The combo 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 out there so your youngsters can learn alongside whereas listening to enhance literacy.
Story Seeds
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Story Seeds is a comparatively new podcast, and it’s kind of totally different from the others; fairly than a narrative, it is a meta view of how one can create a narrative.
Every episode pairs a child (age 6-12) with a kids’s e-book creator. They meet up in particular person and collaborate to put in writing unique tales that begin out with the child’s concept (the “seed” within the identify). It isn’t up to date as ceaselessly as a number of the remainder of these, however there’s over two dozen episodes out there.
Fierce Women
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This Australian podcast is dedicated to showcasing true tales of Australian ladies. From athletes to spies, Fierce Girls usually promotes a unifying theme of adventurous ladies with “guts and spirit.” Whereas the tales are all applicable for teenagers and never graphic, the hosts do not draw back from telling tales as they occur. In some instances, you may need to pay attention first to ensure a narrative is suitable to your kids’s maturity stage. That mentioned, our 9-year-old twins love them.
Lights Out Bedtime Tales for Kids
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This podcast is episodic readings of basic kids’s books, making it someplace between a podcast and an audiobook. It covers a wide range of books from shorter, single-episode tales for youthful youngsters to longer-form, multi-episode readings. The good factor about this one is there’s one thing for nearly everybody. My solely grievance is that a few of these are very brief, most of them are beneath 5 minutes. All episodes are ad-free, however you have to a Spotify account to pay attention.
Planet Storytime
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Providing a mixture of basic 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 complete month’s price of content material—excellent for getting an hour or so to your self.
Brains On
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This science podcast is geared toward youngsters, although I will be sincere, I’ve realized loads from it as properly. Brains On is instructional—simply do not inform your youngsters that. They’re going to love studying how bugs stroll on partitions, how one can discover their manner with no compass, and even the place poo and pee go if you flush the bathroom.
There is a sequence referred to as “Smash Growth Finest” wherein 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 greatest suited to barely older youngsters.
Warrior Child Podcast
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The Warrior Kid Podcast isn’t for everybody, however my youngsters actually just like the question-and-answer format of this podcast, which relies on the books of the identical identify. The creator of the books and host of the present is Jocko Willink, a embellished, retired Navy SEAL officer and management guru. Right here Willink stands in for the character of Uncle Jake in Willink’s Warrior Child e-book sequence, answering youngsters’ questions on every part from how one can keep away from consuming sweet to what it takes to be a Navy Seal.
Willink locations a worthwhile emphasis on bodily exercise, psychological sharpness, food regimen (encouraging youngsters to develop wholesome consuming habits), and onerous work. The latter varieties the core of the message on this podcast: Work onerous, practice in jiujitsu, and you’ll finally succeed. This one is concentrating on barely older youngsters, in all probability greatest 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 Glad Podcast for Youngsters
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A manufacturing of Anorak Youngsters Journal, The Glad Podcast for Youngsters is instructional and entertaining, and it really works properly for the entire household, since there are many tales that can entertain adults as properly youngsters. A lot of the content material explores themes just like Anorak’s magazines, so if one thing actually catches your kid’s curiosity, you may order the related situation. Themes embrace every part from sea life to creativeness to linguistics. Company cowl a equally wide-ranging spectrum with every part from scuba divers to ice cream makers. Whereas this one is okay for the entire household, given the extent of element and episode size (round half-hour), you may need to take breaks with youthful kids with shorter consideration spans.
However Why
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One other NPR podcast, However Why goals to reply child questions on every part from nature, politics, tradition, science, even the top of the world. Your youngsters can submit their very own questions too; directions are on the website.
As a result of But Why covers a variety of matters, I have a tendency to assist out extra with it. Many episodes are greatest suited to barely older youngsters. My youngsters (7 and 5) weren’t about to take a seat by an episode on what occurs when a president is impeached, for instance, however they did take pleasure in an episode on how we style meals.
Aaron’s World
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One of many few podcasts on this listing 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 deal with single matters—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. Extremely really helpful for any child who’s serious about dinosaurs.
Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl
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OK, this is not actually a podcast, extra of a radio present, however lengthy earlier than my youngsters obtained into storytelling podcasts, they cherished this weekly two-hour music present launched each, ahem, Saturday. And I do know what you are pondering: youngsters’ music. However it’s actually not youngsters’ music, it is simply music youngsters will take pleasure in. That is additionally an effective way to find music your youngsters love that will not drive you loopy. Do you know 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 Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl.
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Different Nice Podcasts and Audio Exhibits
The web is awash in podcasts, with far too many to say intimately. That mentioned, listed here are some others your youngsters might like.
- Earth Rangers: This podcast has a biology slant however makes an excellent pay attention for any youngsters serious about 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 often sort out a single animal or surroundings. Earth Ranger might be greatest suited to youngsters who’re a bit extra mature.
- Molly of Denali: This eight-episode podcast units the backstory for the PBS cartoon of the identical identify. Every episode is about 10 minutes lengthy, they usually’re sequential, telling the backstory of Molly Mabray, an Alaska native rising up together with her dad and mom, household, and buddies in Alaska.
- Eleanor Amplified: This long-running journey sequence options an intrepid reporter named Eleanor Amplified. She makes a speciality of foiling the devious plots of villains. It is a bit pro-journalist at occasions, 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 reveals.
- Live From Mount Olympus: My youngsters have been working their manner by the Percy Jackson e-book sequence when this arrived, so this Olympian-focused podcast was an on the spot hit. It follows the adventures of a younger Perseus, who’s on a quest to save lots of his mom from an evil king. Reside From Mount Olympus principally sticks to the Greek tales as you might keep in mind them, although there are some further characters. Reside From Mount Olympus is a part of the Trax community, which hosts different youngsters podcasts as properly.
