Ready to Learn Community

The KET Early Childhood Education (ECE) team supports the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative by promoting early learning and school readiness, with an emphasis on supporting children from low-income, underserved communities. This grant provides many different opportunities to support children and their families including:

  • Family and Community Learning – workshops designed not only to build children’s science inquiry and informational text literacy skills, but also to boost the confidence of their parents and caregivers, and help them realize they can support and be a part of their child’s learning experience
  • Camp Experiences – out-of-school experiences meant to build upon the science and literacy skills taught in the classroom by engaging children in a fun, creative way of learning
  • Teacher Professional Development –guided facilitator trainings for camps and workshops, Playful Learning for Educators, and providing many online resources for additional development opportunities

Ready To Learn Resources

Check out the newest content, research, and activities for educators, parents, and teachers for the Ready To Learn 2015-2020 Initiative.


“I usually try to limit tablet time but I don’t worry when she’s on the PBS apps because she’s learning while she’s playing.” – Baylee


Community Impact

See how the Ready to Learn programs impacted the children in rural Harlan County.


All Ready To Learn initiative efforts incorporate the latest research about the most effective ways for kids to build reading skills, with a special emphasis on the needs of children from low income families. The Ready To Learn initiative is a cooperative agreement of the U.S. Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and PBS. PBS member public television stations nationwide are important partners in the Ready To Learn initiative.

The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. [PR/Award No. U295A150003 CFDA No. 84.295A]


Our Community Partners

We would not have the reach and resources needed to implement the Ready to Learn programs without the support of our active and engaged community partners. A special thank you to: