Every Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood episode offers a parenting strategy. The clip below is from an episode about first experiences a visit to the doctor and a 'look around' visit to school. The parenting strategy being modeled shows that by talking to children in advance about what to expect, parents can ease any apprehension they may be feeling. As in all Daniel stories, the strategy is offered as a musical 'jingle' - in this case "When we do something new, let's talk about what we'll do"!
A program designed to help teach kids that reading can be fun by illustrated children's tales. Kids will learn through four interactive heroes who use reading to solve mysteries overcome obstacles. The fairy tale books that the interactive heroes travel into are somewhat different from the original story.