{"id":488,"date":"2011-08-01T15:56:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2011\/08\/01\/pbs-announces-new-series-inspired-by-mister-rogers%e2%80%99-neighborhood-character-daniel-tiger\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T23:11:05","slug":"pbs-announces-new-series-inspired-by-mister-rogers%e2%80%99-neighborhood-character-daniel-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2011\/pbs-announces-new-series-inspired-by-mister-rogers%e2%80%99-neighborhood-character-daniel-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS Announces New Series Inspired By Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood CHARACTER Daniel Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DanielTiger.JPG\"<\/a>DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD brings together a group of today\u2019s leading creators of children\u2019s media and educational technology. The series was developed by the acclaimed Fred Rogers Company in association with Out of the Blue Enterprises.We\u2019re very excited to be creating a program that builds on Fred\u2019s legacy in such fresh and innovative ways.\u00a0 Fred knew that school readiness skills are the foundation for academic achievement, and a full life, and now a growing body of research confirms this,\u201d said Bill Isler, President of The Fred Rogers Company.<\/p>\n

Fred Rogers revolutionized children\u2019s media with MISTER ROGERS\u2019 NEIGHBORHOOD, and DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD continues on this path of innovation, helping the next generation of young children learn and grow in new ways,\u201d said Lesli Rotenberg, Senior Vice President, Children\u2019s Media, PBS.\u00a0 \u201cJoining the PBS KIDS family of series that cover important curricular areas like literacy and science, DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD fills a critical gap in children\u2019s media today: modeling the behaviors and habits that kids need in order to excel in formal learning settings \u2013 essentially, learning how to learn.\u00a0 It\u2019s important for kids to learn pro-social skills like cooperation and listening, so that when they start school they are able to focus on the material at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive producers of DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD are Kevin Morrison, for The Fred Rogers Company, and Angela Santomero, cofounder of Out of the Blue Enterprises and the creative force behind the hit PBS KIDS literacy series SUPER WHY!.\u00a0 In addition to this key partner, The Fred Rogers Company is joined by 9 Story Entertainment, bringing award-winning animation capabilities to the production, and top game designer Schell Games, which will spearhead the series\u2019 digital educational applications.<\/p>\n

DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD joins the PBS KIDS line-up of cross-platform content for kids ages 2 to 8, which includes a host of top-rated series including THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!, CURIOUS GEORGE and WILD KRATTS.\u00a0 With a transmedia approach, PBS KIDS is increasingly serving children wherever they live, learn, and play \u2013 on TV, online, through mobile devices, in the classroom, and through a new line of educational toys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DANIEL TIGER\u2019S NEIGHBORHOOD brings together a group of today\u2019s leading creators of children\u2019s media and educational technology. The series was developed by the acclaimed Fred Rogers Company in association with Out of the Blue Enterprises.We\u2019re very excited to be creating a program that builds on Fred\u2019s legacy in such fresh and innovative ways.\u00a0 Fred knew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSd8M-7S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}