TVOKids' Homework Zone makes math help fun for kids, LIVE on Monday, March 26 at 4 pm
- Live interactive TVOKids event offers math help in real time, on air and online
TORONTO, March 23, 2012 /CNW/ - What is the connection between a soccer ball and math? How can you calculate angles to help you get a hole in one on the golf course? And what does math have to do with a slam dunk in basketball?
The TVOKids Homework Zone LIVE, which complements the Homework Zone website, will be taking important math concepts and making them fun on March 26 from 4 pm to 7 pm on air and from 4:55 pm to 7:30 pm at tvokids.com. After the on-air broadcast concludes, the learning and fun continues with a live, exclusive Homework Zone special on tvokids.com from 7 pm to 7:30 pm.
Math expert Troy Langevine, principal at Cosburn Middle School in Toronto, will join TVOKids host Dalmar, hosting live breaks between every TVOKids program (both on-air and online). They'll share math tips and tricks with kids, inspire them to find math in everyday life and take email and phone questions from kids to help them solve all kinds of math problems. Kids can submit their questions anytime at tvokids.com, or call 1.888.886.5437 on the day of the broadcast.
This live and interactive TV and web event encourages grade-school kids to ask tough math related questions and discover the fun of math in everyday life.
"Math can be challenging for many kids and the live Homework Zone is the perfect forum to illustrate how these concepts work, using concrete examples and direct applications that make math learning accessible and fun. And the fact that we can go LIVE and answer kids' questions in real time highlights yet again why TVOKids is unique," says Patricia Ellingson, TVO's Creative Head of Children's Media.
The TVOKids Homework Zone is a one-of-a-kind online resource that aggregates TVO's extensive inventory of curriculum-linked videos, games and activities to help kids practice math, science and literacy concepts they've learned in school. It is also a great secret weapon for parents who are looking for homework resources online, any time.
About TVO
TVO is Ontario's public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires and stimulates curiosity and thought. TVO's vision is to empower people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media. TVO is funded primarily by the Province of Ontario. As a registered charity, TVO depends on the support of its sponsors and individual donors. For more information, visit tvo.org.
Where to Find TVO
| On air: Cable channel 2 (may vary in some areas) Bell TV channel 265 TVO HD on Bell Fibe TV channel 1265 Rogers TVO HD channel 580 Rogers-On-Demand channel 100 Shaw Direct channel 353 |
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Lesley Slack
TVO, Marketing and Communications
Phone: 416.484.2600 x 2281
Email: [email protected]
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