Gisèle's Big Backyard

   

July 3, 2013

Gisele shows the children at home how to turn an ordinary paper plate into a beautiful lady bug using paper plates and paint.

   

July 1, 2013

Happy Canada from TVOkids

   

June 4, 2013

Gisele, Jay and Melvin suggest dances to do with the kids at home: the robot, the sprinkler, but all the dancing makes them tired, so Gisele suggests they do the nap!

   

May 27, 2013

Kids and their families learn classic nursery rhymes along with Loosey Goosey and Gisele in these fun segments designed to support oral and written language by encouraging the exploration of sound, rhythm and language structures. In each episode, Loosey Goosie teaches Gisele and the folks at home a different nursery rhyme, encouraging them to clap along to the beat as she repeats the language-rich rhymes. In this episode, Loosey Goosey teaches us the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme 'Policeman, Policeman.'

   

May 27, 2013

Kids and their families learn classic nursery rhymes along with Loosey Goosey and Gisele in these fun segments designed to support oral and written language by encouraging the exploration of sound, rhythm and language structures. In each episode, Loosey Goosie teaches Gisele and the folks at home a different nursery rhyme, encouraging them to clap along to the beat as she repeats the language-rich rhymes. In this episode, Loosey Goosey teaches us the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme 'To Market, To Market.'

   

May 27, 2013

Kids and their families learn classic nursery rhymes along with Loosey Goosey and Gisele in these fun segments designed to support oral and written language by encouraging the exploration of sound, rhythm and language structures. In each episode, Loosey Goosie teaches Gisele and the folks at home a different nursery rhyme, encouraging them to clap along to the beat as she repeats the language-rich rhymes. In this episode, Loosey Goosey teaches us the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme 'Trot Trot to Boston.'

   

April 24, 2013

Pearly White draws one winner of a Vinci Tablet and 3 tooth brush winners for Brush Up Bunch Contest Day airing April 24 in Gisele's Big Backyard.

   

April 24, 2013

Pearly White tells us it is the Brush Up Bunch Contest Day so right after this he will draw more names.

   

April 24, 2013

Pearly White draws one winner of a Vinci Tablet and 7 tooth brush winners for Brush Up Bunch Contest Day airing April 24 in Gisele's Big Backyard.

   

April 24, 2013

Pearly White draws one winner of a Vinci Tablet and 4 tooth brush winners for Brush Up Bunch Contest Day airing April 24 in Gisele?s Big Backyard.

   

April 23, 2013

This musical series features Lotta Numbers and contributes to a child's understanding of calendars and time by highlighting the day of the week and by discussing ,yesterday,, ,today, and ,tomorrow,. In this episode, Lotta sings that today is Tuesday, yesterday was Monday and tomorrow is Wednesday.

   

April 18, 2013

This musical series features Lotta Numbers and contributes to a child's understanding of calendars and time by highlighting the day of the week and by discussing ,yesterday,, ,today, and ,tomorrow,. In this episode, Lotta sings that today is Thursday, yesterday was Wednesday and tomorrow is Friday.

   

April 15, 2013

Gisele explains the expression 'it's raining cats and dogs' to Melvin and Jay.

   

March 19, 2013

Gisele's Big Backyard tackles the topic of dental health for preschoolers in a series entitled, "The Brush Up Bunch". Created in consultation with the Ontario Dental Association, "The Brush Up Bunch" is a series of fun and educational Segments set in the Wild West. These segments star GBBY's Melvin as "Pearly White", a cavity fighting cowskunk who uses his dental floss lasso to persuade brush punk "Cavity Jane" that brushing and flossing is the way to dental bliss. In this episode, Cavity Jane learns that sugar can cause cavities in her teeth.

   

March 19, 2013

Gisele's Big Backyard tackles the topic of dental health for preschoolers in a series entitled, "The Brush Up Bunch". Created in consultation with the Ontario Dental Association, "The Brush Up Bunch" is a series of fun and educational Segments set in the Wild West. These segments star GBBY's Melvin as "Pearly White", a cavity fighting cowskunk who uses his dental floss lasso to persuade brush punk "Cavity Jane" that brushing and flossing is the way to dental bliss. In this episode, Cavity Jane gets a cavity, but with Dr. Roo's help, gets a filling and finds out what she can do to prevent cavities.

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March 18, 2013

Gisele's Big Backyard tackles the topic of dental health for preschoolers in a series entitled, "The Brush Up Bunch". Created in consultation with the Ontario Dental Association, "The Brush Up Bunch" is a series of fun and educational Segments set in the Wild West. These segments star GBBY's Melvin as "Pearly White", a cavity fighting cowskunk who uses his dental floss lasso to persuade brush punk "Cavity Jane" that brushing and flossing is the way to dental bliss. In this episode, Cavity Jane learns about tooth safety.

