Party Like the Kratts & Cat

I'm the PBS NC Rootle Ambassador for one of the counties I serve. My role is to promote PBS Kids and all the resources it has to offer children and parents. One of the ways I do this is presenting a PBS Kids based program twice a year. 

I used two PBS Kids Shows, Wild Kratts and Nature Cat, to introduce resources on PBS Kids, PBS Kids for Parents, and PBS Learning Media as well as showcase nonfiction books about animals. 

The event started with watching some clips from the shows. 

Wild Kratts

• Activate Turkey Power 
• Who Are You Calling Turkey?
• Secret Turkey Lurk
• The Awesome Possum 
• Opossum Powers

Nature Cat 

• Squirreling Away Food Part 1
• Squirreling Away Food Part 2

After watching the clips, I shared a few books. 

• I See a Kookaburra: Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
• Creature Features: 25 Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Use masks)
• What’s Your Favorite Animal? by Eric Carle & Friends

Then the kids made animal tracks using toothpicks and Play-Doh. The idea came from PBS Kids for Parents. I provided Nature Cat's Animal Track Match printable and some books (Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints by Jim Arnosky, Crinkleroot’s Book of Animal Tracking by Jim Arnosky, Crinkleroot’s Book of Animal Tracks and Wildlife Signs by Jim Arnosky) to give them ideas. 

We ended with a scavenger hunt: Wild Kratts and Nature Cat characters. 

And I had 3 activity packets for the kids as well as a Rootle on the Go sheet for parents so they wouldn't forget all the resources I shared. 

Wild Kratts

• Let’s Talk & Let’s Do Cards (PBS Learning Media)
• Draw Your Own Creature Power Suit for Chris (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Draw Your Own Creature Power Suit for Martin (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Invent a Creepy Cool Creature for Martin & Chris (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Creature Tracker (PBS Learning Media)
• My Creature Adventure (PBS Kids for Parents)

Nature Cat

• Let’s Talk & Let’s Do Cards (PBS Learning Media)
• Nature Cat Coloring Sheet (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Nature Cat Storytelling Puppets (PBS Learning Media)
• Makin’ Tracks with Crayons (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Make Leaf and Bark Rubbings (PBS Kids for Parents)
• Track Your Daily Weather (PBS Kids for Parents)

Steve Jenkins

• What’s Your Favorite Animal? Activity Page
• Where Does Your Favorite Animal Live? Activity Page
• What Does Your Favorite Animal Like to Eat? Activity Page
• Creature Features Activity Page