IdahoPTV Parents
Watch and learn together! Find discussion questions, learning goals, and activities for PBS KIDS series. Customize your child's learning based on your goals and values.
Resources for Idaho Families
Parents are a child's first and most important teachers.
Idaho Public Television's staff of educators supports Idaho families with free, high-quality learning resources for children from age 2 through high school. We provide workshops, hands-on activities, and digital tools to prepare Idaho kids for success in school and in life.
Visit IdahoPTV in Your Neighborhood to learn about how IdahoPTV’s family and community education projects are bringing Idahoans together and changing lives in neighborhoods around our state.
Browse resources below by age group.
Kindergarten Readiness
Idaho Public Television’s Kindergarten Readiness program provides free, high-quality, easily accessible resources for parents and caregivers of children getting ready to start kindergarten.
PBS KIDS for Parents
Explore free parent resources to help you raise kind, curious, and resilient children. Find parenting tips, hands-on activities, games, printables, apps, and more.
Apps
Designed to reinforce skill development and be entertaining and educational for kids and caregivers. More than 30 apps available wherever you get your apps. Free!
PBSKIDS.org
Stream your favorite PBS KIDS series for free anytime, anywhere.
Includes episodes featuring American Sign Language.
Games
Designed to reinforce skill development and be entertaining and educational. Search for games on math, science, art, engineering, reading, music, food, matching, and more. Games available in Spanish. Free!
IdahoPTV Reading Marathon
Read, explore, and earn rewards with IdahoPTV's Reading Marathon! Kids in kindergarten through 6th grade are challenged to read 20 minutes a day in the month of March to earn their very own Adventure Pass.
IdahoPTV KIDS Club
Enroll your children or grandchildren in our Kids Club by contacting Donor Services.
Science Trek
Produced by Idaho Public Television, free Science Trek videos and resources explore a multitude of topics and inspire students to investigate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Includes educational materials for teachers and parents.
Science Trek Podcast
Kids have lots of questions about science. On each episodes of the Science Trek Podcast, hosted by Idaho students Evie and Garrett, scientists answer elementary-age students’ questions on a variety of science topics. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Design Squad
Video series, games, and a community of young engineers and builders. Design, build, and test whimsical machines and innovative products.
PBS KIDS Podcasts
Mysteries, music, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Always free!
Welcome to the Unaltered State
Idahoans for Substance-Free Futures
Statewide campaign focusing on Idaho youth and substance-use awareness. Free parent, educator, and youth resources and documentary film.
Idaho Jobs Explained
Join host Matthew Baltzell as he journeys to every corner of Idaho, discovering exciting career opportunities, talking to real people about their work, and breaking down what it takes to get started in a variety of in-demand fields.
KNOW VAPE
Be Smart. Don't Start.
Statewide campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of youth vaping. Free parent, educator, and youth resources and documentary film.
Math at Work
Videos designed to help high school students connect their math coursework to real-world applications in Idaho industries. Produced in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Education.
Youth Media
Idaho Public Television’s educators and media producers support a variety of free youth media opportunities in our Idaho communities.
American Graduate
Explore Idaho’s educational pathways to high-demand, skilled jobs that offer a good wage without the expense of a four-year degree.
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