Learning Resources

Your Learning Neighborhood

Kids find support from helpers in the community, from their teachers at school and grownups at home. With connections to free community resources, family-friendly events and engaging, educational shows, Your Learning Neighborhood brings it all together!

To help our local teachers, parents, caregivers and administrators, WQLN has partnered with local Pennsylvania PBS stations and Pennsylvania Department of Education to support the learning needs of children and families throughout the commonwealth. We recognize that learning occurs everywhere: at home, at school and in your community.

Grades K-5 Grades 6-12 Parents Educators

Grades K-5

STREAM Machine

The WQLN PBS STREAM Machine is a mobile outreach vehicle, stocked with PBS KIDS-themed STEM kits and books.

Q-Kids Readers

The WQLN PBS Q-Kids Readers program is designed to increase independent reading among children and foster parental involvement in children’s reading.

Kids Writers Contest

WQLN PBS Kids Writers Contest is designed to promote the advancement of children's literacy skills through hands-on, active learning.

Book Nooks

WQLN PBS book nooks are filled with our beloved PBS KIDS character books, PBS Playtime Pads, and more all designed to encourage children to learn.

Sounder & Friends

WQLN PBS brings learning to life with Sounder & Friends!

PBS KIDS

Educational games and videos from PBS KIDS shows!

PBS KIDS Games App

Play free learning games with your favorite PBS KIDS characters anytime, anywhere.

Design Squad Global

Watch videos, play games, try activities, and share designs with the community.

Grades 6-12

WQLN PBS Art Show and Contest

For tweens and teens, designed to promote creative artistic expression through painting.

Chronicles

WQLN's immersive docuseries, showcasing the Lake Erie region’s past and present.

PBS News Hour

Solid, reliable reporting from one of the most trusted news programs in television.

Student Reporting Labs

Tools to develop digital media, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Explore Pennsylvania History

Explore, visit, and teach PA history.

Parents

WQLN Homeroom

WQLN Homeroom video lessons are made to complement in-person education or supplement at-home learning.

WQLN Families

WQLN Families is an innovative workshop series that emphasizes the involvement of the entire family in a child’s education.

PBS for Parents

Explore family resources, tips, activities and support for children ages 2-8.

Sesame for Families

Professional development and activities for children and families by age group.

Meet the Helpers

A public media initiative designed to introduce children to community helpers and practice emergency preparedness.

Support Our Schools

A universally-designed project that crosses curriculum areas to address grade level standards in multiple subject areas.

Educators

Buckethead KIDZ

WQLN Buckethead KIDZ is a music program designed to introduce fifth-grade students to the art of drumming, various rhythms, and how they work together.

Chronicles Lesson Plans

PA standards-aligned lesson plans for high school educators based on the WQLN PBS docuseries, “Chronicles.”

PBS LearningMedia

Standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more.

Bilingual Learning Resources

PBS digital resources for bilingual learners in grades pre-k through fifth.

PBS Newshour Classroom

News for students and teacher resources for grades 6-12.

Harry T. Burleigh Lesson Plans

Learn about Harry T. Burleigh, Erie Pennsylvania's groundbreaking composer, arranger, and professional singer.

Datacasting

Datacasting refers to using those same signals to securely transmit data that can be used by a computer.

Repairing the World for Schools

Resources for this film documenting Pittsburgh's powerful community response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Your Learning Neighborhood is a collaboration of the seven PBS stations in the commonwealth, collectively known as Pennsylvania PBS.

Visit pennsylvaniapbs.org/learning to learn more about this statewide project.