Watch Pinky Dinky Doo, on Noggin, at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT).
Pinky Dinky Doo is an animated preschool series starring an imaginative seven-year-old named Pinky who loves to make up wacky, wonderful tall tales.
Pinky uses her stories to find solutions to her little brother's problems (like finding a lost shoe, being anxious over a new situation, not wanting to go to bed) and encourages young viewers to make up their own funny and fantastic stories.
CURRICULUM Every episode of Pinky Dinky Doo is designed to promote early-literacy skills and reading success by:
Celebrating the Power of Inventing Stories
By showcasing the storytelling process, Pinky Dinky Doo encourages kids to use their imaginations, demonstrates that stories come from ideas, and shows kids that their imaginations can lead a story down any path they choose.
Introducing the Basic Elements of Narration
Pinky's stories familiarize young children with the basic components of story structure--characters, dialog, main ideas, event sequences, and details--which is essential to reading success later in school.
Encouraging Listening and Comprehension
Pinky and her brother model effective strategies that kids need to make sense of stories, such as taking another look at a story, asking questions, getting clarification on unfamiliar words and concepts, and predicting what will come next.
Expanding Vocabulary
Listening to stories is an important source of vocabulary acquisition. All of Pinky's stories demonstrate a joy in playing with language, focus on the meaning of words and concepts within a story, offer helpful support through visuals and dialog, and include fun songs, games, rhymes, and alliterations.
To find out more about Pinky Dinky Doo, go to Noggin.
