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Preschool Network Drives New Linear Programming and Deepens Co-Viewing Experiences through Aggressive Multi-Platform Strategy PASADENA, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprout® today announced several new network programs including Ruff-Ruff, Tweet & Dave and the second season of The Chica Show, as part of the 24-hour preschool network's growing line-up of new series. The world's most famous chicken, Chica, returns in Sprout's original series The Chica Show, which...

Animated Adventure Series, which Promotes Physical Activity, Debuts on Monday, April 22 PHILADELPHIA, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tree Fu Tom, the animated preschool series that's taken Britain by storm, will make its U.S. debut on Sprout®, the 24-hour preschool channel, on April 22 at 11:00 a.m. EST. The show, which is a co-production between FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment and CBeebies, joins Sprout's lineup of quality children's entertainment that includes...

Sprout machines provide nutritious snacks, supporting the transition towards healthier schools. Irvine, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Sprout Healthy Vending is right on board with the Obama administration’s plan to establish nutrition standards for food sold in schools for the 2014-15 school year. In an attempt to not only provide quality, healthy options, Sprout Healthy Vending is determined to work with the USDA to change the mindset of school administrators and students when it comes...

NOVI, Mich., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Tis the Season of Giving at Childtime, The Children's Courtyard, La Petite Academy and Tutor Time, as children at more than 900 schools nationwide learn the valuable lessons of kindness and generosity. Students, families and teachers throughout Learning Care Group's portfolio of brands will share the spirit of the season by donating new bedtime books and new cozy pajamas to children in need as part of the Great Sprout Tuck-In, an...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout is set to premiere its newest original series, The Chica Show (26 x 11' episodes), on Saturday, November 24 at 11:30 a.m. ET, with encore presentations at 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. ET. Promoting social-emotional development in preschoolers through creative play, The Chica Show is a mix of live action and animation that follows the imaginative adventures of Chica and her cast of friends (including...

LEWISVILLE, Texas, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Care Group officially launches 'Grow Fit' program encouraging balanced nutrition practices and physical activity in more than 900 early childhood education centers nationwide - including Childtime, The Children's Courtyard, Montessori Unlimited, La Petite Academy and Tutor Time schools. Through Grow Fit, Learning Care Group is working to support children's healthy development while preventing childhood obesity and chronic...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jim Henson Company in conjunction with multi-platform video game developer N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment has just released an interactive app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, based on Henson's preschool series, PAJANIMALS, currently airing in the U.S. on 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout(®) and on the new Saturday morning NBC Kids block. The PAJANIMALS App, an interactive adaptation of the episode "Light in the...

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Thanksgiving, 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout(®) takes to the streets of New York City with its new float in the 86(th) Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(®). Rolling down the streets on Thursday, November 22, the new Sprout float will feature one of preschool television's most beloved characters, Chica the Chicken, along with her Sprout friends who will entertain millions of kids on Turkey Day. (Photo:...

PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout, First Lady Michelle Obama and LazyTown have teamed up to promote active, healthy lifestyles for preschoolers with a series of new Let's Move! public service announcements, produced by Sprout and designed specifically for children ages 2-5 and their families. The three PSAs, filmed in the East Room of The White House, feature First Lady Michelle Obama, Chica the Chicken, host of...

Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign raises money for children’s hospitals ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 Produce for Kids® is gearing up for its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign, working with 16 supermarket grocery store chains across the country to help raise money for local children’s hospitals. Celebrating a milestone 10th birthday in 2012, everyone is invited to the celebration full of healthy meal ideas, a great cause and a media partnership with 24-hour preschool...