''Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures'' is an American animated television series intended for young children. The show aired from January 12 to September 27, 2008 on PBS Kids.

Plot

The show follows a five-year old girl named Betsy as she starts out her school years. The series premiere shows Betsy facing the uncertainty of her first day of school and the adjustments she must make as she meets her new teacher and classmates, encounters unfamiliar rules and routines, and finds herself in an entirely new environment. Subsequent episodes show Betsy's excitement and sense of adventure as she adapts to the new experiences of

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Characters

* Betsy (voiced by

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) is 5-year-old girl who is the title/main character of the show. * Billy (voiced by

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) who enjoys playing in the

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and is Betsy's best friend. * Scott (voiced by

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) is a smart boy with

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who is very interested in

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. * Molly (voiced by

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) is an elitist girl. * Sarah (voiced by Cree Summer) is a girl who loves sports. * Kenji (also voiced by

) is an intelligent boy who enjoys

dancing Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its reperto ...

. * Maria (also voiced by Cree Summer) is a quiet girl who loves art. * Newton (also voiced by

), who shares similar interests to Scott and Kenji. * Mrs. O'Connor (voiced by

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) is kindergarten teacher. * Bus Driver Bob (voiced by

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) is a loyal

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. * Mr. Richard Warner (voiced by Tom Bosley) is a principal at Lakeshore Elementary School. * Kevin (also voiced by

) is Betsy's

baby An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to ...

brother A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...

. * Betsy's mother (voiced by

Bess Armstrong Elizabeth Key "Bess" Armstrong (born December 11, 1953) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is best known for her roles in films '' The Four Seasons'' (1981), '' High Road to China'' (1983), ''Jaws 3-D'' (1983), and ''Nothing i ...

) is a

homemaker Homemaking is mainly an American and Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery or household management. It is the act of overseeing the organizational, day-to-day operations of a hous ...

who takes care of her daughter Betsy and her baby son Kevin. She is a stay-at-home mother and does not seem to have any outside job as of yet or ever. * Betsy's father (also voiced by

) is an

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pilot who speaks to Betsy in "airplane-talk." He appears to be the family's sole breadwinner. * Farmer Thomas Warner (also voiced by Tom Bosley), is Richard Warner's brother and the owner of Warner

Farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used ...

s. * Gracie is Betsy's family's

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. * Kitty is Betsy's family's

cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...

. * Sydney is a pet

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that belongs to Mrs. O'Connor's kindergarten class.

Episodes

References

External links

Internet Movie Data Base

Toonarific Cartoons

TV Guide
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