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Overview

Each weekday morning, The Sunny Side Up Show greets preschoolers and their families as they rise and shine and prepare for the day ahead. In this live broadcast, hosts Kelly, Sean, Dennisha and Liz alternate weeks and create a warm and welcoming environment where families can gather to share their local weather, birthdays, and even show and tell with Sprout®.

Program Goals

The Sunny Side Up Show balances playful, spontaneous fun with interactive learning and creates a welcoming environment for preschoolers and their parents to spend some morning time together. In addition to introducing children to educational concepts through weekly themes, the concepts of calendars, day of the week and weather are reinforced on a daily basis. Through birthday card submissions and other interactive activities, creativity and craft skills are exercised.

Program Type

Hosted live morning program block.

Program Style

Live-action host and animated program segments.

Show Schedule

Airs live on weekdays from 9a - noon ET.

Interactive Components

SproutOnline.com is the forum through which viewers interact with the live broadcast and an integral element of The Sunny Side Up Show. Submission of local weather reports, birthday cards, artwork and contest entries takes place through the website. SproutOnline.com also includes age-appropriate interactive games featuring Chica.

Co-Viewing Components

Requests for viewer submissions and strong interactive components encourage parents and preschoolers to spend time together during The Sunny Side Up Show. The urgency of a live broadcast gets families excited to tune in together to view user-generated birthday cards and crafts and participate in contests and other special activities.