The mixture of content material makes for a podcast that ought to fulfill even the pickiest of listeners. New episodes arrive each different week. There are additionally transcripts accessible so your children can learn alongside whereas listening to enhance literacy.
Story Seeds
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Story Seeds is a comparatively new podcast, and it is a bit completely different from the others; reasonably than a narrative, it is a meta view of the right way to create a narrative.
Each episode pairs a child (age 6-12) with a youngsters’s guide writer. They meet up in particular person and collaborate to put in writing authentic tales that begin out with the child’s thought (the “seed” within the identify). It’s not up to date as incessantly as among the remainder of these, however there’s over two dozen episodes accessible.
Fierce Girls
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This Australian podcast is dedicated to showcasing true tales of Australian girls. From athletes to spies, Fierce Girls typically promotes a unifying theme of adventurous ladies with “guts and spirit.” While the tales are all applicable for children and not graphic, the hosts do not shrink back from telling tales as they occur. In some circumstances, you would possibly need to hear first to verify a narrative is acceptable for your youngsters’s maturity degree. That mentioned, our 9-year-old twins love them.
Planet Storytime
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Offering a mixture of traditional tales, like these of Beatrix Potter, and lesser-known content material, Planet Storytime goals for that blend of leisure and schooling Fred Rogers perfected. It releases new episodes each Thursday.
One very nice characteristic that units this podcast aside is that on the finish of every month, there’s one lengthy episode with a whole month’s value of content material—good for getting an hour or so to your self.
Brains On
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This science podcast is aimed toward children, although I’ll be trustworthy, I’ve discovered loads from it as nicely. Brains On is instructional—simply do not inform your children that. They’ll love studying how bugs stroll on partitions, the right way to discover their manner with no compass, and even the place poo and pee go while you flush the bathroom.
There’s a collection referred to as “Smash Boom Best” by which two issues are pitted in opposition to one another, and your child can decide their favourite. For instance, Loki was recently pitted against Athena. This podcast might be finest suited for barely older children.
Warrior Kid Podcast
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The Warrior Kid Podcast will not be for everybody, however my children actually just like the question-and-answer format of this podcast, which relies on the books of the identical identify. The writer of the books and host of the present is Jocko Willink, a embellished, retired Navy SEAL officer and management guru. Here Willink stands in for the character of Uncle Jake in Willink’s Warrior Kid guide collection, answering children’ questions on every part from the right way to keep away from consuming sweet to what it takes to be a Navy Seal.
Willink locations a worthwhile emphasis on bodily exercise, psychological sharpness, eating regimen (encouraging children to develop wholesome consuming habits), and laborious work. The latter varieties the core of the message on this podcast: Work laborious, prepare in jiujitsu, and you’ll ultimately succeed. This one is concentrating on barely older children, most likely finest for ages 8 and up. One particular be aware: Willink has one other podcast, Jocko Podcast, that’s most undoubtedly not for youngsters.
Anorak: The Happy Podcast for Kids
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A manufacturing of Anorak Kids Magazine, The Happy Podcast for Kids is instructional and entertaining, and it really works nicely for the entire household, since there are many tales that may entertain adults as nicely children. Much of the content material explores themes just like Anorak’s magazines, so if one thing actually catches your kid’s curiosity, you possibly can order the related situation as nicely. Themes embrace every part from sea life to creativeness to linguistics. Guests cowl a equally wide-ranging spectrum with every part from scuba divers to ice cream makers. While this one is ok for the entire household, given the extent of element and episode size (round half-hour), you might need to take breaks with youthful youngsters with shorter consideration spans.
But Why
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Another NPR podcast, But Why goals to reply child questions on every part from nature, politics, tradition, science, even the top of the world. Your children can submit their very own questions too; directions are on the website.
Because But Why covers a variety of subjects, I have a tendency to assist out extra with it. Many episodes are finest suited to barely older children. My children (7 and 5) weren’t about to sit down by means of an episode on what occurs when a president is impeached, for instance, however they did get pleasure from an episode on how we style meals.
Aaron’s World
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One of the few podcasts on this checklist that was created by a child, Aaron’s World is a 50-episode audio-drama following the adventures of a boy (Aaron) and his trusty pc sidekick (INO) exploring the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. The episodes concentrate on single subjects—e.g., iguanodon, microraptor, sharks—however over the five-year run, some enjoyable bigger story arcs emerged that create a operating plot. All got here from the thoughts of initially 6-year-old Aaron, who stored at it for 5 years. Highly really helpful for any child who’s considering dinosaurs.
Other Great Podcasts and Audio Shows
These days the web is awash in podcasts, with far too many to say intimately right here. That mentioned, listed here are some others your children might like.
- Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl: Long earlier than our children obtained into storytelling podcasts, they beloved this weekly two-hour music present launched each, ahem, Saturday. And I do know what you are pondering: children’ music. But it is actually not children’ music, it is simply music children will get pleasure from. This can be a good way to find music your children love that will not drive you loopy. Did you recognize Walkmen co-songwriter Walter Martin has a fantastic album for children? How about The Verve Pipe? Johnny Cash? All these and extra I’ve found by means of Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl.
- Earth Rangers: This podcast has a biology slant however makes a very good hear for any children considering digging within the dust, studying about animals, or listening to tales of the ecosystems in far-off lands. There are episodes on the jungle, the Arctic, and practically every part between. Episodes are usually about quarter-hour every and normally deal with a single animal or atmosphere. Earth Ranger might be finest suited to children who’re slightly extra mature.
- Molly of Denali: This eight-episode podcast units the backstory for the PBS cartoon of the identical identify. Each episode is about 10 minutes lengthy, and they’re sequential, telling the backstory of Molly Mabray, an Alaska native rising up along with her mother and father, household, and buddies in Alaska.
- Eleanor Amplified: This long-running journey collection options an intrepid reporter named Eleanor Amplified. She focuses on foiling the devious plots of villains. It’s a bit pro-journalist at instances, in a rah-rah form of manner that is not for everybody, however the tales are fast-paced, entertaining, and within the spirit of old-time radio exhibits.
- Live From Mount Olympus: My children have been working their manner by means of the Percy Jackson guide collection when this arrived, so this Olympian-focused podcast was an immediate hit. It follows the adventures of a younger Perseus, who’s on a quest to avoid wasting his mom from an evil king. Live From Mount Olympus largely sticks to the Greek tales as it’s possible you’ll bear in mind them, although there are some further characters. Live From Mount Olympus is a part of the Trax community, which hosts different children podcasts as nicely.
