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26 resources · Podcasts & audio
Ask A Biologist
Arizona State University biology stories, games, activities, videos, podcasts, and selected Spanish learning resources for curious children.
National Portrait Gallery Families
Family resources from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, including art story time, home workshops, coloring pages, portrait exploration guides, bilingual activities, and the Explore! children’s space.
Brains On!
An expert-checked science podcast where curious kids co-host episodes answering listener questions about animals, bodies, technology, the environment, and everyday life.
STEAM Daydream Podcast
National Children’s Museum’s short-form podcast uses children’s questions, expert guests, and imaginative stories to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Tinkercast Out of This World Space Curriculum
Tinkercast’s Out of This World collection pairs kids’ space podcasts with hands-on podjects, experiments, worksheets, coloring, and classroom-ready activities covering rockets, planets, gravity, stars, and space junk.
Tumble Science Podcast Teacher Resources
Tumble’s teacher page provides classroom-facing ways to use its science podcast, with episode context, science stories, scientist voices and free public listening resources for educators.
Mysteries at Madatech
Madatech’s children’s science podcast follows Or, Roni, and Bucky the Hamster as they solve mysteries connected to science, technology, and the museum.
Reach Out and Read Is On the Air
Reach Out and Read’s official podcast connects childhood health, early literacy, books, and family relationships through conversations with pediatricians, librarians, and other experts.
In It Podcast
Understood’s podcast about supporting kids who learn and think differently, with conversations about reading, math, focus, ADHD, dyslexia, school support, and family life.
StoryKind
StoryKind is a free children’s literacy podcast hosted by authors Kelly Yang and Kate DiCamillo, with storytelling advice, young-reader questions, author perspectives, and new episodes for kids ages 8 and up.
Solve It! for Kids
A science and engineering podcast that introduces children to real scientists, engineers, and experts, then invites listeners to tackle a problem-solving challenge of their own.
NSW Learning Every Day Through Play Podcasts
The NSW Department of Education’s family podcast series explains how children learn through play and everyday routines, with episodes on early learning frameworks, play-based learning, family support, and letting children lead.
District of Columbia Public Library Kids
DC Public Library’s kids hub connects families to digital books, audiobooks, read-alongs, Kanopy Kids, science and homework databases, reading lists, Books from Birth, and educator support.
The Brain Bus
A free, ad-free road-trip podcast for ages 2–13 with age-banded shows designed for screen-free science, history, and curiosity listening.
Tumble Podcast Research & OCEAN Kids
Tumble’s official research hub explains how teachers use science podcasts and presents the free OCEAN Kids audio-and-citizen-science course for elementary learners, supported by research partners.
Tinkercast Science Podcast for Kids
Tinkercast’s official science podcast hub brings together curious-question audio shows and kid-friendly science storytelling, including Wow in the World and related family listening from the Tinkercast network.
Association of Children’s Museums Empowering Young Minds
The Association of Children’s Museums Empowering Young Minds podcast explores playful learning, children’s museums, childhood education, belonging, access, and ways families and educators can support children’s curiosity.
What’s Happening Inside Me?
What’s Happening Inside Me? is a kid-friendly educational podcast about the human body, health, and science, created with medical and biomedical teaching expertise for young listeners.
Hey History!
An Australian history podcast for ages 8–12 with stories, music, immersive soundscapes, and classroom materials mapped to primary curriculum stages.
History’s Kids
A history podcast for ages 8+ that explores events through firsthand accounts from people who were really there when they were kids.
Jobtastic
Jobtastic is a children’s podcast that answers “who does that?” by introducing the people and work behind everyday things, from astronaut snacks and candy flavours to video games and rides.
DrawTogether
A low-pressure drawing podcast with bite-sized art adventures that explore artists, observation, imagination, and drawing confidence for kids of all ages.
NSW Early Learners Podcasts
A New South Wales Department of Education collection of podcasts and transcripts about early literacy, numeracy, creative arts, STEM, inquiry, and learning with young children.
History Ignited
A family history podcast for ages 6–11 hosted by children and parents, turning topics from We Didn’t Start the Fire into short, approachable stories.
Imagination Draw Along
A low-stimulation drawing podcast for children with guided prompts, stories, facts, and room for children to make their own artistic choices.
Froebel Trust: Children and Nature
The Froebel Trust’s Children and Nature resource page brings together a podcast episode, an outdoor-learning film, and a presentation about children’s connections with nature and outdoor play.