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March 18, 2013

Gisele's Big Backyard tackles the topic of dental health for preschoolers in a series entitled, "The Brush Up Bunch". Created in consultation with the Ontario Dental Association, "The Brush Up Bunch" is a series of fun and educational Segments set in the Wild West. These segments star GBBY's Melvin as "Pearly White", a cavity fighting cowskunk who uses his dental floss lasso to persuade brush punk "Cavity Jane" that brushing and flossing is the way to dental bliss. In this episode, Cavity Jane learns why it is important to floss her teeth.

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March 18, 2013

Gisele's Big Backyard tackles the topic of dental health for preschoolers in a series entitled, "The Brush Up Bunch". Created in consultation with the Ontario Dental Association, "The Brush Up Bunch" is a series of fun and educational Segments set in the Wild West. These segments star GBBY's Melvin as"Pearly White", a cavity fighting cowskunk who uses his dental floss lasso to persuade brush punk "Cavity Jane" that brushing and flossing is the way to dental bliss. In this episode, Pearly White and Cavity Jane sing a song about the importance of brushing and flossing.

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February 27, 2013

Jay, Gisele and Melvin are playing with a toy robot, when they hear a beep. It's the smoke alarm. Gisele explains the importance of recognizing the beep on your smoke alarm.

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February 27, 2013

Firefighter Ron and Gisele explain how if there is smoke it is best to get low to stay under the smoke.

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February 26, 2013

Firefighter Samantha teaches Gisele, Jay and Sticks the importance of Stop, Drop and Roll if you catch fire.

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February 25, 2013

Jay and Sticks learn to get a grown up when they find a lighter or matches.

   

February 4, 2013

It's time for Chef in the Yard, where Chef Gisele and Chef Tia follow a recipe to make a waffle in their super solar waffle maker. To stop their waffle from being plain, Gisele suggests that they add fruit. Tia uses her fruit to turn her waffle into Gisele's face.

   

January 7, 2013

The Big Backyard Book Club features Gisele reviewing one of the best and brightest books in Canadian children's literature. She talks about what she liked best about the book and encourages kids at home to tell her about stories they've read or things in their lives that relate to the story. Gisele reviews 'Willow's Whispers' written by Lana Button and illustrated by Tania Howells and published by Kids Can Press.

   

November 5, 2012

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Avi, Evan and Autumn from the Oakville Academy for the Arts find shapes in photos.

   

October 9, 2012

Lotta Numbers reports from a gymnasium for the Lotta Games Counting Network. She finds some magnificent teammates, who are playing a game of soccer. She counts how many times they can pass the ball back and forth until they try to score on Lotto. Good Luck!

   

October 1, 2012

Get up and gogo with Vovo Gogo! Vovo Gogo is a kooky active grandparent who encourages preschoolers and their caregivers to get active with a series of fun, age-appropriate exercises that get bodies and imaginations going. In this episode, Vovo Gogo takes us mountain climbing in the Big Backyard.

   

October 1, 2012

Gisele reviews 'Wanda and the Wild Hair ' written by Barbara Azore and illustrated by Georgia Graham and published by Tundra Books.

   

September 26, 2012

This and That have misplaced the word 'in' for their sign. Jay arrives and helps them find the word 'in' in the words 'pins', 'tins', 'pumpkins'. Now that they have the 'in', Jay asks if she can borrow the word 'out', so everyone knows she's out and about.

   

September 25, 2012

Journalist Jay and a rhyming reporter find words that rhyme for the Big Backyard News. In this episode, Jay and rhyming reporter, Maya find words that rhyme with dog.

   

September 20, 2012

Lotta plays the Carney the Counting Cat Coin Challenge by inserting coins into the coin slot. Carney Cat adds them up to be 10 pennies and asks which of the 5 coins is worth the same as 10 pennies? Will Lotta guess correctly?

   

September 19, 2012

The news declares Marvellous M the number one superhero in the city, but that news does not make Super J very happy. To make her feel better, Marvellous M makes her his number one hero.

   

September 19, 2012

Journalist Jay and a rhyming reporter find words that rhyme for the Big Backyard News. In this episode, Jay and rhyming reporter, Roshanay find words that rhyme with house.

   

September 18, 2012

Journalist Jay and a rhyming reporter find words that rhyme for the Big Backyard News. In this episode, Jay and rhyming reporter, Nageen (Pinky) find words that rhyme with moon.

