We’re proud to support Texas educators and families.
For more than 60 years, Texas PBS stations have partnered with educators to provide trusted resources for classrooms. Our whole child approach helps communities create a learning ecosystem for every child. See below for our educational initiatives from award-winning PBS Kids shows to local community initiatives.
PBS is America’s largest classroom.
Texas PBS serves educators and caregivers as well as parents to build a learning ecosystem around all children. Here are our educational initiatives.
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is designed for kids and parents to explore educational content beyond your families favorite shows. The pbskids.org site is designed for kids and provides clear ways to navigate to all your favorite PBS games, shows and places for learning.
PBS LearningMedia
PBS LearningMedia is a free online library of over 30,000 resources aligned to state and national curriculum standards, created in close collaboration with educators. Resources designed for Texas classrooms are available and correlated to state standards.
PBS LearningMedia provides access to free, high-quality educational resources while reaching more than 1.6 million unique users each month during the school year.
Free Parenting Tips by Text
Lantern shares free parenting tips by text, based on your child’s exact age and where you live.
- Milestones by age
- Conversation starters
- Social-emotional development tips
- Games to boost brain development
- Challenging topics like sleep, picky eating and much more!
PBS Kids for Parents
We believe the world is full of possibilities, and so is every child. As the number one educational media brand for kids, PBS KIDS helps children ages 2 to 8 learn lessons that last a lifetime.
Through media and community-based programs, PBS KIDS wants children to see themselves uniquely reflected and celebrated. PBS KIDS for Parents page provides tips and activities for caregivers to help your child reach their potential.
PBS Bilingual Resources
PBS KIDS and PBS LearningMedia offer many videos, games, activities, and other educational resources in both Spanish and English. Whether it is your family’s first language, or you would like to introduce young children to learning Spanish, PBS KIDS has resources available.
Here are Spanish Games.
The PBS KIDS for Parents website is available in Spanish translation. Select “Español” in the top-right corner of the webpage, and you can easily toggle between English and Spanish resources.
PBS LearningMedia: Look for the ‘Also in ES’ label for translated materials and videos
Community Partnerships
Texas stations participate in a number of community partnerships to build an ecosystem of learning around every child.
Through statewide partnerships with the United Ways of Texas and state agency partners, Texas PBS stations are able to provide free resources, professional development and community resources to strengthen learning in every community.
Ready To Learn
Through the Ready To Learn Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Texas PBS stations are partners in developing high-quality educational media and resources.
This program aims to advance critical early learning skills for children ages 2-8 to help them succeed in school, work, and life.
PBS Classroom Resources
K-12 Education Resources for Teachers and Classrooms
Texas PBS stations provide high-quality pre K-12 educational resources. Teachers access classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels.
We provide thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations.
These resources are correlated to state and national educational standards and are tied to PBS’ award-winning on-air and online programming.
