Random Kids Podcasts

The first book in the Psammead Trilogy, Five Children and It follows the fantastical adventures of five siblings who encounter an outlandish creature with a strange ability to grant wishes. Though the idea of having their wishes brought to life, the children quickly discover that not every wish turns out to be as wondrous as initially believed. The children’s novel offers a generous amount of fantasy, humor, and adventure, as the children are repeatedly subject to wishes gone amusingly awry. The magic begins when playful siblings Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane and their baby brother move to the countryside during the summer, not yet aware of the excitement to follow. One day, while digging at a sand pit to reach the other side of the world, the group comes across a bizarre furry creature with a misshapen body known as a Psammead, which they later learn has power to grant wishes. Subsequently, the Psammead agrees to grant one wish per day, but not without a catch, as he grants the wishes according to his own mischievous interpretation. He also informs them that each wish lasts until sunset. So, the siblings find themselves in quite the surprising predicaments, as their ambiguous wishes are manipulated by the Psammead, who in turn equips the children with wings, provides them with unrecognizable beauty, a useless treasure, and a terrifying encounter with Native Americans. Despite their initial thrill about their wishes being fulfilled, the siblings promptly discover the negative side of their desires, as Nesbit cleverly presents the notion that one must be careful what they wish for, because once granted, its accompanying consequences might not seem all that glorious. Celebrated throughout generations, Five Children and It has been able to sustain its magical appeal through its endearing characters and the vivid portrayal of the ingenuous wishes. In addition, Nesbit’s novel evocatively brings to life the imagination of its audience, as it awakens the child within with its effective use of witty language and descriptive imagery. Nevertheless, the novel presents a magical haven sure to be revisited time and time again. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

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A delightful story supporting the notion of finding beauty in all aspects of life, Just David follows a young boy, who slowly transforms the lives of those around him, as he teaches them to embrace the smaller things in life. The classic presents an encouraging tale to look beyond the horizon and not allow the world to dictate one’s action. The story begins with the introduction of a charismatic ten-year old boy David, who together with his father lives in the serene and secluded mountains. Raised to find peace and joy in his natural surroundings, David is ignorant to life outside his idyllic home. Furthermore, he has his beloved violin to keep him company, which he plays in accordance to the tune of nature, while keeping to the modest teachings of his father, which includes appreciation for music. However, when David’s father is beset by illness and later dies as a result, the courageous young boy is thrust into a world quite different from his own, as he is taken into the care of Simeon Holly and his wife. The couple is surprised to learn that the young boy does not know his last name, his father’s name or whether he has any relatives. He introduces himself as “just David”. Initially, the couple is hesitant about taking the boy in, but they finally agree because he reminds them of their estranged son. Witnessing the reality of life far from the cultivated teachings of his father, including cynicism, cruelty, and suffering, David still remains true to his sensible ways. His only solace in life is his violin, which he plays as a means of expression. A truly admirable young boy, David is able to see the best in everyone and everything and leaves a trail of optimism wherever he goes. In addition, he inspires others to follow his footsteps and make the most out of life, as it is too short to squander on superfluous details which in turn bring misery. Nevertheless, an emotionally resonant piece that has withstood the hands of time, Just David will surely inspire both young and old readers to rethink their attitude towards life, while also discovering the true source of happiness. Needless to say, Porter successfully creates an epitome of goodness and innocence, as her classic novel leaves much to ponder over long after its conclusion.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

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Our Webby Award-nominated show matches kids ages 6-12 and their story ideas with diverse, beloved children’s authors. Each episode chronicles the magic that grows through author-child collaboration and features an immersive story time read aloud by the author. Bonus episodes feature author interviews with our host Betsy Bird! As a Common Sense Media Seal Selection, our show is recognized as a great choice for kids and families for its engaging stories, valuable content, and diverse voices, characters, and messages and has received an A+ for educational value. Our show has also been featured in Wired, Time for Kids, Parents, The New York Times, and CBC and wasThe Week Junior magazine’s 2020 Podcast of the Year. Our theme song and music is composed and performed by Andrew VanWyngarden, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/musician and co-founder of MGMT. Our companion activity book “Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity” is a New York Times/Wirecutter “Best Gift for 10 Year Olds” pick. This podcast is a Literary Safari Production.

