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For Immediate Release:
Jeneissy Azcuy
Communications Director
(305) 424-4013
[email protected]
BLUE CHIP KIDS – INTERSTITIAL SERIES
Miami, Florida- -South Florida PBS - WPBT2 announces the new interstitial series, Blue
Chip Kids! Learn why it’s never too early for anyone to become money smart and for
every parent who wants their children to develop the skills to invest wisely and become
responsible money managers, regular savers, and to earn money while they sleep, this
series will enlighten both children and adults, on how to achieve these skills.
Presented by Miami’s WPBT2 and distributed nationally by American Public Television
(APT), Blue Chip Kids premieres on public television stations nationwide in March 2017
(check local listings). Major funding for the series provided by the Batchelor Foundation.
Based on the book Blue Chip Kids: What Every Child (and Parent) Should Know
About Money, Investing, and the Stock Market, this multi-episode short-form series
provides a fun and easy-to-understand introduction to the world of money and investing
for kids and parents. Written by David W. Bianchi—an investor and lawyer with an
economics degree from Tufts University—this resource series demystifies the basic
principles about money matters and shows what it takes to spend, save, and invest wisely.
Each episode (literally) illustrates a new financial fundamental using simple examples,
plain language and entertaining drawings. The episodes are one-minute-long, which
makes understanding and discussing money matters easy for kids (and their parents)!
“Financial literacy is the challenge of our time and the “Blue Chip Kids” interstitials are
intended to stimulate and educate young minds so that they begin to think about how to
earn, manage and invest money. The topics are simple yet informative and are presented
with entertaining cartoon characters who accompany the viewer from topic to topic in a
format that young people feel comfortable with. It is a great way to start the financial
learning process.” -David W. Bianchi
The following is the list of episodes and their titles:
Season One:
Episode 1 – Let’s Get Money Smart
Episode 2 – You Need Money For Everything These Days
Episode 3 – Live Within Your Means
Episode 4 – Be a Disciplined Saver and a Conservative Spender
Episode 5 – Money From Around the World; Its Not All The Same
Episode 6 – The Euro, What Is That?
Episode 7 - Money Exchange Rates
Episode 8 – Different Ways To Make Money
Episode 9 – Bitcoin and Electronic Currencies
Episode 10 - You Are On Your Way
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About WPBT2
WPBT2 is the flagship station of South Florida PBS, Florida’s largest public media
company, which also includes WXEL. WPBT’s national presentations for public
television include the documentary series Changing Seas providing an unprecedented
look at Earth’s last frontier and shedding light on how human activities impact ocean
resources; Eternal Cuba with Enrique Chia which celebrates the beauty and the character
of a captivating country; and Star Gazers, the world’s only weekly television series on
naked eye astronomy.
About APT:
American Public Television (APT) has been the leading syndicator of high-quality, toprated programming to the nation’s public television stations since 1961. For more than 10
years, APT has annually distributed one-third or more of the top 100 highest-rated public
television titles in the U.S. Among its 250 new program titles per year, APT programs
include prominent documentaries, performance, news and current affairs programs,
dramas, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies. America’s Test Kitchen
From Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s Country, AfroPoP, Rick Steves’ Europe, Front and
Center, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Midsomer Murders, A Place to Call Home,
Lidia’s Kitchen, Globe Trekker, Simply Ming, and P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home are a
sampling of APT’s programs, considered some of the most popular on public television.
APT licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service. Now in its
12th year, Create® TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming
— is distributed by American Public Television. APT also distributes WORLD™, public
television’s premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about
APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.