Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures
24 Episodes
Told from the perspective of 5-year old Betsy, Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures is designed to ease a child's transition from the home setting to a school environment by generating interest and excitement about the kindergarten experience in young viewers.
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28:39Episode 5
The Spy Who Taught Me and Show & Tell
Episode 5
"The Spy Who Taught Me" - Betsy and friends learn that sometimes the people you love can't always be with you; they need to have some time to themselves. "Show & Tell - Betsy and friends learn that sometimes the most interesting things come from inside of you, rather than stuff you posses. Imagin...
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28:39Episode 24
Treasure Hunt and Betsy in Charge
Episode 24
In Treasure Hunt, Betsy and her friends learn about directions of a map (North, South, East and West), and how to use a compass and nature to complete Mrs. O'Connor's exercise to find a treasure. In Betsy in Charge, Betsy and her friends get the chance to understand what it takes to run the schoo...
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28:39Episode 15
Responsibilities and Rules Of The Road
Episode 15
Responsibilities, Betsy and her friends learn the importance of responsibility. At first they were all unsure and not in favor of having responsibilities but they learn to appreciate and enjoy having assigned responsibilities. Rules Of The Road, After a chaotic bus ride in one morning, Bus driver...
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28:39Episode 17
Police Department and Visit From The Doctor
Episode 17
In Police Department, a police officer visits the class and explains what police do to keep the community safe. The class learns there are a lot of rules as well as different types of police jobs and responsibilities. In Visit From The Doctor, the doctor talks about what's important to say health...
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28:39Episode 22
The Farm Yard Field Trip
Episode 22
In the Farm Yard Field Trip, Betsy and her friends learn how a real farm works. The class gets a health lesson on the importance of dairy products and vitamins they add to their diets, as well as a simple math lesson in addition and subtraction.
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Manners Please & Mystery at Lakeshore Farms
Episode 7
In Manners Please, Betsy and her friends learn about manners. The class also gets introduced to table manners as they surprise their parents with a parent's day tea party. In Mystery at Lakeshore Farms, Betsy's class learns about sorting and classifying. Mrs. O'Connor takes them on a field trip t...
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28:39Episode 21
Making Instruments and Dinosaur Dynasty
Episode 21
In Making Instruments, Betsy worries she won't be able to complete her music class assignment. She needs to make her own instrument in one week. During a day with her Dad at the zoo Betsy figures out the perfect creation for her instrument. In Dinosaur Dynasty, the class goes on a field trip to t...
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Introducing The Post Office & A Berry Sore Stomach
Episode 19
"Introducing The Post Office" - Betsy and friends start to learn about the people in their community starting with their local post office workers. They learn how the post office works. "A Berry Sore Stomach" - Betsy and friends learn about basic food nutrition. But they also learn that you need ...
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Molly's 1st Bike Ride & A Very Frightening Lightning
Episode 10
In Molly's First Bike Ride, Betsy and friends learn about bike safety and help teach Molly how to ride a bike. Not only do they learn about safety rules but they also learn not to give up trying to learn how to do something. In An Awfully Frightening Lightning, Betsy and friends learn basics abou...
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14:44Episode 9
Newton The New Kid
Episode 9
In Newton The New Kid, Betsy and friends learn that the best way to make a new friend is to be a friend, and that being willing to try something new is important.
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28:39Episode 23
Homework Rules and Bread And Butterflies
Episode 23
"Homework Rules" - Betsy is anxious to get her new play-set but realizes that she needs to do her homework first. Understanding rules and why we have them was an important lesson for the whole class. "Bread And Butterflies" - Mrs. O'Conner brings caterpillars into the class. It's fun for the whol...
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28:39Episode 16
A Whole Lotta Air and The Fire Department
Episode 16
"A Whole Lotta Air" - Betsy fears her brother has floated away when she and her friends play with helium-filled balloons. "The Fire Department" - Betsy and friends continue to learn about the people in their community with the Fire Department. The class gets introduced how the Fire Department wor...
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27:24Episode 20
Have You Got The Time?
Episode 20
In Have You Got The Time?, Betsy and friends learn to use simple time measurement terms correctly while simultaneously learning to read clocks.
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13:47Episode 14
Borrowed Time and Happy Earth Day
Episode 14
"Borrowed Time" - Betsy and friends go to the school library. They learn about how the library works and the rules and regulations. "Happy Earth Day" - The kids learn the causes and effects of pollution, and that even though it's a big problem, kids can help by picking up trash and recycling.
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28:35Episode 13
Boots, Boots, Boots and Team Player
Episode 13
In Boots, Boots, Boots, Betsy, with her new yellow boots, and her friends learn to become increasingly aware of changes in the ecosystem by going out and collecting information about events in their environment. In Team Player, Betsy and her friends demonstrate their skills during sports and game...
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Frisky Business & Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Episode 6
In Frisky Business, Betsy and friends develop basic skills to investigate and observe the world around them by identifying objects using sight, touch, taste, smell and sound. Betsy uses the "five senses" in her investigation to find the clues and solve a mystery. In Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,...
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Growing, Growing, Gone & The Treasure Of Sierra Betsy
Episode 11
In Growing, Growing, Gone, the kids measure themselves and learn about inches and feet as well as human growth. Billy worries he's not growing, and we learn all kids grow differently. In The Treasure Of Sierra Betsy, Betsy and friends learn about money. The values of pennies, nickels, dimes, quar...
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28:39Episode 8
Great Gingerbread Man Mystery
Episode 8
In "The Great Gingerbread Man Mystery", Betsy and friends learn to develop an awareness of the world around them as well as development of their imaginations and the ability to recognize landmarks and locations.
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14:44Episode 12
All Washed Up and Space Rangers
Episode 12
"All Washed Up" - The class learns about personal hygiene and germs. Betsy gets a little carried away and learns its best to do everything in moderation. "Space Rangers" - Learning about space is fun for the whole class. Mrs. O'Conner takes the class on a field trip to visit the planetarium.
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28:39Episode 18
Big and Little and Computer Fun
Episode 18
"Big and Little" - Betsy and her friends learn the difference between big and little. There is a funny mystery around Bus Driver Bob and his school bus. "Computer Fun" - Mrs. O'Conner has a surprise for the class in the library. Computer stations have been set up for everyone! Betsy and her frien...
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28:34Episode 1
The Tooth Chart
Episode 1
In The Tooth Chart, Betsy struggles with the thought of losing her first tooth. She and her classmates learn that losing teeth is a natural part of growing up.
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Betsy Buys a Vowel & Follow Those Directions
Episode 3
"Betsy Buys a Vowel" - Betsy and friends learn the importance of vowels and how to use them. Although some vowels may appear to be more important than others, everyone quickly discovers all the vowels are important. "Follow Those Directions" - Betsy and friends learn the importance of following d...
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To Tree or Not To Tree and Something Fishy
Episode 4
In Newton The New Kid, Betsy and friends learn that the best way to make a new friend is to be a friend, and that being willing to try something new is important. In A Colorful Encounter, the kids divide into groups for an art project involving primary colors. They discover that combining them ma...
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13:47Episode 2
How It All Began and Lost and Found
Episode 2
"How It All Began" - Betsy and her friends find out what school is like as they start on their first day of Kindergarten. They learn that it is better to work together, the importance of responsibility, and a thing or two about salamanders! "Lost and Found" - What to do if you are lost? Betsy and...