Contact:
Melinda Gann
KOCE Director of Communications
(714) 895-0879
mgann@koce.orgHosts Sandra Robbie & Bernardo Osuna,
and Dr. William Sears photos available
at http://www.koce.org/staffphotos.htm
‘HELP ME GROW’ RETURNS FOR A NEW SEASON ON KOCE-TV
A Guide to Help Your Children Grow Up Great!Filled with Helpful Advice, 13-Part Series
Premieres Monday, January 24 at 7:00 p.m.
How can I find qualified, loving day care for my baby? What can I do to get my child to sleep? Is my three-year-old ready for preschool? What kind of fun activities will help my child learn?
Following up on a successful run of Help Me Grow, Series One in 2003-04, Help Me Grow keeps the momentum going with thirteen new episodes designed to give parents and child care providers useful advice to help kids grow up healthy, strong and learning. Produced by KOCE, PBS from Orange County, the new series airs Monday evenings, beginning January 24 at 7:00 p.m., with encore broadcasts every Friday at noon.
Hosted by Sandra Robbie and Bernardo Osuna, second season episodes feature compelling family stories that illustrate the expectations, difficulties and demands of being a parent. Dr. William Sears, author and internationally recognized pediatrician from Orange County, provides health and safety tips. Experts offer their experienced counsel on topics most important and interesting to parents of children up to five years of age, such as sleep, child care, when to visit the doctor, and the importance of play.
Taped in English, the programs are also available in Spanish through the SAP channel.
Help Me Grow is funded by a grant from the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, and produced by KOCE public television. Wendy Moulton Tate is series Producer, Susan Wilcox is Instructional Designer, and Lisa Burke is Project Coordinator. KOCE’s Ed Miskevich and Hall Davidson are Executive Producers. Episode titles follow.
Following are episode titles and broadcast dates. For more information about Help Me Grow, visit www.helpmegrowonline.org.
Program Air Date Episode Title January 24 Helping Your Child Grow Up Great:
Nutrition, Child Care & SleepJanuary 31 Moments in Parenting February 7 Getting Sick, Staying Well February 14 Decisions, Decisions: Child Care, Sleep & Feeding February 21 Home, Safe Home February 28 Family Time March 7 Play: A Child’s Work March 14 A Day in the Life: Children With Special Challenges March 21 Little Friendships March 28 Children & Aggression April 4 Teachable Moments April 11 Big Events in Little Lives April 18 Getting Ready for Kindergarten