   

September 17, 2012

Journalist Jay and a rhyming reporter find words that rhyme for the Big Backyard News. In this episode, Jay and rhyming reporter, Yousuf find words that rhyme with tree.

   

September 13, 2012

Melvin tells Gisele, Jay and Tia what the movie is about and explains that it is a sad movie.

   

September 12, 2012

Jay explains what the donation box in the This and That Shop is for. Jay asks This and That to come in and help her spell G-I-V-E.!

   

September 12, 2012

Lotta plays the Carney the Counting Cat Coin Challenge by inserting 4 coins into the coin slot. Carney Cat adds them up to be 4 quarters and asks which of the 5 coins is worth the same as 4 quarters? Will Lotta guess correctly?

   

September 11, 2012

Lotta plays the Carney the Counting Cat Coin Challenge by inserting coins into the coin slot. Carney Cat adds them up to be 2 dimes and 1 nickel and asks which of the 5 coins is worth the same as 2 dimes and 1 nickel? Will Lotta guess correctly?

   

September 5, 2012

Melvin runs into That at the This and That Cart just as That's toast is ready. All that running has made him hungry. That's offers him a slice of toast, but Melvin notices that That has 4 pieces of toast and he's only getting one. That explains to Melvin that is one slice of toast cut into 4 pieces. Melvin gets an idea...he creates a delicious tower of toast using one slice of toast... yum!

   

September 3, 2012

Gisele reviews 'The Party" written and illustrated by Barbara Reid and published by Scholastic Canada Ltd.

   

August 22, 2012

When Melvin and Jay disrupt others around them by talking about the film, they learn why they need to be quiet in theatre.

   

July 25, 2012

Lotta Numbers is having a tea party with 5 guests. She counts her 5 place settings, but she only has 3 tea cups. Two tea cups are missing. She finds 2 more tea cups and starts pouring tea, only to find that she only has enough tea for 2 tea cups. Lotta goes to put the kettle on, so we'll all have tea.

   

July 19, 2012

Melvin arrives at the This and That Cart carrying a magical flower, but he needs a vase to put it in. Will That be able to find a vase that fits magical flower?

   

July 5, 2012

It's Jay's first time in the movie theatre, she discovers that you may have to sit beside strangers and that once the film starts, it doesn't stop. Gisele tells her that if she needs to go to the bathroom she should go before it starts, and that will save her seat. Jay shares this new found knowledge with everyone in theatre. When they all walk out, Gisele remains, worried that she'll have to save everyone's seat.

   

July 4, 2012

She finds 3 Little Darlings who are playing leap frog. They take turns leaping over each other like little froggies. She counts how many times they hop over each other.

   

July 2, 2012

Jay, Gisele and Tia tell Melvin what the movie is about and explains that it is a comedy because it is funny.

   

June 19, 2012

Lotta asks "When is your Birthday? If today is your birthday than you can count on me to wish you a Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday!"

   

June 14, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds ,ing, to the word clap.

   

June 8, 2012

It's time for Chef in the Yard, where Chef Tia teaches Chef Gisele how to make lettuce wraps. Gisele likes her wrap filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and cheese, while Tia likes hers extra large, perhaps she'll need a crane.

   

June 7, 2012

Melvin arrives at the This and That Shop dressed up for a round of golf with This. He's a bit nervous as he's never played golf before. This pulls out clubs from his set and explains that each club is used for something different. When they are all ready to go it starts to rain, Melvin pulls out the best club of all... an umbrella. They head to the indoor mini-golf down the street.

   

June 7, 2012

Gisele and Melvin play "Guess What I'm Doing". Gisele pretends to mop the floor; Melvin pretends to drink, but when he pretends to spill it, he asks Gisele to clean it up for him.

   

June 5, 2012

Tia arrives at the This and That Shop dressed up for a game of baseball, but she seems to be missing some equipment. Can This and That help get her to the ballgame?

   

June 4, 2012

Gisele arrives at the community garden to find tin foil streaming across the garden. That sits with a magnifying glass focused on the tin foil. He explains that plants need sun, so his super sonar sun reflector will give the plant the sun that it needs to grow faster, but will it work?

   

June 4, 2012

Gisele, in her garden, explains how you may not see the roots of the plant, but they are so important for the health of a plant. She roots for the roots!

   

June 1, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word lick.

   

May 30, 2012

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Avi, Riya and Gianluca from the Oakville Academy for the Arts find different ways to sort photos.

