Podcast Blog 2

Welcome back to my podcast blog! This is a continuation of the podcasts, Sesame Street’s Word on the Street and Billy Gorilly’s Podcast for Kids. Let’s look at a few more episodes.

Sesame Street’s Word on the Street

Episode 2 is the word stupendous, with Gustavo Dudamel and Elmo from Sesame Street! Stupendous means amazing, really great, spectacular, extraordinary, or incredible. Elmo learns that some things that are stupendous include a rocket launching, fireworks, the beach, and a choir of singing penguins. Sesame Street can even teach you some Japanese--that's pretty stupendous!

Episode 3 is the word magnify, with Rico Rodriguez and Elmo. Elmo learns that magnify means to make something look bigger and that you can magnify something by using objects such as a magnifying glass, a microscope, or binoculars. Telescopes can be used to magnify the stars.

Episode 18 is the word empathy. Mark Ruffalo and Murray from Sesame Street teach kids that empathy is understanding how others feel, caring about others' feelings, and knowing what they're going through. Murray learns that he has empathy when he comforts a friend who is crying and feels sad with them; empathy could also be compassion.

Episode 21 is the word fragile with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the cookie monster! The cookie monster breaks Jesse's grandmother's cookie jar and understands that fragile means easily broken or very delicate. Kids and moms from the street tell us that glass, china, butterfly wings, and teacups are examples of some very fragile objects.

Episode 25 is the word liquid. George Lopez explains the meaning of the word liquid with the help of Elmo and Abby from Sesame Street. George explains that a liquid is something that flows and takes the shape of the container they are placed in. Water, juices, rain, and all kinds of drinks are liquids. Want to learn some more vocabulary words? Try some online vocabulary games!

Billy Gorilly’s Podcast for Kids

Episode 20 is about "Mrs. Opossum" and "Dinosaurs". The song about Mrs. Opossum teaches children some fact about opossums. Did you know that opossum mothers carry their babies in a pouch? They eat bugs, snails, and slugs, they live under a tree and they have great night vision! Next, the song about dinosaurs talked about dinosaurs being similar to really big lizards. Some crawled, some ran, some swam, and some flew. Kids learn the names of many different kinds of dinosaurs.

Episode 21 is called "Make a Splash" and "Hopping Toads and Jumping Frogs". "Make a Splash" encourages children to go to their local library and become involved with the summer library program in order to learn, make new friends, and read lots of good books! "Hopping Toads and Jumping Frogs" teaches about how toads and frogs have speckles and warts on their backs, they like sitting on rocks and logs by ponds and bogs, and they have feet like flippers!

Episode 22 is called "Mrs. Flicker Fireflybrarian and A Walk in the Woods". Billy Gorilly's friends Wendy and Timmy sing about their librarian, Mrs. Flick Fireflybrarian. They talk about how helpful, kind, and happy the librarian is and how much information she knows and shares with the children in their community. This encourages kids to go to the library, ask questions, and be open to suggestions on reading new books.

Episode 30 is a longer episode on "Food Geography" and "Months of the Year". The food geography part is very neat in that it teaches children to recognize foods we eat today that are originally from other countries. The podcast starts by explaining that every country has its own culture, which includes their language, clothes they wear, food they eat, and music they listen to. Kids learn to distinguish that hamburgers are associated with America, spagetti is from Italy, tacos are from Mexico, and fish and chips are originally from England! How neat! The second part of the podcast is the song about the months of the year to teach children the months of the year and how to number and remember them. Billy Gorilly and his friends prove that songs can be used as a resource for learning just about anything! And remember:  "Keep singing, smiling, and learning!"

For more sing-along, educational songs for your children, check out these bus songs!


I hope you enjoyed the podcasts!