Back to celebrate their 50th birthday, Polkaroo helps a whole new generation polish up their counting skills.
Now available to stream on TVO Kids!
Polkaroo Counts! uses math and preschool numeracy to bring back one of our all-time favourite characters, Polkaroo!
In the first 15 x 2:30 minute live-action segments, Polkaroo and our young stars discover a number is missing from the Number Wall! ‘Oh no, can you help us find it, Polkaroo?’ We’re off! While Polkaroo searches the city, the suburbs, and the countryside for the missing number, one of our young stars finds ways to create and discover that same number at Polkaroo’s Counting Lab. At the end of each episode, Polkaroo triumphantly returns from the real world to celebrate the ‘comeback’ of the missing number!
The next 15 x 2 minute (approx.) live-action segments introduce and explore simple math concepts. Combining appearances by Polkaroo, our real kids, music, and a variety of dynamic graphics, we skip count, do simple addition and subtraction, and a whole lot more – delivered in short playful segments.
The focus of Polkaroo Counts! is on informal learning—using real-world contexts that can be replicated in the child’s world beyond watching the scenario on the screen.
NUMBER OF EPISODES
30 x 2:30 MINUTES
BROADCASTER
TVO KIDS
WATCH IT HERE
DISTRIBUTORS
D360 & MCINTRYE MEDIA
Polkaroo
Morgan Brie Johnson
Starring
Hudson Atack
Avery Lemay
Malik Njau
Angela Aversa
Thomas Colledge
Madison Graham
Odessa Redmond
Ridley Redmond
Producer
Hoda Elatawi
Director
Christopher Redmond
Executive Producers
Hoda Elatawi
Ken Stewart
Marney Malabar, TVO Kids
Narrator
Emma Huggett
Voice of Polkaroo
Eric Vanier
Educational Consultant
Lynda Colgan
Writers
Kate Keating
Marcus Sullivan
Script Editor
Hoda Elatawi
Business Affairs
Ken Stewart
Production Managers
Stephanie Brown
Kelly Spinelli
Composer
Eric Vanier
Editors
Jamie deRooy
Additional Editing
Ron Allen
Graphics and Animation
John James
aweburn Design & Multimedia Inc.
Post-Production Supervisor
Ken Stewart
Directors of Photography
Ivan Cooke
Mike Tien
Alexis Zeville
Camera
John Perkins
Camera Assistant
Ryan Myles
Sound
Frédéric Edwards
Mark Totti
Art Department
Ann Langman
Sue Fijalkowska
Props Assistant
Micheline Girard
Wardrobe
Sue Fijalkowska
Studio Lighting
Scottie Mitchell
Production Coordinator
Jacqueline Morin
Publicity Photos
Stephanie Brown
Production Assistant
Lindsay Gerro
Audio Post Production
Eric Vanier
Assistant Editor
Jacqueline Morin
Studio
Meridian Theatres: Les Lye Studio Theatre
Lighting and technical equipment
Affinity Productions
GAPC
Post Production
GAPC
Legal
Joel Fortune
Accounting
Shayne Artelle, CGA
Insurance
Arthur J. Gallagher Canada Limited
