12:00 AM 

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices  "Building Oral Language"  In a full-day kindergarten class in Boston, Massachusetts, Cindy Wilson and her bilingual aide promote oral language development and individual responsibility. [G]

12:30 AM 

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices  "Thalia Learns The Details"  With the support and guidance of her teacher, Thalia steadily learns the details of the basics of reading and writing such as one-to-one word correspondence, letter sounds, and left-to-right text. She uses her fine motor skills in adding text to her inventive drawings. [G]

1:00 AM 

Nanotechnology: The Power of Small  "Watching Me, Watching You"  Nanotechnology will enable easy, ubiquitous and convenient sensor, surveillance and tracking technologies to be employed by almost anyone. Its applications range from keeping track of grandpa on his more befuddled days to tracking teen buying behavior to the identification and background retrieval of potential terrorists as they enter an airport or visit a "critical" part of a major city. [P]

2:00 AM 

Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition  "The Developing Child"  Traces the processes and stages of growth and considers the nature vs. nurture debate by showing how developmental psychologists study the relative influence of heredity and environment. [G]

2:30 AM 

Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition  "Language Development"  Examines the development of language and what psychologists hope to discover about the human mind, society and culture by studying how children use language in social communication. [G]

3:00 AM 

Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science  "Session 3. Journey to the Earth"  How do we know what the interior of the Earth is like if we. [P]

4:00 AM 

Germans In America  "Little Germanies"  German communities spring up during the second half of the 19th century, with businesses and cultural institutions, schools and churches, newspapers and clubs. The episode follows two families - the Steinwegs, who found Steinway & Sons and develop the Steinway grand piano, and the Gumpertz family who struggle to escape the slums. Part 3 of 4 [G]

5:00 AM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Migration from Latin America"  Mavis Weir teaches 10th–grade history at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California. In this lesson, students explore the various reasons people emigrate from their homeland. [P]

5:26 AM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Competing Ideologies"  Wendell Brooks is a teacher at the diverse Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California. Mr. Brooks' ninth–grade history class focuses on a variety of political ideologies present during the period of World War I. His class includes lively discussion on capitalism, communism, totalitarianism, and Nazism, as portrayed by leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini. [P]

6:00 AM 

Perfect Day  "Noble Causes - Oslo, Norway"  In his home town of Oslo, Norway, Andreas Viestad prepares medieval saffron and cinnamon chicken with barley and spicy sponge cake roll with berries. [G]

6:30 AM 

New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad  "Food for Summer"  On an island along Norway's south coast, Andreas cooks scallop carpaccio and pepper-smoked scallops. [G]

7:00 AM 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Copenhagen"  In Denmark's capital, Rick discovers reminders of its Viking history. He strolls Europe's first great pedestrian boulevard, ogles crown jewels, bikes through an inspirational hippie squatter community and finishes at the city's full-time carnival, Tivoli Gardens. [G]

7:30 AM 

Equitrekking  "Utah"  Horseback adventures begin in Bryce Canyon National Park. On Antelope Island, riders wrangle bison and learn the history of the pioneers. Snow Canyon State park provides desert-like expanses with lava flows and white sandstone canyons. [G]

8:00 AM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Annuals for the Garden"  Allen makes room for colorful annuals displays in his garden and reveals which ones are grown from seeds or come from nursery plugs. [G]

8:30 AM 

Ask This Old House  "Container Gardening/Installing Rooftop Antennas"  Landscape contractor Roger Cook joins plant expert Carrie Kelly at a nursery to learn about container gardening. Then, up in the loft, general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor discuss different types of flooring, including solid wood, engineered wood, ceramic tile, vinyl, and linoleum. [P]

9:00 AM 

For Your Home  "Take The Tour"  It's almost a wrap on this season's Dream Home, but first Vicki and Sloan share some behind the scene looks at this season's project, the 5K Race for the Cure and the Bubble Ball, a black tie event that marked the official opening of the Dream Home. [P]

9:30 AM 

Katie Brown Workshop  "New Year's"  Start the countdown with Katie and the Workshop crew. Recipes: steak with crab sauce, brussels sprouts salad and simple croquembouche (a French dessert). [P]

10:00 AM 

Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel  "Cajun Quilters"  Quilter Judy Holley demonstrates the Wacky Nine Patch at the Heartstrings Quilt Shop in Lake Charles, Louisiana. [G]

10:30 AM 

Gary Spetz's Painting Wild Places! with Watercolors  "Learn to Paint A Rugged Shore, Part 2"  In a step-by-step demonstration, Gary concludes the "rugged, rocky shore" watercolor painting from the previous episode. [P]

11:00 AM 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Four-Star Stuffed Chicken Breasts"  Stuffed Chicken Breast - The French technique of stuffing a chicken breast with forcemeat (forming a ballotine) includes skinning and boning a whole chicken, stuffing the breasts with the leg meat, and then wrapping them in the skin. Becky Hays shows host Christopher Kimball how to achieve the same flavorful package of chicken and filling found in a traditional ballotine, but using a much simpler procedure. [P]

11:30 AM 

Lidia's Italy  "The Goose of It"  Lidia showcases the flavors of Istria: roasted goose with mlinzi and a frittata with asparagus and scallions. [G]

