IdahoPTV Education

Idaho’s only PBS affiliate, Idaho Public Television (IdahoPTV) provides high-quality educational content supporting lifelong learning for all Idahoans. Education is the core of our mission, and we are much more than a free, public media broadcast and streaming service.

Our IdahoPTV Education team supports the entire learning ecosystem, working directly with and serving children and families, formal and informal educators—whether in public, private, or homeschool settings—schools, childcare centers, libraries, and community partners to provide in-person supports, high-quality materials, family resources and workshops, classroom materials, and professional development to every community in Idaho.

IdahoPTV in Your Neighborhood

Learn how IdahoPTV’s family and community education projects are bringing Idahoans together and changing lives in neighborhoods around our state.

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Check out the many ways IdahoPTV Education serves Idaho families, educators, and community partners.

How we help kindergarteners statewide

Hear about our Education Team's dedication to kindergarten readiness while they pack 1,000 Kindergarten Readiness Kits, to be delivered to libraries, schools, and parents throughout the state.

Explore FREE educational resources through PBS LearningMedia

IdahoPTV and PBS have curated FREE, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers like you.

We want to be YOUR neighbor!

Idaho Public Television recently hosted a huge neighborhood festival for southern Idaho families and children ages 3–8 on Be My Neighbor Day in Rupert, Idaho! Here's how it went.

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Education Around Idaho

A young boy is talking to an IdahoPTV employee holding a microphone

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Idaho Public Television's Matthew Baltzell interviews a Potlatch Elementary School student for the Lyla in the Loop podcast.

A group of young children are smiling at the camera with adults in PBS KIDS shirts

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Five Potlatch Elementary School students were selected to be featured on the PBS KIDS Lyla in the Loop podcast: Kaulder McManus (not pictured), Tinlee Candler, Abigail Fachet, Eleanor Manley, and Eva Kempf. Above, pictured with students, are Potlatch Elementary teacher Nickeita Greer, IdahoPTV Education Specialist Lenea Pierzchanowski, and Potlatch Elementary Principal Jill Diamond.

A group of kids are gathered around IdahoPTV host Marcia Franklin

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Students learn about media production from Producer/Host Marcia Franklin at Idaho Public Television in Boise.

IdahoPTV education team and kid with the cartoon characters Daniel Tiger and Katerina Kittycat

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2025 Be My Neighbor Day in Rupert, Idaho, hosted by Idaho Public Television and funded by Fred Rogers Productions.

Volunteers pack green bags full of kindergarten kits

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Dozens of volunteers in Boise, Pocatello, and Moscow gather each year to pack IdahoPTV Education Kindergarten Readiness Kits. We curate, assemble, and deliver kits to more than 1,000 children at spring kindergarten registration events all around Idaho each year. Kits are funded entirely by donations to Idaho Public Television.

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Students at the University of Idaho in Moscow volunteer to pack Idaho Public Television Kindergarten Readiness Kits in the KUID studio. Kindergarten Readiness Kits are funded entirely by donations to Idaho Public Television and are distributed to more than 1,000 children each year during spring kindergarten registration events at elementary schools across the state.

Kids gathered around a table doing crafts

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IdahoPTV Education hosted a fun Frontier Days event in Weippe, where we made rag dolls, horses on a stick, and GORP snacks; decorated bandanas; constructed a giant floor puzzle; and made faux leather vests in the style of Carl the Collector. We talked about Lewis and Clark, pioneer days, and railroad history.

Kids giving a thumbs up in front of a Wild Kratts image standee

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We brought some Wild Kratts outdoor activities to a Winchester State Park Junior Ranger event.

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Family Math event in Twin Falls, hosted by Idaho Public Television.

A group of kids in front of a cartoon standee

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Work It Out Wombats-themed Family and Community Learning event in Potlatch, led by IdahoPTV Education Specialist Lenea Pierzchanowski.

Kids looking at their computer screens as an education specialist looks on

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IdahoPTV Education Specialist Ashley Gazley helps students in Kuna learn to code at an Hour of Code event. Coding is the new literacy, and we help students learn with the free PBS ScratchJr coding app.

IdahoPTV Director/Videographer talking to a group of high school students

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Idaho Public Television Director/Videographer Mya Long shows high school students how she edits episodes of Outdoor Idaho.

IdahoPTV employee showing a student how to operate a camera

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IdahoPTV Production Manager Aaron Kunz demonstrates camera operation to a student in the Idaho Reports studio.

Kids playing in a kiddie pool filled with toys

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Idaho Public Television hosted a storytime event for Pre-K children and their families at the library in Kimberly, followed by some outdoor educational activities!

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IdahoPTV staff joined the Kratt brothers from PBS KIDS' Wild Kratts at an event in Boise. Education Specialist Ashley Gazley, Director/Editor Morgan McCollum, Director of Charitable Giving Jenifer Johnson, and Producer/Editor Benjamin Weaver.