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It's a Big, Big World

The group from IT'S A BIG BIG WORLD in the branches of the World Tree.

It's a Big, Big World takes children into the rainforest, high atop the World Tree, home to a diverse group of animal characters. There they'll accompany Snook, an energetic giant tree sloth, and his pals on adventures and investigations of the world around them. For ages 3 to 6.

Upcoming episodes

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 21, 2009
12:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 21, 2009
1:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 21, 2009
1:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 21, 2009
2:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 21, 2009
2:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 28, 2009
12:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 28, 2009
1:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 28, 2009
1:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 28, 2009
2:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 28, 2009
2:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

Previously aired episodes

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 14, 2009
2:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 14, 2009
2:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 14, 2009
1:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 14, 2009
1:00 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

WETA Kids

Airs on
WETA Kids Channel

Sat., November 14, 2009
12:30 pm
(30 minutes)

Puppet animatronics and computer-generated animation teach preschool children about science.

Closed Captioning Rating: TV-Y

Program description

It's a Big, Big World takes children into the rainforest, high atop the World Tree, home to a diverse group of animal characters. There they'll accompany Snook, an energetic giant tree sloth, and his pals —including Smooch and Winslow, rambunctious marmoset siblings, Madge, an ancient she-turtle with the map of the world on her back, and many others— on adventures and investigations of the world around them.

Created in "Shadowmation," a process that combines puppetry with computer animation, puppets (some controlled by up to three puppeteers) are filmed against a blue background and then dropped into a richly colored, computer-generated world. All this is set to the beat of dance rhythms from around the world—the kind of catchy, familiar music that kids and their parents will enjoy singing along to.

For ages 3 to 6.

Series Goals

  • Use engaging characters and compelling stories to captivate children with life science and geography
  • Help children learn about biology and the animal world
  • Encourage kids to explore the world around them and make discoveries of their own

The program's guiding principle is that science isn't a bunch of facts, it's a process of discovery. Kids learn that there is a lot that they can discover about science, animals, geography, and the big, big world around them.

Channel guide

 WETA TV 26WETA HDWETA CreateWETA Kids Channel
Via antenna26.426.126.226.3
Comcast26, 267220 (DC), 219 (Balt)265266
Cox26, 802726800801
Verizon FIOS26, 471526474472
RCN266133938
DirecTV 26, 26-1  
Dish Network8076