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The mission of the Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center is to raise awareness in those we serve of their global connection and "unique place in space" by encouraging their participation in science, mathematics, and technology. The Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center is an excellent way for families to spend quality time with one another. Our programs and exhibits are especially engaging, hands-on, and fun for absolutely everyone.

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Guess what? SUPER YOU - SUPERWHY is coming to the Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center on Sunday, July 25th from 1 until 5:00 pm with special meet and greets with SUPERWHY and ALPHA PIG at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30. ADDMISSION is FREE for absolutely everyone every SUNDAY FUN DAY, so make plans to meet your Super Why friends because we can’t wait to meet all of you. Don’t forget reading and Science are super fun – so have great super fun doing both. See on the 25th!

SUPER WHY is part of PBS KIDS Raising Readers, focused on helping children learn to read, and is funded by a cooperative agreement of the U.S. Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.

SUPER WHY is a 3-D animated adventure series, produced by the creators of Blue's Clues, designed to provide children ages 3 to 6 with the critical skills they need to read (and love to read!).

The show is based on the adventures of four fairytale friends who live in Storybrook Village: Whyatt Beanstalk, Jack's younger brother; Red, from Little Red Riding Hood; Pig, from the Three Little Pigs; and Princess, from The Princess and the Pea. In each episode, they transform into their superhero alter egos, the Super Readers, and literally fly inside books using the power of literacy to solve problems. All the while they engage a fifth superhero, Super You, who is actually the viewer.

Series Goals:

• To create lifelong readers who are motivated to read for pleasure and information
• To teach abstract, high order reading skills such as making inferences through theme comprehension
• To stress to parents and caregivers the importance of reading to their children
• To help young children learn key reading skills and strategies for using these skills
• To surround children with literacy learning opportunities in all aspects of their lives
• To provide practice with reading skills through interactive stories and literacy-based games

In every episode, one of the friends encounters a problem with another Storybrook Village character (For instance, Jill from the Jack and Jill rhyme is not being nice). As in real life, the problems require preschool social skills to resolve.

The contents of this Station Big Event Grant Application were developed under a grant, #PRU295B05003, from the Department of Education. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

SUPER WHY is an Out of the Blue Enterprises LLC / Decode Entertainment Inc. Production.

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