Categories: Kids & Family, Society & Culture

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Adventures of a Brownie follows the life of a brownie who lives in a family’s coal cellar and the adventures he gets into with the members of the household. (Written by Ancilla)

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

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One of the greatest American novels and a popular culture sensation, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz depicts the adventures of the young Dorothy Gale, who is swept away from her colorless farm home in Kansas by a cyclone, and winds up in the magical Land of Oz. Trapped in an unknown land, Dorothy must find a way back home and subsequently embarks on an adventure and meets a group of colorful characters along the way. Serving as an inspiration throughout generations, the children’s novel has been represented through various cinema adaptations and musicals. The novel commences with the introduction of Dorothy, a young orphan girl who is taken in and raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in their dreary farm home in Kansas. One day, however, a treacherous cyclone sweeps across the prairie and catches hold of the house while Dorothy and her beloved pet dog Toto are still inside. Afraid and bewildered, Dorothy and Toto are eventually set down in a mysterious land which they later identify as the Land of Oz. Greeted and commended by the small Munchkins, Dorothy is declared to be a good witch, because her house had accidentally landed on the evil ruler of the Munchkins – the Wicked Witch of the East and consequently resulted in her death. Subsequently, the Good Witch of the North also arrives to greet Dorothy and presents her with a pair of silver shoes believed to contain magical properties. In addition, she instructs Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and ask the almighty Wizard of Oz to help her get back to Kansas. On her way across the land she is accompanied by the Scarecrow, the rusted Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. Entertaining and intelligently written, Baum has effectively created a modern fairy tale forever embedded in the imagination of both young and old readers. Exploring the prominent and universal theme of “There’s no place like home”, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz does not seize to delight and captivate long after its finish. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

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A weekly podcast on parenting teens and launching them into the world. Hosted by Jessica Pfeiffer with Dr. Ken Wilgus, author of the book “Feeding The Mouth That Bites You.”

Categories: Education, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: adolescents, christian parenting, Kids, parenting, parenting teens, parents, Teenagers, teens

This award winning family-friendly show inspires tweens and early teens to examine social norms and ordinary everyday things. Everything from happiness, being a tween, chores, school, Race, toys, & more. Your host Seraphina Malina-Derben (currently 10 years old) started the show aged seven, as a small girl with big questions. Now older, she continues to query life’s basic situations. She brings thoughtful and fun conversation and is joined by her trusty triplet brothers plus different correspondents each episode. In 15-20 minute episodes she reviews other family focused podcasts with frequent guest appearances from hosts of these shows. Seraphina Speaks is listened to globally across schools, by children, and within families as conversation starters. Seraphina was named a young social impact hero for this thought leadership podcast. Contact: seraphina@seraphinaspeaks.com

Categories: Kids & Family, Society & Culture

Tags: Children, feminism, Kids, opinion, popularculture

On the Stories Podcast, we perform a new story for your children every week. The stories range from retellings of fairy tales like Snow White to classic stories like Peter Rabbit and even completely original works. Everything is G rated and safe for all ages. The perfect kids podcast for imaginative families. Whether you’re driving with your children or just want to limit your kids’ screen time, Stories Podcast delivers entertainment that kids and parents alike will love.

Categories: Fiction, Kids & Family

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Stoopkid Stories is a compilation of fun and exciting stories written by Melissa Victor. We follow 7 characters every episode as they face a new adventure and will have to overcome different obstacles dealing with their friends, family, school, and community. These stories are perfect for children ages 5 and up. I hope that you will enjoy these stories and that they will be a great way for you to start conversations with the children in your life. To connect and join the #StoopkidCrew follow along on IG ,Twitter and Facebook @stoopkidstories. Welcome to the Stoopkid Crew⭐️

Categories: Kids & Family

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If you are an Early Childhood director or owner, prepare to transform your school and life with the Schools of Excellence podcast. Tune in each week to learn from Chanie Wilschanski, the founder and host of the Schools of Excellence Podcast and a mom of 4 little kids. Each episode will be packed with tools and strategies – equipping you to build schools with higher staff retention, teacher motivation, parent partnership, collaborative culture, and a beautiful quality of life. Every week, Chanie shares the truth about the journey to excellence, the strategies that are working TODAY, and the mindset about the critical decisions and choices that you make everyday which impact yourself, your teachers, parents, family, and children who you serve everyday. In addition to weekly solo episodes, she’ll also be inviting industry leaders and the changing makers of the landscape of education to give listeners the insides knowledge of what it takes to sustain excellence. Don’t miss an episode, subscribe today for everything you need for your leadership journey!

Categories: Business, Education

Tags: #earlychildhoodeducation, business, Education, family, Kids, schooldirector

My name is Jen and I am “Mommy of Many”. I have 9 children, 5 girls and 4 boys. I’ve been a military spouse since 1991. My life has brought me many surprises, challenges and valuable experiences. It’s been a little wild and a lot of fun. Come along as I do The Dance of The Children!

