Podcasts with Learning Guides
These Podcasts have included Learning Guides for using our show in the classroom. Our Learning Guides meet and cite US education standards.
Whales – Shorts Podcast for Kids
The Kids Crew explores the amazing world of whales. Learn how these giant ocean mammals breathe, migrate across oceans, and communicate through songs that travel for miles underwater. This episode also explains why protecting whale habitats is important for the health of our planet. It’s a podcast for kids about whales, and it comes with a learning guide.
Welcome Stranger – Shorts Podcast for Kids
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. This podcast for kids with a learning guide.
Underground Railroad – Shorts Podcast for Kids
Fourth graders teach listeners about the Underground Railroad and the life of Harriet Tubman. Kids learn how secret routes, brave helpers, and the North Star guided people to freedom. This episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts helps young listeners understand courage, teamwork, and an important chapter in American history. It’s a podcast for kids about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman.
Moon – Shorts Science Podcast for Kids
On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, we’re going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait teaches us how the moon was formed, and we learn what happens to the lunar rocks back on Earth from Dr. Chip Sharer. Dr. Crawford MacCallum teaches us the names of the full moons throughout the year. It’s a podcast for kids about the moon!
The Brain – Shorts
How does your brain control everything you do? In this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, our Kids Crew and Katie Stone talk with scientists Ingrid Lane and Nick Aase from the Mind Research Network to uncover the secrets of how our brains work. From neurons and emotions to memory and movement, listeners learn what makes every brain unique and why our minds never stop growing. This is a brain science podcast for kids and a podcast for educators. Comes with a learning guide and activities.
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 explains why stories matter, how listeners help shape every story, and why imagination is such an important part of listening. This is a storytime podcast for kids, and a podcast for educators to use in the classroom. Comes with a learning guide and activities.
Sleep – Shorts
Why do we spend so much of our lives sleeping? Is anything happening in our brains while we sleep? Do animals sleep the same way we do? On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, we explore the science of sleep with expert guests and our Kids Crew. It’s a sleep science podcast for kids and educators.
Skunks – Shorts
This episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts is going to stink, as we learn all about skunks with the founder and director of The Dragoo Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. We’ll find out where skunks are found, why they smell, and how to avoid getting sprayed. Dr. Dragoo is a world renowned mephitologist. Learn more with our learning guide in this skunks podcast for kids.
Pumpkin Spice – Shorts – Halloween Podcast for Kids
In this Halloween special of The Children’s Hour Shorts, the Kids Crew explores the history and traditions of pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns, costumes, and trick-or-treating. We learn the story of Stingy Jack, and discover surprising pumpkin facts. This episode is packed with pumpkin spice and everything nice in this halloween podcast for kids.
Money Smart – Shorts – Financial Literacy for kids
How does money work? In this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts podcast for kids, the Kids Crew explores earning, saving, budgeting, borrowing, and investing. With guidance from KidVestors co-founder Courtney Petway and New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya, listeners gain practical skills for making thoughtful financial decisions. It’s a financial literacy podcast for kids.
Manatees – Shorts
On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, the Kids Crew explores the world of manatees with educator Andrea Herman from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Kids will learn how these large aquatic mammals live, what they eat, how they raise their young, and why protecting warm-water habitats is essential to their survival. Learn with us in this manatees podcast for kids.
Lemurs – Shorts
Lemurs are extraordinary primates found only in Madagascar, and they’re also some of the most endangered animals on Earth. In this Lemurs Shorts podcast for kids, the Kids Crew and Katie Stone talk with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center to discover their ancient history, unusual behaviors, and the dangers they face. From stink fights to climbing cliffs, listeners uncover how these animals live and how conservation effort, and people like you, can make a difference in saving them.
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