are the sessions titles, remember you may only choose two.
HEROES: Self-care Compassion Fatigue: Celebrating You! Pampering yourself to prevent burnout.
HELPING: Using Picture Books to Cope with Anxiety & Big Feelings
HEALING: When Trauma meets Trauma in the Classroom
MOVING FORWARD: What’s next? What have kids missed out on learning (social-emotional) these past 15 months?
Attendees can receive 1 clock hour for each session attended.
Welcome to Kansas City PBS’s first Raising Readers workshop for the 2021-2022 year. LETRS for Early Childhood Educators on October 14 will be virtual. Registration is now open.
This session will provide an introduction to the research of Lucy Paulson and Louisa Moats called LETRS. Designed to empower teachers with an understanding of the what, why, and how involved with early literacy instruction and use this information to prepare young learners on their journey towards reading and writing. We will examine the foundations of literacy development and what early childhood professionals need to know.
Presenter: Nancy Heathman, The Family Conservancy
Thank you for your interest in Kansas City PBS and Andrea Bocelli. Tickets for this event are no longer available through Kansas City PBS. Please check back for future opportunities to continue supporting Kansas City PBS!
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Update: The Andrea Bocelli VIP experience is no longer available, but there are still amazing seats left! When you make a $400 gift in support of Kansas City PBS, we will thank you with a front and center floor seat to this once in a lifetime concert.
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Join Kansas City PBS for a once in a lifetime experience to see the iconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli live in Kansas City on Saturday, October 16, 2021! Bocelli brings his Believe North American Tour to the T-Mobile Center for the first time — and here is your chance to experience the blockbuster show!
Become a member of Kansas City PBS today for the chance to enjoy an exclusive opportunity to hear the beloved tenor’s hits and famed love songs live and in-person. For your support of Kansas City PBS, we are pleased to offer you the Andrea Bocelli VIP experience! When you make a $600 gift of support in public television, we’ll thank you with a pre-show Italian dinner with Bocelli Wine, a front and center floor seat to the concert, VIP event parking, and a custom Andre Bocelli merchandise gift bag.