This is the final Super Why! post and the last chance to enter the giveaway for a DVD from PBS by posting a comment in any of the posts in this series!

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I apologize for careening back and forth between the PBS track and the recession track — I’ve had certain deadlines to meet with the recession stories — however, both discussion threads are germane to raising children, so hopefully it hasn’t been too jarring.

Back to the wonders of Super Why! For today’s activities, you will need:

• the episode available either in podcast or quicktime format
• the Princess Presto mask
• the Princess Presto day worksheets
• the Princess Presto instruction sheet

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Ready to roll with Word Power? Today’s Super WHY! activities are focused on using auditory or visual discrimination to create and decipher between all words.

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A, B, C, D… sing with me! Yep, it’s time to break out the Super WHY! pre-assessment and Alpha Pig activities today!

If you have no clue what I’m talking about, jump back a post and catch up — we’re going on an interactive journey with the characters of Super WHY! this week. AND… if you comment on the PBS-related posts this week, I will put your name into a drawing for a DVD (I’m awaiting its arrival, so I don’t have the title yet) from PBS. Yes, if you comment on more than one post, I will put your name in more than once.

So, let’s get started!

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When Angela Santomero was a little girl, she’d lean into the TV set and she just knew she was special, because Mr. Rogers told her she was. And so did I. And I’m willing to bet, so did you.

We are the generation who learned our ABCs on PBS, and now our children are too, but they are learning so much more, so much faster, and Angela Santomero is one of the reasons why.

Maybe you don’t recognize her name… unless you happen to pay close attention to the credits of your children’s favorite shows. She is creator of Nick Jr.’s Blue’s Clues and creator, executive producer, and head writer of the award-winning PBS show, Super WHY! She has the Midas touch of children’s programming, so I jumped at the opportunity to peel back the layers at PBS headquarters May 6 and find out just what goes into putting together a show like Super WHY!

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