   

May 23, 2012

As Gisele sits to read her book "The Letter M", she discovers that plenty of things begin with the letter 'm'... milk, mop, moo.

   

May 22, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word stack.

   

May 18, 2012

Gisele transplants an overgrown plant into her garden. With help from the sun, water and talking to the plant helps it grow, but she had never heard of a plant that talks back.

   

May 16, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds"ing" to the word look.

   

May 16, 2012

On tonight's show, Bryce plays on the drum set.

   

May 14, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word empty.

   

May 10, 2012

Gisele and Melvin play "Guess What I'm Doing". Gisele pretends to skip rope; Melvin pretends to drum, but when Gisele pretends to play guitar, she plays so loud that she cannot hear him.

   

May 10, 2012

Super J and Marvellous M are on running to the defeat the Phantom mist. As they run, they discuss how great it is to be a superhero, you get to help people, which makes you feel good, and the people you help give you thanks and a smile. The one who won't be happy to see them is the phantom mist, but Marvellous M thinks he just needs a hug, which could be difficult as he's a mist. Marvellous M asks Super J where they are running to, she thought he knew.

   

May 9, 2012

Gisele turns 'It's hot' into a question, a statement and an exclamation and changes the meaning of a sentence with punctuation.

   

May 9, 2012

The news reporter announces how an avalanche of pancakes is heading towards the city. The Super Pals both come up with different solutions to the problem and both think that they're solution is better. By the time, they decide which solution to go with, they find out that the community got together and ate the pancakes. Maybe they should decide quicker next time.

   

May 8, 2012

Marvellous M discovers his skunk board is missing and so is Super J. The news reporter announces how Super J stopped the "never stop bouncing ball" from bouncing using the skunk board. When Super J returns with the broken skunk board, Marvellous M explains how she shouldn't touch his stuff. She says she sorry and realizes she really should have asked first. Suddenly, the news reporter announces that the "never stop bouncing ball" is bouncing again. It's time for the Super Pals, but this time they'll fly.

   

May 7, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word scratch.

   

May 7, 2012

Super J and Marvellous M are on the news, but Marvellous M looks defeated when the news reporter tells how Super J saved the city with her super-duper wing power. Marvellous M wishes that he had super-duper wing power like she has and discovers that Super J wishes that she could make a super stink like him. Super J explains that together they make a good team... Super Stink and Super Wing Power together what could possibly go wrong?

   

May 4, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds"ing" to the word fish.

   

May 1, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word bark.

   

April 26, 2012

As Gisele sits to read her book "The Letter A", she discovers that plenty of things begin with the letter 'a'... ant, achoo, accident.

   

April 25, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding"ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds"ing" to the word talk.

   

April 25, 2012

Gisele and her friends go to the local movie theatre where they use their manners, social skills and words while sharing, thinking of others, and talking about the movies they are watching. The Bird Who Could Not Wait: It's Jay's first time in the movie theatre, she discovers that you may have to sit beside strangers and that once the film starts, it doesn't stop. Gisele tells her that if she needs to go to the bathroom she should go before it starts, and that will save her seat. Jay shares this new found knowledge with everyone in theatre. When they all walk out, Gisele remains, worried that she'll have to save everyone's seat. Don't Say Anything: When Melvin and Jay disrupt others around them by talking about the film, they learn why they need to be quiet in theatre.

   

April 24, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word sing.

   

April 23, 2012

Gisele and her friends go to the local movie theatre where they use their manners, social skills and words while sharing, thinking of others, and talking about the movies they are watching. Hat's Off! Melvin arrives at the movie theatre wearing a tall hat. It's so tall that Tia and That cannot see the screen. After many suggestions from his friends, Melvin decides to remove the hat in order to be considerate of others, but soon finds out that his hat head may also be a problem. What's Your Opinion: Gisele and Jay share their opinions on a movie. Gisele loved it and Jay hated it, both having different opinions. Gisele explains that it's ok to have different opinions. When Thom Ernst of Saturday Night at the Movies weighs in, they discover that his opinion is completely different to theirs.

   

April 20, 2012

Letterella demonstrates how adding "ing" to a word can change its meaning. In this episode, Letterella adds "ing" to the word ring.

   

April 17, 2012

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Amelie and Hannah from the Oakville Academy for the Arts make art from paper.

   

April 12, 2012

Gisele turns 'I'm hungry' into a question, a statement and an exclamation and changes the meaning of a sentence with punctuation.

   

April 10, 2012

Gisele turns 'I'm tired' into a question, a statement and an exclamation and changes the meaning of a sentence with punctuation.

