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5 Podcasts for Getting the Kids to Sleep
Each issue of our newsletter is curated by a different person.
We are two parents in Poland who make an audio series for children, and we set out to make it slow on purpose: one voice, no jingles, room between sentences.
While working on our show, we went through the kids' charts on Apple Podcasts and Goodpods looking for other shows built the same way. These stood out because they are made for winding down, rather than winding up.
ONE
Little Stories for Tiny People
A Hot Day at the Fruit Stand: A Wandering Sleep Story
Rhea Pechter takes listeners through a sleepy summer afternoon at a small fruit stand, where very little happens… and that is the point.
It is one of her “Wandering Sleep Stories,” made for drifting off rather than following a plot.
TWO
Be Calm on Ahway Island
🪨 Special Stones: a soothing story 📖 and meditation for children
Billy's rock collection no longer fits in its box, so with Emily's help, he sorts through it to find the stones that feel special.
Before the story, there is a short guided meditation about drawing gentle shapes in the sand.
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THREE
Koala Moon
Chill Bill & The Shy Pangolin 🐯 🌙 Sleepy Bedtime Stories For Kids
Pogo the pangolin spends most of his time curled up in his shell until Chill Bill shows him how to find calm when things get too noisy.
Written by Jane Thomas and narrated by Abbe Opher, it is a story about shyness that takes its time.
FOUR
Once Upon A Crescent
The Treasure Box Situation
Zoya is faced with a challenging choice about what to do when her friend Leena takes her ticket to get a treasure box prize. Should she talk to her friend about it? Should she tell the teacher? Should she just stay silent?
FIVE
Kayo the Penguin
Kayo and Hugo the Whale 🐳 A calm animal story for kids
A small penguin swims past the horizon one morning and meets Hugo, a whale as big as an island, and the episode ends with a few real facts about whales.
SIX
[Partner show]
In The Zone: Understanding Big Feelings For Kids
In the Zone is a scripted musical podcast for early learning listeners where big feelings become big adventures.
At the heart of the series is Leon, a lovable chameleon whose emotions magically transform the Zone Center, a magic clubhouse that changes color with big feelings.
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My favorite thing is the characters, who are complicated and unlikeable and likeable and fascinating. For the new season, the magic is no longer a mysterious discovery and the characters have to live with what they unleashed. So what will happen when these complicated, unlikeable/likeable people get godlike power and but don’t know what to do with it?
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