Martha Speaks
This animated series is designed to enrich the vocabulary of 4- to 7-year-olds. It is based on the classic books by Susan Meddaugh that have charmed and captivated millions of children. Each episode uses Martha's unique linguistic abilities and the hilarious consequences to engage kids and help build their vocabulary skills.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Virtually Martha/Martha Vs. Robot (#129H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Virtually Martha - While playing with Alice's laptop computer, Martha accidentally hits the wrong button and gets zapped inside! Will Helen figure out a way to get her out of there before those marauding video monsters gobble her up?
* Martha vs. Robot - Alice's family gets a robotic pet called Dynamo who can do everything a real dog can do and help you with your math homework. Martha decides to show that she's even more perfect than the perfect pet, so Helen won't replace her with a mechanical mutt. If that fails, can she work with Nelson to get rid of Dynamo?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 1:30am
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 7:00am
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
TD and the Steak Tree/TD and Martha Gopher Broke (#128H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* TD and the Steak Tree - TD gets hoodwinked by Weaselgraft and Pablum into buying a steak tree. He's sure if he takes good care of it, soon he'll be harvesting freshly blossomed steaks. But when the buds open to reveal flowers instead of sirloins, TD has to think fast before he's humiliated in front of his friends.
* TD and Martha Gopher Broke - Martha, TD, and TD's dad spend the weekend at CK's farm, trying to keep a gopher from eating all the crops. After many failed schemes to catch the gluttonous gopher, they realize the best way to keep him from eating the crops is by offering him a better meal elsewhere!
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 9:30am
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 2:00pm
Martha Acts Up/Ronald Is In (#309H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha Acts Up - Mrs. Boxwood offers Martha a part in Alice in Wonderland, and Martha is thrilled at her new chance to become a star of the stage. But when Martha finds out what she's cast as, she's horrified. Vocabulary: (E) character(s), motivat(e)(ation), portray(s) , psychology, instinct(ual) (I) part, actors, play, line(s), show. < br />* Ronald Is In - When Ronald finds a book on psychology, he becomes the expert on everyone's "problems." Is his cure worse than the complaint? Vocabulary: (E) attitude, diagnose(is)(ed)(ing), emulate(ing), mimic(ing) (I) mental, borrow, worried, used book(s), yogurt.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 5:00pm
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 -- 7:30pm
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 1:30am
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 7:00am
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
The Opera Contest/Maestro Martha (#306H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* The Opera Contest - An opera contest! Sounds boring! But before you know it, the kids have cooked up their own ideas of what an opera should be. Vocabulary: (E) opera, soprano, bass, quartet, accomplish (I) scene, rhyme, costume, stage, prop(s).
* Maestro Martha - Bad guys Pablum and Weaselgraft have a plan to turn a charity concert into a heist by using the power of music. Very strange music. Can Martha turn down the volume on their evil scheming before it's too late? Vocabulary: (E) orchestra, symphony, conduct(or)(ing), percussion, composition (I) trumpet, string, maestro, gong, usher.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha Speaks Martha's Dirty Habit/Helen's All Thumbs (#130H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha's Dirty Habit - Every spring, Martha gets an urge to dig that she just can't control. When Martha's habit gets her in trouble with the whole neighborhood, the family decides they need to put her desire to dig to good use.
* Helen's All Thumbs - Ronald gives Helen his old gamekid, and pretty soon she's hooked! She forgets to walk Martha, neglects her homework, and becomes completely preoccupied. When Helen forgets to feed Martha and Skits again, and misses the fieldtrip because she forgot her permission slip, she turns to Martha for help. Can Helen break the habit?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 25, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 25, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Skits under the Weather/Martha the Weather Dog (#126H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Skits under the Weather - Martha and Skits hate the sound of thunder. One day Skits gets fed up and tries to outrun the storm, but soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home.
* Martha the Weather Dog - Windy McCloud, Wagstaff City's meteorologist, wants Martha to be her weather dog. Martha's thrilled that she'll be able to change the weather to suit Helen and her friends, until she finds out she's not going to make the weather, she's going to predict it. But all her predictions are way off. What should she tell Windy?







