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Practical Living/Vocational Studies


Arthur
Building relationships and solving problems together
Grade Levels:
K-6
Length:
30 minutes
Taping Rights:
School year
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Web Site:
PBS Online
Teaching Materials:
See Below

This popular children’s series, based on the books by Marc Brown, features Arthur the Aardvark and his friends using language, communication, and problem-solving skills at school, at play, and in interpersonal relationships. Designed to encourage reading, writing, and cooperative problem solving, the programs outline dilemmas faced by elementary children—from a “bad hair day” to the temptation to cheat—and show Arthur and friends working together to figure out what is the right thing to do.

Each regular half-hour episode includes two complete animated stories, plus an interstitial segment featuring real kids and built on a specific theme.


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2007/08 KET ED Program Schedule

121. Sue Ellen Moves In/The Perfect Brother
Sue Ellen's family has just moved into the neighborhood, and everyone is convinced they're either spies, criminals, or aliens. Arthur invites the Brain to spend a weekend, then regrets it. 29 minutes
    Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, May 4 at 1:00 pm on KETED

122. D.W.'s Snow Mystery/Team Trouble
D.W.'s most prized possession—a snowball from last winter—is missing, and the kids try to come up with an explanation. Arthur, Francine, and Buster work together on a history report about ancient Rome. 29 minutes
    Saturday, May 3 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, May 4 at 1:30 pm on KETED

128. I'm a Poet/The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club
Fern challenges everyone to enter a poetry contest judged by a famous poet. Arthur and the gang fight back when a group called Parents Against Weird Stories wants to ban their favorite ghost-story books from the library. 29 minutes
    Monday, April 7 at 12:30 pm on KETED

201. Arthur Meets Mister Rogers/Draw!
Mister Rogers is staying at Arthur's house, but Arthur doesn't really want his friends to know that because everybody knows Mister Rogers' show is for babies. Fern draws an unflattering cartoon of Francine, and pretty soon everyone else is trying it, too. 29 minutes
    Monday, November 26 at 12:30 pm on KETED

202. Binky Barnes, Art Expert/Arthur's Lucky Pencil
Arthur and Buster dread having to work on an art project with Binky the bully, but he surprises them. A special pencil seems to be bringing Arthur luck. What will happen when it's been worn down to a stub? 29 minutes
    Friday, November 23 at 12:30 pm on KETED

212. Arthur's Faraway Friend/Arthur and the Square Dance
Buster and Arthur are right in the middle of writing a great adventure story together when Buster announces that he's leaving town for a while to live with his dad. Binky thinks Francine has a crush on Arthur. 29 minutes
    Tuesday, November 27 at 12:30 pm on KETED

213. Water and the Brain/Arthur the Unfunny
When Brain won't go to Waterworld with everyone else, they decide he's a snob. But is that the real explanation? Arthur decides to learn how to make people laugh. 29 minutes
    Wednesday, November 28 at 12:30 pm on KETED

304. Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
A class project gets the kids tracing their family trees. Will they turn out to be descended from royalty—or just from "plain folks"? The Magic Toolbox comes to Mr. Ratburn's class to put some of the kids on TV. 29 minutes
    Saturday, April 12 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, April 13 at 1:00 pm on KETED

305. The Chips Are Down/Revenge of the Chip
D.W. eats a gigantic green potato chip—then hears a rumor that the green ones are poisonous! When the story even hits the local newspaper, she tries to figure out how to get Mom to stop blabbing to everyone about it. 29 minutes
    Saturday, April 12 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, April 13 at 1:30 pm on KETED

306. Binky Rules/Meet Binky
When the name "Binky" is written in graffiti all over the school, Binky says he didn't do it. Is there another Binky? Fern and Buster play detective to solve the case. 29 minutes
    Wednesday, April 9 at 12:30 pm on KETED

309. Arthur's Treasure Hunt/The Return of the King
When Buster digs up an ancient arrowhead, everyone else wants to find buried treasure, too. But Arthur's mom won't let him dig up the backyard. On a field trip to the medieval fair, Arthur's class is being humiliated in competitions against a class led by Mr. Ratburn's tough old mentor. Can Arthur turn things around? 29 minutes
    Saturday, April 5 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, April 6 at 1:00 pm on KETED

310. Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy
After sneaking a peek at a new superhero TV show, the Tibble twins decide they have superpowers and get out of control. D.W. just has to have a Fluffy Unicorn Clothes-Horse and Horse-Clothes Barn, so she comes up with a scheme to fool the Tooth Fairy into giving her more money. 29 minutes
    Saturday, April 5 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, April 6 at 1:30 pm on KETED

