Get Set For Life Tour 2006 Comes to Yellowknife on April 10

(Toronto, March 30) - Kids’ CBC, in partnership with Invest in Kids, proudly presents the fun-filled GET SET FOR LIFE TOUR 2006 in Yellowknife on April 10, 2006. As part of a cross-Canada tour, Kids’ CBC host Patty and Western Canada host Kush will be joined by kid favourites like Clifford the Big Red Dog, animated Kids' CBC host Dot and newest friend Lunar Jim, on stage for this fun preschool stage show that is proudly Canadian and only $5!

Parents, preschoolers and young school-aged children (Kindergarten and Grade One students) won’t want to miss this 50-minute show packed with songs, adventure, and excitement. When Patty realizes a precious package has gone missing her friends and the familiar faces from Kids’ CBC morning programming pitch in to help her find it. Patty jumps in her trusty plane to travel across Canada and even to the moon, bringing her friends and the entire audience along with her on a magical adventure.

Join the Kids' CBC gang for 2 shows at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre on April 10, 2006 at 2:00pm and 5:30pm. Tickets for this 50-minute show are available for $5* plus tax through Birchwood Gallery Box Office or Phone Centre (867-445-8000), NACC Box Office, and YKTix.com. The Northern Arts and Cultural Centre is located at 4701 - 52nd Avenue in Yellowknife.

For more detailed tour information, please visit www.cbc.ca/kidscbc/tour.

Kids' CBC is built upon the solid foundation Explore, Discover, Learn! All of our shows and hosted interstitials are designed to promote preschoolers’ developmental tendency to explore and discover their world, and to learn and grow as they do. At Kids' CBC we encourage children to think imaginatively and critically, take chances and approach life with enthusiasm, optimism and confidence. Our award-winning programming, while fun and entertaining, is above all else, beneficial to young children’s emotional, social and intellectual development. At Kids' CBC, we are all about letting children take the lead and explore their world, while feeling secure and confident enough to do so.

Kids' CBC airs weekdays from 7:00am to noon, Saturdays from 6:00am to 9:00am ET, and Sundays from 6:00am to 7:30am.

Invest in Kids is a national charity with offices in Ontario, Atlantic Canada, Alberta and British Columbia. Dedicated to helping parents become the parents they want and need to be, Invest in Kids translates the science of parenting and child development into engaging, easy-to-understand, relevant resources for parents and professionals. Invest in Kids aims to strengthen the parenting knowledge, skills and confidence of all those who touch the lives of our youngest children to ensure the healthy social, emotional and intellectual development of children from birth to age five.

Invest in Kids brings the parenting and child development expertise to the Get Set For Life program. Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting™ is a thorough, research-based framework created by the experts at Invest in Kids. It translates the most current science on early childhood development and parenting into everyday routines and activities in which all parents and children can participate. When you comfort, play with and teach your child, a world of possibilities opens up for both of you!

About Get Set For Life
Kids' CBC presents the Get Set For Life Tour 2006, with Invest in Kids is part of the Get Set For Life National Public Education Campaign, a joint venture of Kids’ CBC, Invest in Kids and Canadian Living and Coup de pouce magazines. With the animated Zap Family, the campaign’s ambassadors, Get Set For Life provides trusted parenting support to help parents make the most of their children’s first five years, through Invest in Kids’ Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting™.

To learn more about Invest in Kids, Comfort, Play & Teach, and Get Set For Life visit www.investinkids.ca.

*A convenience fee will be applied for phone and internet orders.

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