Categories: Arts

Tags: Children, family, Kids, Military, mom, spouse

Welcome to the Love or Work Podcast, hosted by André Shinabarger (Physician Assistant, Grady Hospital) and Jeff Shinabarger (Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Plywood People). They are asking the question: Is it possible to change the world, stay in love and raise a healthy family? 100 interviews where Jeff and André learn from other working families in the journey of marriage, purpose and parenting.

Categories: Business, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

Tags: balance, calling, dating, dual income, family, gender roles, husband, Kids, love, love and work, love or work, marriage, marriage therapy, married, parenting, plywood people, purpose, relationships, sex, wife, work, work life balance

THE podcast inspiring a generation of parents and students to escape public school prison, develop a passion for lifelong learning, and promote family as the center of an education. We believe the best learning happens outside a classroom. And that every student has unlimited, God-given potential. Hosted by entrepreneur and proud homeschool graduate, Noah Tetzner.

Categories: Education

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From PBS KIDS, it’s the first ever Odd Squad podcast! One might even call it an Odd Squadcast. We just did, so feel free to copy us. The Odd Squadcast is the go-to place for all Odd Squad Agents (and you!) to get the latest news: villains who have been caught, gadgets that have been recalled, agents who have been promoted, creatures on the loose, birthdays to celebrate, and every other bit of important information that an Odd Squad Agent needs to know. Coming to you directly from The Big O Headquarters, and hosted by The Big O herself… all while she tries to stop an odd invasion on Headquarters. This podcast is only available in the United States. Subscribe now so you won’t miss an episode! For more Odd Squad, go to pbskids.org/oddsquad.

Categories: Kids & Family

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Nate and Jen are a young married couple with the cutest babies ever, bringing you a fresh take on love, relationships and parenting. Using their 5+ years of marriage experience to offer insight in a relatable way, they spend in each episode addressing matters of the heart with plenty of candor, humor, and nuggets of wisdom. Through transparency and honesty, Nate and Jen let couples know that they aren’t alone in their trials, but that together they can make it through them all! Hosts Instagram: @natelovesjen @jenlovesnate

Categories: Comedy, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

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ALL Suzuki School of Newton students are invited to join musicianship teacher Sam Beebe on an episode of Suzuki Radio. Episodes are recorded on Mondays at 5:00-6:00 and Thursdays at 5:30-6:00. Please sign up in advance by contacting the office (617-964-4522 or email@suzukinewton.org).

Categories: Education

Tags: Classical, Education, Kids, newton, suzuki

This Preschool Life is recorded in the back of a children’s center by folks who are under the age of five. Young people use the “podcasting station” to discuss whatever is on their minds. It’s produced by Molly Josephs and This Teenage Life.

Categories: Comedy, Kids & Family

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A treasure trove of more than two hundred poems, this gem of an anthology compiled by Mary E Burt is indeed a most valuable set of poems to read or listen to. Published in 1904, Poems Every Child Should Know contains some well-loved verses like Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Lewis Carroll’s delightful parody Father William, Felicia Hemans’ deeply-moving Casablanca and other favorites. It also has lesser-known but equally beautiful pieces like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Arrow and The Song, Robert Browning’s The Incident of the French Camp, Eugene Field’s nonsense lyrics Wynken, Blynken and Nod and a host of other wonderful verses. For modern day children, unaccustomed to reading and memorizing poetry, the book is a throwback to the days when this was the norm in most classrooms and homes. Fragments from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, in which Mark Antony pays tribute to the dead Brutus, Polonius’ advice to his son Laertes from Hamlet with the stirring lines, “This above all: to thine own self be true…” are some of the masterpieces contained here. Poems Every Child Should Know also contained some of the most famous poems in English by poets like Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Browning and Milton. American poets like Walt Whitman are featured here with their immortal lines in poems like Song of Myself. Another famous American poet found here is Edgar Allan Poe with his iconic The Raven. The book is divided into six parts, with a very interesting and self explanatory preface by the author. She begins with something that readers would say when they first encounter a poetry anthology: “Is this another collection of stupid poems that children cannot use?” and goes on to explain how she selected the ones included here. Most of them were picked because they were short enough for a child to memorize. This is a now forgotten activity that can give hours of pleasure as you recall the lines long after you’ve put away the book. Others were chosen for the heroic and patriotic sentiments, like The Star Spangled Banner, Lord Ullin’s Daughter, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Horatius at the Bridge and a host of other inspiring poems. Mary Elizabeth Burt was a gifted teacher who believed that poetry had the power to inspire, educate and mold young minds so that they could mature into valuable and useful citizens of the country. For modern day readers, this is indeed a delightful collection, which offers endless hours of pleasure as you thumb through rediscovering old favorites, and enjoying new ones. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

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