   

April 10, 2012

It's time for Chef in the Yard, where Chef Tia teaches Chef Gisele how to make quesadillas. Every time they say the word "quesadilla", they hear mariachi music. They make delicious... quesadillas. Yummy quesadillas!

   

April 6, 2012

Artt paints the colour purple on a canvas and feeling hungry he goes over to a table. He drops blue blueberries and red strawberries into a blender and makes a delicious purple smoothie.

   

April 5, 2012

Gisele turns 'I'm happy' into a question, a statement and an exclamation and changes the meaning of a sentence with punctuation.

   

April 4, 2012

First on the Scene celebrates children's accomplishments. Everything from learning to skate, riding a bike without training wheels, losing a first tooth, to drawing a great picture --by profiling children on a preschool news magazine-styled show called Big Backyard News (BBN). The BBN news anchor is Sticks from Gisèle's Big Backyard. In this episode, Julia plants a flower for the first time.

   

April 2, 2012

Gisele dances like a chicken.

   

April 2, 2012

First on the Scene celebrates children's accomplishments. Everything from learning to skate, riding a bike without training wheels, losing a first tooth, to drawing a great picture --by profiling children on a preschool news magazine-styled show called Big Backyard News (BBN). The BBN news anchor is Sticks from Gisèle's Big Backyard. In this episode, Abbey and Jordan play cards for the first time.

   

March 28, 2012

Gisele dances like a horse.

   

March 26, 2012

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Eric, Sydney and Gianluca from the Oakville Academy for the Arts paint on rough and smooth surfaces.

   

March 16, 2012

Gisele dances like a cow.

   

March 15, 2012

Artt mixes black and white paint to make grey. He paints grey clouds on his painting, but when real grey rain clouds arrive, he grabs his painting and runs.

   

March 13, 2012

Artt paints the colour orange on a canvas and feeling hungry he goes over to a table. He makes the colour orange by mixing red ketchup and yellow mustard.

   

March 5, 2012

Gisele reviews Mattoo, Let's Play written and illustrated by Irene Luxbacher and published by Kids Can Press.

   

February 23, 2012

It's closing time in the This and That Shop and That has done everything on his list. Outside the shop, he realizes that he left the lights, the fan and the radio on. He needs to turn them off to save energy, but turning them off takes a lot of his energy.

   

February 10, 2012

Excited for the delivery of her new birdhouse, Jay learns that using the word please will not get her everything that she wants.

   

February 6, 2012

Gisele reviews Snowy and Chinook for her book club.

   

January 31, 2012

This fixes the hole in Jay's sweater with a button.

   

January 27, 2012

Sir Readsalot learns the importance of understanding labels.

   

January 27, 2012

Sir Readslot learns to follow the speed limit.

   

January 27, 2012

Sir Readslot discovers the importance of a DO NOT TOUCH sign

   

January 25, 2012

Sir Readsalot discovers a "Slippery When Wet " sign.

   

January 24, 2012

Sir Readsalot sees that the store open, but he goes to beach and a concert instead, when he comes back the store is closed.

   

January 16, 2012

Melvin the Magician reveals the word "here".

   

January 13, 2012

Tia tries to figure out which season is her favourite.

   

January 12, 2012

Tia explains where the animals go in the winter.

   

January 10, 2012

Tia discovers that snow melts when it lands on her hand.

   

January 2, 2012

Mirihal and Ria performs Bharatanatyam (Indian Dancing).

   

December 26, 2011

Sanjanu, Sabrina and Liya perform Bollywood Dancing.

   

December 19, 2011

Tia has a present for Gisele, a coupon that says that Tia wants to spend every second of her holiday with Gisele. There is no time like the present to begin that wish.

   

December 15, 2011

Tia and Gisele wish us a Happy Holidays.

   

December 13, 2011

Gisele and Tia love winter since there is so much to do. As Tia suggests things they could do, Gisele runs and finds what she suggest, leaving Gisele tired and Tia... cold!

   

December 8, 2011

That takes the Carney the Counting Cat Coin Toonie Challenge.

   

December 5, 2011

Lauren, Farah and Emma perform Hip Hop Dancing.

   

November 28, 2011

Nazarene performs a Jingle Dress Dance as Elijah beats the drum and sings.

   

November 21, 2011

Konvalia and Roman perform Ukrainian Folk Dancing to 'Kozachok'.

   

November 14, 2011

Lotta Numbers takes the Carney the Counting Cat Coin Quarter Challenge.

   

November 1, 2011

Gisele and That get the garden ready for winter.

