Ready to Learn television service is a national effort to improve the school readiness of young children through public broadcasting. The core of Ready to Learn is a full day of non-violent, commercial-free, educational children's television programming. The daily broadcast includes award-winning PBS kids programs such as Arthur, Dragon tales, Clifford, Between the lions, Reading rainbow, and Sesame Street. Ready to learn also provides extensive outreach services to the local area; these include workshops for parents, childcare providers, and other early childhood professionals as well as the distribution of children's books and PBS Families/PBS para la Familia magazine. The site includes links to other related sites, PBS kids programming, and print materials.