PBS Kids Digital Series OH NOAH! Celebrating “El Dia de los Ninos”
The PBS KIDS digital series OH NOAH! (pbskids.org/noah) is expanding with new bilingual content this month! Geared to kids ages 4-7, OH NOAH! features the comic misadventures of Noah, a young boy staying with his grandmother in a community where almost no one else speaks English. As he tries to learn Spanish and makes new friends, misunderstandings land him in wacky predicaments, but he always manages to rebound and cheerfully learn from his mistakes. New animated videos and games are launching on April 30 (a day to honor and celebrate children known as “El Día de los Niños”).
New content will include:
- “Making a Splash,” a new 11-minute video: On a sweltering day, Brisa invites Noah and Nell to go swimming. Noah is hesitant because he can’t swim. With Nell’s encouragement, Noah decides to get swimming lessons, but because of a misunderstanding, Noah ends up performing tricks with a waterskiing team instead.
- An interactive “Games in Video” version of the “Making a Splash” video that includes embedded language-learning mini-games.
- New short videos, including an extended version of the music video “Puedo nadar!” (“I can swim!”) and a highlight reel of Pequeño’s funniest moments from the series.
- “Lost and Found,” a new immersive language-learning game: Players join Noah and Nell on an interactive scavenger hunt. Players seek help from friends and neighbors to decipher Spanish words and locate missing objects, and encounter a series of fun mini-games along the way.
- OH NOAH! will be mobile-friendly and accessible through smartphones and tablets.
We watched “Making a Splash” and found it to be really entertaining – and educational! My daughter and I both learned some new Spanish words from this episode. I really like how Oh Noah! teaches children not only how to speak Spanish, but also some of the culture of Spanish-speaking communities. They learn how one acts when in a new situation. Like all of PBS Kids programs, Oh Noah! is very entertaining with some catchy songs and wonderful two lead characters. When Noah isn’t sure what a Spanish word means he has his fun redheaded friend to help him look it up on her phone. You have to remember that no-one else besides Noah and his pal Nell speak English so this makes for some silly predicaments they find themselves in! Like when Noah finds that he had signed up for waterskiing lessons and not swimming lessons.
Quite a fun show I think your family will really enjoy! Good news! PBS Kids has provided us with a Oh Noah! Kit to hand out that includes a screener, Oh Noah! Activity Booklet and stickers and some crayons. Good Luck!
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Melissa
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kelly benavidez
My children are not learning a new language but I would love them to start while they are still young.