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Finding Kids’ Media That Isn’t Terrible: Episode 46

53 min • 12 april 2016

There’s no shortage of movies, television, books and music geared toward kids. The tough part is, some of it is pretty terrible, some is just okay, and some is truly fantastic (making us want to be a kid again, quite frankly).

In Episode 46 Meagan and Sarah discuss helping our kids follow their interests into the realms of literature, music, and screen media. We marvel over some of the differences between what’s available today and what we watched as kids, and we share some of our favorite resources for navigating the ever-changing landscape of kids’ media.T

LINKS MENTIONED:

Commonsense Media
Overdrive (mobile app for digital audio and ebook loans from your local library)
Cool Mom Tech (great reviews of tablet apps and games for kids)
Some of Sarah’s kids favorite chapter book series (good for read-aloud with a parent or grades 1-3 independent reading)
Magic Tree House
The Magic School Bus chapter books (different from the picture books)
The Secrets of Droon
Nancy Clancy chapter books (same author as the Fancy Nancy picture books, but for early elementary schoolers)
Ivy & Bean series
Non-fiction biography series Who Was… (here’s one example)
Chinaberry (book catalog)
KidsVuz (kid-generated videos and product reviews)
Disney Stories playlist on Spotify
Podcasts Sarah’s kids like:
Brains On! and Tumble (both science podcasts for kids)
Potter and Daughter (an accompaniment to the Harry Potter book series)