   

November 1, 2011

Gisele explains to That what you can do with gourds.

   

October 28, 2011

Gisele makes some spooky Halloween crafts.

   

October 26, 2011

Jay and Melvin learn how to trick or treat.

   

October 24, 2011

Dylan performs Highland Dancing (Scottish) as Caitlin plays the highland pipes.

   

October 17, 2011

Hannah performs Acro Dance.

   

October 3, 2011

Ellora performs a Fancy Shawl Dance as Elijah beats the drum and sings.

   

September 26, 2011

Mai and Mika perform Buyo (Japanese dancing).

   

September 16, 2011

On a gameshow, Melvin matches the word "you".

   

September 16, 2011

Melvin recites a poem using the word "you".

   

September 16, 2011

Melvin the Magician reveals the word "you".

   

September 13, 2011

Melvin plays a game of chase with the word "yellow".

   

September 5, 2011

On a gameshow, Melvin matches the word "I".

   

September 5, 2011

Melvin the Magician reveals the word "I".

   

August 31, 2011

Melvin, the teacher, uses the word "where" in a sentence.

   

August 26, 2011

Melvin plays a game of chase with the word "here".

   

August 26, 2011

Melvin, the teacher, uses the word "here" in a sentence.

   

June 6, 2011

A Million Ways to Move call to action from Gisele and Tia.

   

May 31, 2011

That makes a can tower, before This tells him the rules.

   

May 24, 2011

Tia and Melvin have a staring contest and Jay commentates.

   

May 23, 2011

Gisele counts the dragonflies.

   

May 20, 2011

Gisele counts the birds that fly past.

   

May 18, 2011

Gisele counts the frogs in the pond.

   

May 18, 2011

Gisele and her friends have a community garden! A place to grow healthy, fresh foods! A place to learn how fruits and vegetables grow! A place to learn what happens above and below the soil! A place for friends to get together!

   

May 18, 2011

Tia and Melvin put on a puppet show for Jay.

   

May 17, 2011

Gisele counts the hungry caterpillars.

   

May 16, 2011

Gisele and her friends have a community garden! A place to grow healthy, fresh foods! A place to learn how fruits and vegetables grow! A place to learn what happens above and below the soil! A place for friends to get together!

   

May 16, 2011

While it rains outside, Tia and Jay play pirates inside.

   

May 13, 2011

Gisele and her friends have a community garden! A place to grow healthy, fresh foods! A place to learn how fruits and vegetables grow! A place to learn what happens above and below the soil! A place for friends to get together! Gisele and Tia grow snap peas in the garden.

   

May 12, 2011

Gisele and her friends have a community garden! A place to grow healthy, fresh foods! A place to learn how fruits and vegetables grow! A place to learn what happens above and below the soil! A place for friends to get together! Gisele grows lettuce in the community garden.

   

May 11, 2011

Gisele and her friends have a community garden! A place to grow healthy, fresh foods! A place to learn how fruits and vegetables grow! A place to learn what happens above and below the soil! A place for friends to get together!

   

May 9, 2011

Tia notices that her tulips close for the night.

   

May 6, 2011

Tia explains what makes thunder happen.

   

May 2, 2011

Jay helps Gisele learn about good listening.

   

April 29, 2011

Gisele says good bye and see you on Monday. Credit Roll for 2011. Ends with Red Kid.

   

April 27, 2011

A compilation of Gisele's Big Backyard episodes for the Gemini Awards. All season 2011-04-07 00:00:00.0

   

April 25, 2011

Lotta counts the hungry caterpillars.

   

April 19, 2011

The Alphabet Goop recipes calls for the letters l and h.

   

April 12, 2011

Gisele walks her pretend dog.

   

April 8, 2011

The Alphabet Goop recipes calls for the letters b and d.

   

April 7, 2011

Kenyon's grandmother teaches him the Cree alphabet.

   

April 7, 2011

This and That play a balancing game using a scale.

   

April 5, 2011

Kenyon and his grandma visit the Ojibway/Cree Centre.

   

April 5, 2011

Tia looks at the moon through her telescope.

   

April 5, 2011

Gisele pretends to play tug of war.

   

April 4, 2011

Gisele reviews Wanda and the Frogs for her book club.

   

April 1, 2011

Gisele pretends to build a snowman.

   

April 1, 2011

A fly tastes Tia's sandwich, but can she to do?

   

March 31, 2011

The Alphabet Goop recipes calls for the letters p and s.

   

March 30, 2011

Ethan takes gymnastics class for the first time.

   

March 29, 2011

Lotta counts her the rubies in her collection.

