Evan's first Junior Ranger badge at Aztec Ruins National Monument

 

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 2,500 songs with more than 70,000 children over the last 30 years.

Paul and Cheryl Reisler spend the hour with our Kids Crew sharing songs, and giving us a mini demonstration of how they work inside schools. We learn about rhythm and exploration of our ideas. 

We hear examples of Kid Pan Alley songs from a handful of the many schools the organization has worked with over their many decades.

This episode was produced by Executive Producer Katie Stone with help from Senior Producer Christina Stella and Education Director Lorraine Archibald. Recorded in 2022 at the Sunspot Solar Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Please note: not all songs heard on The Children’s Hour can be found in Spotify.

Playlist: Kid Pan Alley

titleartistalbum
Beautiful DayLyre le TempsOutside the Box
I Don't KnowKid Pan AlleyTidal Wave of Song
I Always Come Back for MoreKid Pan AlleyI Used to Know the Name of All the Stars
Best Friends (feat. Vance Gilbert)Kid Pan AlleyOne Little Song Can Change the World
Skin (feat. Lea Morris & Ysaye Barnwell)Kid Pan AlleyOne Little Song Can Change the World
Got SparkPodington BearBuilding
Bridge to Peace (feat. Robbie Schaefer)Kid Pan AlleyMaybe by Next Year
The Day the Stars Reached the Earth (feat. Natalia Zukerman)Kid Pan AlleyMaybe by Next Year
I Used to Know the Names of All the StarsKid Pan AlleyI Used to Know the Name of All the Stars
Take Time In LifeFox and BranchTake Time In Life
Tiptoe Through The TulipsFriends of The Children's Hoursingle
I Wonder Who's Outside My DoorElla JenkinsGrowing Up With Ella Jenkins: Rhythms, Songs, and Rhymes
One Little Song Can Change the World (feat. Alison Rapetti)Kid Pan AlleyOne Little Song Can Change the World
When I Grow Up (feat. Daniel Jimenez Afanador)NathaliaCuando Era Pequena
Chocolate States of AmericaKid Pan AlleyTidal Wave of Song

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