The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour


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Backyard Wildlife
April 14, 2024

What's wild about your backyard? This time on The Children's Hour we explore creating a wild backyard, and what to do with injured wild animals we may find.

The Poet Within
April 07, 2024

This time on The Childrens Hour, New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp inspires us to find our poet within, putting our feelings, thoughts, stories and ideas into words to create our own poetry. Featu

Querencia - The Place We Call Home
March 31, 2024

This time on The Children's Hour we learn about the concept of querencia: the feeling of "home" in a place, and with our communities. Using poetry, imagery, history, music and sharing, we explore the

Kiwi Land
March 24, 2024

This week on The Childrens Hour well explore New Zealand through stories and songs, and in conversation with our friends, Kiwi musicians Lucy Hiku from Itty Bitty Beats, and Claudia Robin Gunn.

Kindness
March 16, 2024

Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

Mega Ran
March 10, 2024

Mega Ran is one of the most prolific hip hop artists you have heard, but likely have not heard of. His music is featured in hundreds of video games, earning him an award from the Guinness Book of Worl

Owls
March 03, 2024

Whos hooting? On this episode of The Childrens Hour, we learn all about owls! More than 200 species of owls live around the world. Maybe you have had the experience like some of our Kids Crew, of

Negro Baseball Leagues
February 25, 2024

For more than forty years, the Negro Baseball Leagues provided opportunities for Black American athletes to play professionally. We learn about these leagues with author, historian, and son of a NBL u

Living The Dream
February 18, 2024

Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman puppeteer. She is with us for the hour.

The Skin We're In
February 11, 2024

This time on The Childrens Hour, we explore the skin we are in. We are joined by Dr. Holly McGee and Dr. Nina Jablonski, who have written a book to explain the cultural and social history of skin col