Podcasts – tried and tested from children, for children

Podcasts have quickly become a popular choice of entertainment for adults, but these Easter holidays why not introduce your children to these wonderful kid-friendly podcasts to keep them entertained at home or in the car.

For inquisitive children Short and Curly is an ABC podcast hosted by Carl Smith and Molly Daniels. It’s recommended for upper primary school-aged children through to tweens. It questions the ethics of dilemmas and gets children thinking about what makes something right or wrong.

Brains on! is a podcast hosted by Molly Bloom and a di erent child co-host each week. It’s an award-winning US kids podcast that covers big and small curiosities in the world of science and history.

Homeschool History is a spin-o of the popular BBC podcast, Your Dead to Me. Presented by none other than Greg Jenner, the chief nerd behind Horrible Histories, it’s a great way to get children excited to learn about the past.

The award-winning Busy Bodies with Mr Snotbottom is a hilarious podcast all about the human body! Hosted by the famed children’s entertainer and comedian, Mr Snotbottom, each episode focuses on a part of the human body, from the brain, to the heart, to bones —It even explores kids’ emotions.

Meet two curious kids on a mission to find out all the cool facts about, well, everything, in the podcast, The Fact Detectives. In this award-winning podcast, hosts Anika and Esther take their very big questions to some very smart grown-ups who know lots of very interesting stu … like, do killer butterflies really exist? Why do we fart? Did monster kangaroos really hop all over Australia? Is it ladybirds, ladybugs or ladybeetles? What’s the di erence between a glow-worm and a firefly, and where does light come from?

The award-winning LiSTNR podcasters and ABC Kids stars, The Beanies, bring a combination of joy, song and education wrapped up in a glorious rainbow! Each week, Laura, Mim and Michael share a special new episode – it may be a fun and silly adventure, or a Show and Tell. They’ve met a teeny tiny spider who learns how to be brave; visited the superhero training Academy; met a very royal puppy, and found out how unicorns get their horns! They also welcome questions from little podcast listeners!

The podcast, Bedtime Explorers Magic

Glasses! helps children see the world through a positive lens of hope. With their imaginations and ‘magic glasses’, little explorers discover wonderful possibilities in a magic garden, a flying car and a hidden door to another world. The multi-awardwinning podcast, renowned for helping children drift into a peaceful night’s sleep, has been downloaded more than 23 million times and is loved by children and families all around the world.

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