Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, builds lasting friendships between children and books. Each episode pairs the dramatic narration of a book with engaging field trips and up-close adventures — sparking interest in reading and learning for young viewers. For children 4 to 8 years old.

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Previously aired episodes

Program description

Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, builds lasting friendships between children and books. Each episode pairs the dramatic narration of a book with engaging field trips and up-close adventures — sparking interest in reading and learning for young viewers.

For children 4 to 8 years old.

Series Goals

• Entice children to read and explore quality literature
• Establish familiarity with books
• Generate excitement for learning
• Link book and reading to exciting places, people and events
• Encourage lifelong reading habits
• Present a diversity of people in a variety of roles — so children who watch the series regularly will see people who look like them

Helping Kids Prepare for School

Having an interest in books, reading, the world and learning is key to success in school. Reading Rainbow motivates children to read, introduces them to new experiences, teaches respect for others and helps them develop a positive self-concept.

It also reinforces the fundamentals of literacy — comprehension, grasping the main idea, predicting the outcome, comparing and contrasting, extending the story to other experiences, summarizing, sequencing, organizing information and using descriptive language.

Channel guide

Via antenna	26.4	26.1	26.2	26.3
Comcast	26, 267	220 (DC), 219 (Balt)	265	266
Cox	26, 802	726	800	801
Verizon FIOS	26, 471	526	474	472
RCN	26	613	39	38
DirecTV	26	26
Dish Network	8076