A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own is a daily program about child care that airs on PBS, produced in Los Angeles by KCET. It was hosted by Debi Gutierrez and has been recently hosted by Elizabeth Sanchez. The Spanish-language version is Los Niños en Su Casa ("Our Children at Home"), seen on PBS and on the Spanish-language public television network V-me. Their version is hosted by Alina Rosario.

A Place of Our Own
Genre	Child care
Directed by	Hal Grant
Starring	Debi Gutierrez (1998-2007) Elizabeth Sanchez (2008-2011) Alina Rosario (Los Niños en Su Casa)
Narrated by	B.B. King
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producers	Stephanie Drachkovitch and Mary Mazur
Producer	Rasha Drachkovitch
Production location	Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	44 Blue Productions KCET Los Angeles
Original release
Network	PBS, V-me
Release	January 3, 1998 (1998-01-03) – December 30, 2011 (2011-12-30)

The show was produced by KCET in association with 44 Blue Productions.

The tagline is "You are your child's first teacher".

Friday editions feature a "Week in Review", about the daily week, Monday-Thursday, similar to the review on Learn to Read. As is, people send letters to KCET, or email to Debi Gutierrez/Elizabeth Sanchez of A Place of Our Own or Alina Rosario of Los Niños en Su Casa.

It won a Peabody Award in 2005.

DVD release

Between 2008 and 2009, PBS Home Video began releasing A Place of Our Own on DVD.

• Early Childhood Solutions: Early Academics (June 24, 2008)
• Early Childhood Solutions: Health and Nutrition (November 18, 2008)
• Early Childhood Solutions: Special Needs (February 24, 2009)

External links

• A Place of Our Own website
• Los Niños en Su Casa website
• 44 Blue Productions website