315. Arthur and D.W. Clean Up/The Long, Dull Winter
Before he can go to Happy Crazy Wow Day at the park, Arthur has to help D.W. clean both their rooms. Suffering from January doldrums, the kids decide to invent a new holiday of their own. 29 minutes
    Tuesday, December 25 at 12:30 pm on KETED

401. D.W.'s Library Card/Arthur's Big Hit
D.W. is thrilled to be getting a library card of her very own. But things aren't going as well for Arthur, who must ponder the question of whether it's ever OK to hit someone. 29 minutes
    Saturday, August 18 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, August 19 at 1:00 pm on KETED

402. Hide and Snake/Muffy's New Best Friend
The kids learn that a snake they have captured may be poisonous—but not before it gets loose in Arthur's house. Muffy realizes that she and Francine don't share all the same interests and starts interviewing candidates for the position of new best friend. 29 minutes
    Saturday, August 18 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, August 19 at 1:30 pm on KETED

608. Rhyme for Your Life/For Whom the Bell Tolls
Binky falls asleep while trying to write a poem and dreams he is trapped in Verseberg, where it's a crime not to rhyme. He tangles with the big purple orange and meets William Carlos Williams—but will he ever be able to escape the curse of verse? D.W. loses her voice, and Arthur thinks it's a dream come true. But then Mom asks him to take care of her, and he finds himself at the mercy of his little sister and her cowbell. 29 minutes
    Tuesday, April 8 at 12:30 pm on KETED

806. Postcards from Buster
Buster is going to New York to meet his dad, and the Reads are going with him. 29 minutes
    Saturday, May 24 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, May 25 at 1:00 pm on KETED

807. Desk Wars/Desperately Seeking Stanley
Mr. Ratburn moves Brain and Arthur away from their usual desks, setting off a chain reaction that results in an explosive desk war. Having reached the ripe old age of 8, Arthur reflects on the favorite present from his 3rd birthday, a teddy bear named Stanley. 29 minutes
    Saturday, May 24 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, May 25 at 1:30 pm on KETED

1001. Happy Anniversary
While they're on their way to celebrate Arthur's parents' 10th wedding anniversary, the Reads' van breaks down, stranding the whole family. Arthur and D.W. end up locked in a diner storeroom, where they hear the inspiring radio tale of Crooning Cowboy Kid Carter and his little-sister sidekick. 29 minutes
    Saturday, August 25 at 1:00 pm on KETED
    Sunday, August 26 at 1:00 pm on KETED

1002. The Squirrels/Fern and Persimmony Glitchet
After watching the classic horror movie The Squirrels, Arthur and his friends are scared to step out onto the playground—or just about anywhere else. Fern seeks advice from Persimmony Glitchet, the mysterious and elusive author of the Horrendously Horrible Happenings book series. 29 minutes
    Saturday, August 25 at 1:30 pm on KETED
    Sunday, August 26 at 1:30 pm on KETED

1103. Buenas Noches, Vicita/Prunella Packs It In
Vicita Molina has lost her favorite book, a lovely South American tale of friendship and courage in the Amazon jungle. Even though she's still in elementary school, Prunella has become obsessed with thoughts of college and piles on extracurricular activities to make herself more appealing to the good schools. 29 minutes
    Thursday, January 3 at 1:30 pm on KETED

1106. The Making of Arthur/Dancing Fools
The superstar host of a new series called Postcards from You (Matt Damon) puts out a call for homemade videos for his TV show, setting off a frantic rush among Arthur and his friends to film their lives. Mrs. Molina teaches a dance class for kids. 29 minutes
    Monday, December 24 at 12:30 pm on KETED
    Monday, January 7 at 12:30 pm on KETED

1107. Hic or Treat/Mr. Alwaysright
D.W. gets a case of the hiccups that just won't go away. Annoyed that Brain always seems to be right about everything, Buster becomes determined to catch him in a mistake. 29 minutes
    Tuesday, January 8 at 12:30 pm on KETED

1108. Francine's Pilfered Paper/Buster Gets Real
Francine copies and pastes information from a web site for her entire five-page report. Buster watches the new reality show Top Supermarket—a show Arthur doesn't like. 29 minutes
    Thursday, November 22 at 1:30 pm on KETED

1110. Big Brother Binky
Binky's family adopts a baby girl from China. 29 minutes
    Friday, December 28 at 12:30 pm on KETED

The list above includes only airings on the KET ED channel. See the complete Arthur broadcast schedule for airings on all KET channels.

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