Nickelodeon’s Brand-New Animated Preschool Series Kinderwood Debuts on Noggin, Net’s Interactive Learning Service, Thursday, Dec. 3
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BURBANK, Calif.--Dec. 2, 2020--Preschoolers will make discoveries, use their imaginations and explore an exciting new world when Nickelodeon’s brand-new animated series Kinderwood (30 x 7-min episodes) debuts Thursday, Dec. 3, on Noggin, Nick’s interactive learning service. Created and produced by Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company (T.O.T.S., Little Big Awesome, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart), the series follows five best friends as they play, learn and grow together in Kinderwood, an extraordinary preschool and fantastical world able to transform into everchanging environments making for endless adventures.
The classmates in Kinderwood are: the always curious and imaginative Olive; shy, detail-oriented Fifi and her sweet and spontaneous little brother Luplup; DD, the quiet observer who expresses himself through music; and the stylish and outgoing Liddo. Together the “Kinderkids” explore and learn from their unique surroundings through investigation, trying new things, making mistakes, using their creativity and more. Kinderwood features a social-emotional curriculum highlighting friendship, compassion and problem-solving skills.
Kinderwood aligns with Noggin’s “Big Heart” educational approach which focuses on building preschoolers’ emotional knowledge and awareness, as each episode of the series aims to help children understand different emotions and recognize others’ points of view. Kinderwood is the latest addition to Noggin’s content slate which includes the recently launched original series School of Yum, Word Play, Imagination Trips and more.
A special festive episode of Kinderwood will also air Thursday, Dec. 3, at 9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon as part of the net’s “Nickmas” holiday-themed lineup which features joyous premieres and specials from Nick’s live-action, animation and preschool series, including all-new episodes of hit series Blue’s Clues & You!, The Casagrandes, Danger Force, All That and more, plus classic fan-favorite holiday episodes of Rugrats, PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House. Nickelodeon's full Nickmas highlights can be found here.
Noggin will also continue to spread cheer featuring over 50 pieces of festive long and short-form content, including: holiday-themed shorts; full-length episodes of PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Peppa Pig and more; games; play-along videos; and books.
Kinderwood is created and co-executive produced by Otto Tang (Big Mouth, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja) with Chris Prynoski (T.O.T.S., Niko and the Sword of Light) serving as executive producer and Carin Greenberg (Tumble Leaf, Lalaloopsy) as co-executive producer. Production of Kinderwood for Nickelodeon Animation Studio is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Preschool.
Noggin is the interactive learning service from Nickelodeon. In Noggin, learning is led by the Nickelodeon preschool characters kids know and love, and developed by education and child development experts. Noggin offers an ever-expanding library of books, learning games, activities, exclusive shorts and 1,000+ ad-free episodes of preschool favorites like PAW Patrol, Peppa Pig and Blue’s Clues & You! With Noggin, kids can go on fun learning adventures that explore science, literacy, math, music and more.
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Original post:
Lessons are about to begin at Kinderwood, a brand new animated preschool series, premiering Tuesday, December 3, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon!
In Kinderwood, five young friends with different personalities play, learn, and grow together at Kinderwood, an extraordinary school where every day is filled with new adventures, discoveries, and experiences, both big and small.
Kinderwood will launch with a holiday special, "A Kinderwood Holiday; Snowball Effect; Hop to the Top". When the decorations on the Frost Festival tree mysteriously disappear, Liddo leads an expedition deep into the branches. (#106)
Update (12/2) - The U.S. Copyright website lists the show having 8 total episodes, the the remaining 7 episodes slated to air on Nickelodeon following the Christmas special. It also appears that production on the series was halted some time back for an unknown reason.
Carin Greenberg, a Peabody finalist and winner of three Daytime Emmys, two Annie Awards and a Writers Guild Award serves as co-executive producer and story editor of the series. Greenberg is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of Quarantween: the Musical for TheaterWorksUSA. She has developed television projects with numerous networks and studios, including as the story editor and writer for seasons 2, 3 and 4 of Amazon Prime Video's Tumble Leaf; co-creator/writer of Destination Solar System, an immersive, live space adventure that played at the planetaria in Chicago, Denver and Nashville; and as head writer of Nick Jr's Lalaloopsy. Greenberg has also served in a variety of roles on beloved shows such as Gullah, Gullah Island, Blue's Clues, Allegra's Window, Dora the Explorer, Wonder Pets!, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps and Dragon Tales.
Not much more information is currently known about Kinderwood, however, ViacomCBS applied to register the trademark of the series on December, 22, 2017.
Originally published: Saturday, November 21, 2020.
H/T: Special thanks to @spongieloud and @cnc__3 for the news; Additional sources: Nickandmore!, @kancsn01, Kidscreen; Press release via Business Wire.