12:00 PM 

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices  "Building Oral Language"  In a full-day kindergarten class in Boston, Massachusetts, Cindy Wilson and her bilingual aide promote oral language development and individual responsibility. [G]

12:30 PM 

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices  "Thalia Learns The Details"  With the support and guidance of her teacher, Thalia steadily learns the details of the basics of reading and writing such as one-to-one word correspondence, letter sounds, and left-to-right text. She uses her fine motor skills in adding text to her inventive drawings. [G]

1:00 PM 

Nanotechnology: The Power of Small  "Watching Me, Watching You"  Nanotechnology will enable easy, ubiquitous and convenient sensor, surveillance and tracking technologies to be employed by almost anyone. Its applications range from keeping track of grandpa on his more befuddled days to tracking teen buying behavior to the identification and background retrieval of potential terrorists as they enter an airport or visit a "critical" part of a major city. [P]

2:00 PM 

Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition  "The Developing Child"  Traces the processes and stages of growth and considers the nature vs. nurture debate by showing how developmental psychologists study the relative influence of heredity and environment. [G]

2:30 PM 

Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition  "Language Development"  Examines the development of language and what psychologists hope to discover about the human mind, society and culture by studying how children use language in social communication. [G]

3:00 PM 

Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science  "Session 3. Journey to the Earth"  How do we know what the interior of the Earth is like if we. [P]

4:00 PM 

Germans In America  "Little Germanies"  German communities spring up during the second half of the 19th century, with businesses and cultural institutions, schools and churches, newspapers and clubs. The episode follows two families - the Steinwegs, who found Steinway & Sons and develop the Steinway grand piano, and the Gumpertz family who struggle to escape the slums. Part 3 of 4 [G]

5:00 PM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Migration from Latin America"  Mavis Weir teaches 10th–grade history at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California. In this lesson, students explore the various reasons people emigrate from their homeland. [P]

5:26 PM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Competing Ideologies"  Wendell Brooks is a teacher at the diverse Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California. Mr. Brooks' ninth–grade history class focuses on a variety of political ideologies present during the period of World War I. His class includes lively discussion on capitalism, communism, totalitarianism, and Nazism, as portrayed by leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini. [P]

6:00 PM 

Perfect Day  "Noble Causes - Oslo, Norway"  In his home town of Oslo, Norway, Andreas Viestad prepares medieval saffron and cinnamon chicken with barley and spicy sponge cake roll with berries. [G]

6:30 PM 

New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad  "Food for Summer"  On an island along Norway's south coast, Andreas cooks scallop carpaccio and pepper-smoked scallops. [G]

7:00 PM 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Copenhagen"  In Denmark's capital, Rick discovers reminders of its Viking history. He strolls Europe's first great pedestrian boulevard, ogles crown jewels, bikes through an inspirational hippie squatter community and finishes at the city's full-time carnival, Tivoli Gardens. [G]

7:30 PM 

Equitrekking  "Utah"  Horseback adventures begin in Bryce Canyon National Park. On Antelope Island, riders wrangle bison and learn the history of the pioneers. Snow Canyon State park provides desert-like expanses with lava flows and white sandstone canyons. [G]

8:00 PM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Annuals for the Garden"  Allen makes room for colorful annuals displays in his garden and reveals which ones are grown from seeds or come from nursery plugs. [G]

8:30 PM 

Ask This Old House  "Container Gardening/Installing Rooftop Antennas"  Landscape contractor Roger Cook joins plant expert Carrie Kelly at a nursery to learn about container gardening. Then, up in the loft, general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor discuss different types of flooring, including solid wood, engineered wood, ceramic tile, vinyl, and linoleum. [P]

9:00 PM 

For Your Home  "Take The Tour"  It's almost a wrap on this season's Dream Home, but first Vicki and Sloan share some behind the scene looks at this season's project, the 5K Race for the Cure and the Bubble Ball, a black tie event that marked the official opening of the Dream Home. [P]

9:30 PM 

Katie Brown Workshop  "New Year's"  Start the countdown with Katie and the Workshop crew. Recipes: steak with crab sauce, brussels sprouts salad and simple croquembouche (a French dessert). [P]

10:00 PM 

Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel  "Cajun Quilters"  Quilter Judy Holley demonstrates the Wacky Nine Patch at the Heartstrings Quilt Shop in Lake Charles, Louisiana. [G]

10:30 PM 

Gary Spetz's Painting Wild Places! with Watercolors  "Learn to Paint A Rugged Shore, Part 2"  In a step-by-step demonstration, Gary concludes the "rugged, rocky shore" watercolor painting from the previous episode. [P]

11:00 PM 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Four-Star Stuffed Chicken Breasts"  Stuffed Chicken Breast - The French technique of stuffing a chicken breast with forcemeat (forming a ballotine) includes skinning and boning a whole chicken, stuffing the breasts with the leg meat, and then wrapping them in the skin. Becky Hays shows host Christopher Kimball how to achieve the same flavorful package of chicken and filling found in a traditional ballotine, but using a much simpler procedure. [P]

11:30 PM 

Lidia's Italy  "The Goose of It"  Lidia showcases the flavors of Istria: roasted goose with mlinzi and a frittata with asparagus and scallions. [G]