Praised by parents, kids, and critics alike, the series Camp TV returns to screens nationwide this summer to bring children an engaging and dynamic learning experience. First airing in the summer of 2020 to provide an accessible camp experience, Camp TV continues its mission of making summer learning programs available to all through public television collaboration.
Consisting of ten half-hour episodes, the third season of Camp TV premieres on July 5, with episodes airing weekdays at 9 and 9:30 a.m. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS.
This season, comedian Mia Weinberger joins as co-counselor alongside Broadway performer Zachary Noah Piser as head counselor. Together, the counselors guide campers ages 5-10 as they explore the arts, movement, science, writing, math, cooking, and popular field trip locations.
Each episode begins with Zach and Mia announcing the day's theme: Going Green Day, Unicorn Day, Carnival Day, Time Warp Day, Make a Splash Day, Self-Care Day, Pirate Day, Magic Day, Mustache Day, and Not Really Valentine's Day, Day.
To provide unique segments for each episode, experts and teaching artists from leading educational and cultural institutions across the nation return as partners.
Content partners for Season 3 include Blackspace, Carnegie Hall, Children’s Museum of the Arts, Courtney Chu, The Exploratorium, Guggenheim Museum, Impossible Science, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Liberty Science Center, Lincoln Center, Memphis Zoo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mister C, National Dance Institute, New Victory Theater, New York Philharmonic, One Voice Children’s Choir, PBS39, PBS North Carolina, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Story Pirates, They Might Be Giants, ThinkTV, and WHRO Public Media.
Episodes end with “Tell Me a Story,” now featuring children from public television stations reading passages from popular children’s books. From Rhode Island is Robbie, a student from Peace Dale Elementary School who reads I Am Love: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde in Episode 6: Self-Care Day.
For activity guides, extras, and more visit camptv.org.
July 5 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - Going Green Day & Unicorn Day
On Going Green Day, make instruments and kites, take snake breaths, and learn about traits shared by birds and planes. Then, on Unicorn Day, make unicorn slime and smoothie popsicles, do a narwhal dance, and sing about a nonagon.
July 6 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - Carnival Day & Time Warp Day
On Carnival Day, become a puppet, play Skee-Ball, meet a bear cuscus, and read Night at the Fair. Then, on Time Warp Day, bake dinosaur footprint cookies, play a drawing game, and make a telephone with cups.
July 7 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - Make a Splash Day & Self-Care Day
On Make a Splash Day, freeze water by touch, learn how fish sleep, build suspense, and splash dance. Then, on Self-Care Day, make a worry doll, play “Finish the Drawing” and “Dome of Compliments,” and hear Rhode Island student reader, Robbie, read I Am Love: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde.
July 8 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - Pirate Day & Magic Day
On Pirate Day, plan a secret hideout, meet an okapi, and dance without touching the ground. Then, on Magic Day, learn about optical illusions, how sound works, and bats.
July 11 at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - Mustache Day & Not Really Valentine’s Day, Day
On Mustache Day, swim with manatees, dance the wave, and make a spy gadget and scrambled eggs. Then, on Not Really Valentine’s Day, Day, make mochi, a raccoon with paper hearts, and learn about mammals.
Camp TV is a production of The WNET Group. The program is distributed nationally by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). Sandra Sheppard is executive producer. Melinda Toporoff is co-executive producer and writer. Kevin Di Salvo is coordinating producer.
Major funding for Camp TV is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding was provided by The Charles and Lucille King Foundation, the New York City Council, the Alice Lawrence Foundation, Pine Tree Foundation of New York, and The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund.
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