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The Children's Hour Shorts are designed especially for educators.
Each short, engaging episode features highlights from our award-winning programs, paired with ready-to-use learning guides and hands-on classroom activities that make teaching easy and fun.
Spark Curiosity with The Children’s Hour Shorts!
Bring learning to life with The Children’s Hour Shorts—a brand-new podcast series designed especially for educators. Each short, engaging episode features highlights from our award-winning programs, paired with ready-to-use learning guides and hands-on classroom activities that make teaching easy and fun.
From science and history to geography, vocabulary, and literacy, The Children’s Hour Shorts help students explore big ideas through authentic stories, expert interviews, and kid voices. Whether you’re introducing a new topic, reinforcing a lesson, or inspiring curiosity, these bite-sized episodes fit perfectly into your school day.
Every learning guide is aligned with current national education standards, giving you high-quality, classroom-ready resources that engage students while supporting your curriculum. Find the learning guides when you click on each episode.
Each short, engaging episode features highlights from our award-winning programs, paired with ready-to-use learning guides and hands-on classroom activities that make teaching easy and fun.
Spark Curiosity with The Children’s Hour Shorts!
Bring learning to life with The Children’s Hour Shorts—a brand-new podcast series designed especially for educators. Each short, engaging episode features highlights from our award-winning programs, paired with ready-to-use learning guides and hands-on classroom activities that make teaching easy and fun.
From science and history to geography, vocabulary, and literacy, The Children’s Hour Shorts help students explore big ideas through authentic stories, expert interviews, and kid voices. Whether you’re introducing a new topic, reinforcing a lesson, or inspiring curiosity, these bite-sized episodes fit perfectly into your school day.
Every learning guide is aligned with current national education standards, giving you high-quality, classroom-ready resources that engage students while supporting your curriculum. Find the learning guides when you click on each episode.
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Hot air balloons make a noise that sounds like a dragon breathing when they ascend into the sky. On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, we hear an original symphony composed by an 11 year old cellist, Evan Daitz. Evan performs with the professional musicians of Santa Fe Chatter for this world premier of his hot air balloon inspired symphony, A Balloon's Breath.Find the companion learning guide and activities at https://www.childrenshour.org/balloons-shorts/
On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore balloons. From party balloons to weather balloons, and from the first hot air balloons in 18th-century France to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the Kids Crew dives into the history, science, art, and wonder of ballooning. Find the companion learning guide and activities at https://www.childrenshour.org/balloons-shorts
Floating in the sky is like no other experience! On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, Jena from our Kids Crew takes a trip in a special shape balloon. Hear her adventure from launch to landing, and consider how you might feel floating above your town.Find the companion learning guide and activities at https://www.childrenshour.org/balloons-shorts/
We celebrate being yourself with the award winning, late author Jane Yolen, who describes to our Kids Crew what inspired her last book, Quiet As Mud. Then, she reads the book to us.Find the learning guide and activities at https://www.childrenshour.org/being-yourself-shorts
What makes something our own creative work? Where does that inspiration come from? We talk with longtime manager of the Muppets and cartoonist Craig Yoe about mash-ups and how they can create a unique expression of ourselves.Find the companion learning guide and activities at https://www.childrenshour.org/being-yourself-shorts
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