   

March 28, 2011

Gisele pretends to have a picnic.

   

March 28, 2011

The Alphabet Goop recipes calls for the letters o and v.

   

March 23, 2011

The Alphabet Goop recipes calls for the letters y and n.

   

March 22, 2011

Lotta guesses how many diamonds she has in her collection.

   

March 15, 2011

Tia explains how Julian, her fish has no eyelids.

   

March 14, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 14, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 11, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 9, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 7, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 4, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 3, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

March 1, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 25, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 23, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 21, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 18, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 17, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 15, 2011

Melvin's Marvellous Words helps early learners practice their Dolch words.

   

February 7, 2011

Gisele reviews Hannah's Collections for her book club.

   

February 2, 2011

Gisele and Jay follow a recipe to make a cake.

   

January 31, 2011

Gisele dances like a snake.

   

January 31, 2011

Gisele dances like a bee.

   

January 27, 2011

Gisele reads Lady Treble and the Seven Notes for her book club.

   

January 17, 2011

Gisele dances like a bird.

   

January 14, 2011

Lotta arrives at the This and That Shop looking for a clock.

   

January 11, 2011

That learns how an eggbeater works.

   

January 3, 2011

Tia and Gisele wish us a Happy New Year!

   

December 31, 2010

Tia and Gisele count down to say Happy New Year!

   

December 24, 2010

Tia and Gisele wish us a Merry Christmas!

   

December 23, 2010

Tia wants to mail a package to South Africa.

   

December 13, 2010

Gisele and Tia wish us Happy Holidays!

   

December 10, 2010

Eile plays Egan's Polka on the Tin Whistle.

   

December 9, 2010

Ingrid plays Folk Song of Jiangxi on the Erhu (Chinese Violin).

   

December 8, 2010

In pretend play, Gisele encourages the viewers to "play" in her make-belief scenarios. In this episode, Gisele asks the kids to be in her rock band.

   

December 8, 2010

Cate plays Land of the Silver Birch on the Recorder.

   

December 7, 2010

Kai and Mai play Dondoko Bayashi on the Taiko (Japanese Drums).

   

December 6, 2010

Naman plays Jai Hoi on the Harmonium.

   

December 6, 2010

John plays Ode to Joy on the Steel Pan.

   

December 1, 2010

Tia has never seen snow, so Gisele explains what it is like.

   

November 23, 2010

Gisele finds the letters f and l in her mailbox.

   

November 19, 2010

Tia found a rock to add to her collection, but will it fit?

   

November 17, 2010

Melvin says "Science is Everywhere. Go Discover it"

   

November 16, 2010

Gisele finds nothing in her mailbox... zero!

   

November 5, 2010

Sir Readsalot reads the recycle sign and knows what to do.

   

November 2, 2010

The piano recital finishes and Sir Readsalot realizes he must find the EXIT.

   

October 29, 2010

Sir Readsalot comes across a STOP sign and realizes that he has to stop for a construction crew.

   

October 28, 2010

Sir Readsalot discovers animal crossing signs.

   

October 18, 2010

Tia helps This puts together a thingamajig, but what is it?

   

October 11, 2010

Sir Readsalot discovers the importance of reading a menu.

   

October 8, 2010

In Sir Readsalot Signs, Sir Readsalot encounters common environmental print signs, involving both words and images. He must decipher them to move through his adventures. Sir Readsalot discovers washroom signs.

   

October 5, 2010

Melvin helps This and That organize a shelf.

   

October 4, 2010

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child?s drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Lisa Mona visits kids who make lines using paint.

   

September 27, 2010

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Lisa Mona visits kids who use thick, thin and medium paint brushes.

   

September 22, 2010

Tia and Gisele fly a kite.

   

September 20, 2010

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Lisa Mona visits kids who talk about a painting.

   

September 16, 2010

Two Words For the Price of One- quite/quiet

   

September 13, 2010

Lisa Mona comes to life from a child's drawing and lives in the art centre of a preschool. She explores the process, medium and elements of art by visiting the art table where kids are being creative. Lisa Mona visits kids who make impressions using clay.

   

September 10, 2010

When That holds up a sign with "gr" written on it., That wonders why This is growling at him.

   

September 8, 2010

Tia and Gisele share their nature discoveries.

   

September 7, 2010

Melvin helps This with fix the labels for the display.

   

September 6, 2010

Artt uses his artistic skills to illustrate the world of numeracy through counting, numeric, and word representation and sequencing. In this episode, Artt attempts to draw a dot, but nothing turns up.

