KEDT and the Education Service Center, Region 2, with assistance from "A Place of Our Own", would like to recognize these Coastal Bend childcare providers.

Rose Gonzalez, Cheryl Smith, Rachel Brown, Judith Heard,

Rosalinda Dunne and Jan Diggs (not pictured)

Selected by their professional peers and by parents, these caregivers are being recognized for their extraordinary service and contributions to the childcare community. Congratulations to these six individuals, and to all nominees throughout the Coastal Bend.

Watch A Place Of Our Own weekdays at 2:30 PM on KEDT.

Major funding for A Place of Our Own is provided by BP, First 5 California, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A Place of Our Own is a production of KCET/Los Angeles in association with Sesame Workshop and 44 Blue Productions, Inc.

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KEDT is proud to announce that they have received a grant to extend the reach of THE MUSIC INSTINCT: SCIENCE AND SONG which explores startling new connections being made between music and the human mind, body and the natural world.  KEDT will work with area Middle Schools and Harbor Playhouse to bring the world of music and science to students in South Texas. Major funding for this program provided by the National Science Foundation, Mary Rodgers Guettel, NAMM FOUNDATION, National Endowment for the Arts, Rita and Fritz Markus, The Vital Projects Fund, the Irving Harris Foundation, Sono and Victor Elmaleh, Thea Petschek Iervolino and public television viewers.

KEDT is participating in the innovative children's Health Initiative, aiming to prevent children from becoming overweight through educational TV and radio using the schools and Internet. Funding for KEDT SuperFit Kids is made possible by a grant from the Coastal Bend Diabetes Initiative.