Welcome Stranger - Shorts On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, Grammy-winning oud player Rahim AlHaj shares his story as a refugee. We hear from Malala Yousafzai, and we learn how to make new friends as we welcome strangers. Includes 5 audio clips and a...
Storytime With Joe Hayes - Shorts What makes a great story? Spend time with legendary storyteller Joe Hayes, who has been telling stories for more than fifty years, sharing tales passed down through families, cultures, and communities of the American Southwest. Joe...
Pumpkin Spice - Shorts It’s Halloween time on The Children’s Hour Shorts! In this episode, hear the legend of Stingy Jack, and how that story led to the pumpkins we carve today. Then we learn even more about pumpkins from our Kids Crew and Katie Stone. Includes 2...
Composers - Shorts In Composers, we explore how songs are created by people from long ago and today. We meet Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, and learn how their lives shaped their sounds. We also hear from Sesame Street, and legendary Broadway composer Bill Sherman about...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS This week on The Children’s Hour, learn about the history of the Southwest United States. Adapted from our educational podcast series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids, join us for a dive into 23,000 years of...
The Children’s Hour Inc. presents… ICKY: A Radio Musical Listen to ICKY: A radio musical for kids. Way back in the days before the end of The Big Sick, students everywhere were forced to stare at computer screens featuring live video feeds of their classmates. This...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS Kid Pan Alley is an organization that empowers kids around the United States to write their own songs. We’re joined this time on The Children’s Hour by Paul and Cheryl Reisler who have written more than...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS We’re celebrating dads for Father’s Day with a musical special. As we think about our fathers, we remember the important role they play in our families, and our lives with their nurturing, love, and care. Happy Father’s Day to...
This time on The Children’s Hour podcast for kids we learn about the extraordinary life of Jim Henson, the legendary puppeteer who created Sesame Street, the Muppets, and many movies, TV shows, and songs. Jim Henson’s biographer Brian Jay Jones joins the...