   

September 6, 2010

Gisele has a new neighbour. Her name is Tia. Gisele invited her over for oatmeal cookies. They play a game where they ask they're favourite things. The getting to know Gisele/Tia game is fun.

   

September 6, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

September 6, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

September 6, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

August 20, 2010

Sir Readsalot collects and trades books from young people he meets on his travels.

   

July 26, 2010

Raouf lost his tooth.

   

July 12, 2010

Keelan and Jon Dahl visit the fire station for the first time.

   

July 5, 2010

Sadie takes a Yoga Class for the first time.

   

June 21, 2010

Noah takes the Go Train for the first time.

   

June 9, 2010

This and That use the timer on their camera to take their picture.

   

May 31, 2010

Jay sits in her nest reading her book, when the wind starts to blow and we hear thunder and see crashes of lighting. The weather is stormy. She puts the book on her head thinking she needs a roof instead.

   

May 27, 2010

Jay sits in her nest enjoying the view and her view of the sky. All she can see in the sky is the sun. The weather is sunny. The sun is hot and Jay drops down and comes back up with her sunglasses on. She sees all sorts of clouds, but realizes it's sunscreen on her sunglasses.

   

May 25, 2010

Sir Readslot is on a quest to find words that rhyme.

   

May 24, 2010

Jay sits in her nest enjoying the nice warm sunny day, but wait... where did the sun go? The sun is hiding behind the white cloud... the weather today is cloudy. She thinks the sun is better at hide and seek then her.

   

May 21, 2010

Gisele reads Our Corner Grocery Store.

   

May 17, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

May 10, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

May 3, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

May 3, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

April 28, 2010

It's raining outside and Stick and Jay use their imagination to come up with stories.

   

April 27, 2010

Letterella prints the letter X.

   

April 26, 2010

Letterella prints the letter x

   

April 22, 2010

Jay shows off her new reused bird feeder.

   

April 22, 2010

Jay shows off her new plastic container bird house.

   

April 19, 2010

Letterella prints the letter w

   

April 15, 2010

Gisele reads Chicken, Pig, Cow

   

April 13, 2010

Letterella prints the letter V.

   

April 12, 2010

Letterella prints the letter y

   

April 7, 2010

Gisèle and her puppet friends Sticks the squirrel, Jay the bluejay and Melvin the skunk explore fascinating topics in mathematics, science, language, personal and social development and the arts.

   

April 6, 2010

Letterella prints the letter J

   

April 5, 2010

Letterella prints the letter u

   

April 5, 2010

This and That play Shape Up and Ship Out to find a Rectangle.

   

April 1, 2010

Letterella prints the letter Z.

   

April 1, 2010

Gisele's Big Backyard Logo build with Music. ID All season 2009-11-02 00:00:00.0

   

March 31, 2010

Letterella prints the letter z

   

March 30, 2010

This and That make rhythmic music while they work.

   

March 29, 2010

Letterella prints the letter t

   

March 26, 2010

This learns to use his words.

   

March 24, 2010

Jay helps Gisele find the missing letter of the alphabet.

   

March 22, 2010

Letterella prints the letter s

   

March 15, 2010

Letterella prints the letter r

   

March 8, 2010

Letterella prints the letter p

   

March 1, 2010

Letterella prints the letter o

   

February 25, 2010

Artt connects ten dots to make a star.

   

February 23, 2010

Letterella prints the letter N.

   

February 22, 2010

Letterella prints the letter n

   

February 18, 2010

Artt connects nine dots to make a spiral.

   

February 16, 2010

Artt counts nine dots and writes 9.

   

February 16, 2010

Letterella prints the letter M.

   

February 15, 2010

Artt draws nine dots.

   

February 15, 2010

Sir Readsalot and his trusty horse, Bookmark, travel the world in search of things to read, because he likes to read a lot! In this episode, Sir Readslot meets Sir Writeswell at the Silver Hand of the Leaf Pile. The hand is holding the Book of Tongue Twister, but neither can retrieve the book. They determine they should decide who's better at tongue twisters.

   

February 11, 2010

Artt connects eight dots to make a circle.

   

February 9, 2010

Letterella prints the letter L.

   

February 8, 2010

Letterella prints the letter l.

   

February 4, 2010

Artt connects seven dots to make an arrow.

   

February 2, 2010

Letterella prints the letter K.

   

February 2, 2010

Melvin buys a ball to balance on his nose.

   

February 1, 2010

Letterella prints the letter k.

   

January 29, 2010

Artt discovers that the number six is missing from a picture of a calculator.

   

January 29, 2010

Lotta needs a number seven.