PBS Kids programming notes

PBS Kids programming notes:
PBS Kids will premiere five new weather-centric episodes of the preschool animated series Sid The Science Kid the week of September 14-18, 2009 (check local listings). The five new episodes explore the science of weather and the seasons. Additionally, a pbskids.org/ sid will launch a new online game, focusing on weather and learning, simultaneous to the new episodes. The Sid the Science Kid TV series is co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and KCET/Los Angeles for PBS Kids, with the website produced by KCET New Media in partnership with FableVision.
PBS Kids is hosting a marathon of the new preschool CGI animated series Dinosaur Train, with back-to-back episodes during the two-hour PBS Kids block on Labor Day, Monday, September 7 (check local listings). From The Jim Henson Company, Dinosaur Train will join the PBS Kids weekday lineup. Additionally there is also a corresponding Dinosaur Train interactive website at www.pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain.

National Geographic Little Kids magazine launches a new online component at littlekids www.nationalgeographic.com. Like the magazine, the website is targeted to preschoolers 3-6 and their parents/caretakers. The site features a range of games, crafts, recipes, experiments and videos, as well as resources to help parents talk to kids about various things including the first day of school.

Cookie Jar Entertainment's animated preschool series Caillou is moving to Treehouse (Canada) where it will debut on Monday September 7 at 7:30a. Caillou will air regularly on Treehouse Monday-Friday at 7:3a, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1p, and Saturdays at 7a and 10p and Sundays at 7a and 10:30p. A fifth season of Caillou is currently in production, a co-production with South Africa's Clockwork Zoo, and is slated to bow on Treehouse in fall 2010.