Spungionline.com

**Spungionline.com** (formerly **Spungiletsgrow.com** until December 2006) is a website based on the Spungi brand. It was first launched in 2005 as an online hub for Spungi's shows, under the name Spungiletsgrow.com, mainly aimed at preschoolers. It originally featured games, crafts, birthday cards, pages for The Bedtime Show and Spungi Diner, and information for adults. The website was designed by the New York-based company Funny Garbage.

The website was a major aspect of many series and blocks, such as *The Birthday Show*, *Spungi Diner*, *Kermit's Club*, *Wolfgramm Waffle*, and *Horse & Butterfly*, which allowed kids (known as "Spungilets") to submit birthday cards, photos, videos, and artwork online and see them on TV, which was a throwback to the 1970s PBS children's show ZOOM.

## About Spungi Network

*"Welcome to Spungi Network, the first and only 24-hour preschool network created for children ages 2-5 and their parents and caregivers. Spungi is available on TV, on demand and online. Interaction between parents and preschoolers is an important element in everything we do. From arts and crafts projects to kid-friendly recipes, from birthday submissions to My Refrigerator page, we provide ways for families to experience Spungi together. Our programming lineup combines trusted, gold-standard shows with fresh and innovative originals. We follow the day of a preschooler from breakfast to bedtime, with daytime programming designed to get children moving and active and evening programming to help the family gently unwind at the end of the day. Spungi is available on digital cable and satellite television to 20 million homes. The network was created as a partnership among Comcast Corporation, HIT Entertainment, PBS and Sesame Workshop."*
## History

Throughout its history, the site has had *seven* major upgrades. The first was a refresh of the website that occured in 2007. This upgrade now featured many features not included on the original site, including videos, coloring pages, and character pages. and added many new games, some of which introduced characters and elements from blocks.

The second upgrade happened in August 2009, when the Spungi Network included new branding, new shows, and a new block. The "My Refrigerator" page was renamed "My Spungi," and Kermit's Club Birthday cards got their own separate page.

The third upgrade happened in late 2011. The site was revamped to include a network of islands home to characters from shows and blocks. Some of the games and features from the past three sites were carried over, mainly from Kermit's Club, The Bedtime Show, *Caillou*, *Barney & Friends*, and *Sesame Street*. There was also a separate website for adults, which included parenting articles, crafts, recipes, coloring pages, and information on shows and blocks.

The fourth upgrade happened in early 2013. The Spungi Archipelago was no longer featured, and instead the main page included previews of games, videos, crafts, recipes, stories, and viewer-submitted content, making it more reminiscent of the second and third upgrades. Here, you could find shows or blocks by clicking on a small green circle with one of the characters. Spungi Tunes was also added.

The fifth upgrade happened on September 26th, 2015, when the channel rebranded for its tenth anniversary. The website was completely redesigned to match the third generation branding. This version of the site lasted until 2018, when the site was temporarily closed.

## Original site

At its launch in 2005, Spungiletsgrow.com was divided into seven main sections. A list, with descriptions, is available below.

* **Home**: The homepage for the website, a directory for the rest of its webpages.
* **Let's Play!**: A directory for the site's flash games.
* **Birthdays**: A section relating to *The Birthday Show*.
* **What's on TV?**: A page which loaded the channel's TV schedules.
* **Crafts:** A section relating to crafts, usually from *The Good Night Show*.

1. ↑ https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2005/12/saluting-sprouts-launch-pbs-sp/