Kids

From playtime to teeth-time to sleepy-time, Beanies Dreamies are the perfect audio activities to soundtrack the nightly bedtime routine. Transition tired children from jump-around energy to cuddle-down calm, as they have fun brushing their teeth, putting on their pyjamas and settling into bed with The Beanies “Goodnight” lullaby. Visit thebeanies.com.au for online shop, news, free stuff and more Follow us on Facebook or Instagram: @thebeaniesaus Song credit: The Beanies Composer (AKA Music Wizard) James Court

Are grown-ups always telling you to do stuff? Stuff that sounds boring, feels too hard, or just doesn’t sound FUN at all! Join Mr Snot Bottom and all his friends as they take a hilarious look at ALL the ways we can be more excellent humans by building HEALTHY HABITS. *new episode every week! Written and voiced by: Mr Snot Bottom (children’s entertainer and comedian www.mrsnotbottom.com) Sound Design: Josh Newth Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Imagine you have a pair of magic glasses….. Glasses that help you to see all the magic in the world…. helping you to see things in a new and different and better way…. Join Amy Taylor-Kabbaz in this magical new season that invites little ones to see the world through a positive lens of hope. Drifting off to sleep.....into dreams of possibility. Written and Voiced: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz (amytaylorkabbaz.com) Sound Design: Josh Newth Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson **To listen to Bedtime Explorers ad-free, download the Kinderling app and subscribe to Premium.

The Fact Detectives are two curious kids on a mission to find out all the cool facts about EVERYTHING!  Join Anika and Dexter as they take their BIG questions to some very smart grown-ups who know lots of interesting facts about lots of interesting stuff.   Like, are there really killer butterflies? Why do we fart? What ARE fossils? Did monster kangaroos once roam the land? And what happens when we flush the toilet?   A Kinderling co-production with Museums Victoria. 

Imagine your favourite fairytales from the past, remixed for today’s little dreamers! Fun Fables are clever, funny re-imaginings of classic tales and fables. Enjoy hearing beloved characters brought to life as kids discover (and you rediscover) the adventures of the ‘Three Little Pigs’, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Goldilocks’ and more – all with a modern, cheeky twist. Created and produced by: Josh Newth Productions Published by Kinderling

Hey kids! Do you keep pestering dad for “ONE MORE STORY!!!!” at bedtime? Well, we asked some famous Dads and Uncles to help out. Just press play on these excellent stories and make bedtime a breeze. Listen free on the LiSTNR app. Or listen ad-free when you subscribe to the Kinderling app.

This fun story will delight children and adults alike. Keep turning the pages and find out what happens when you reach the end, if you dare!

Bodies are pretty amazing…..but have you ever noticed the funny noises that come out of them sometimes? Or the weird, gooey stuff that they make? In this season of Busy Bodies, Mr Snot Bottom explores all the ICKY STUFF! Yep - all the gooey, icky, smelly, oozy stuff created by the bodies we love so much. Why do our bodies make scabs? Why do we yawn? What are nails anyway? And – most importantly – what IS a fart? A big thanks to Kinderling friend, Dr Gary Nicholls, who helped check ALL the icky facts in this season. Written and voiced by: Mr Snot Bottom (mrsnotbottom.com) Sound Design: Brody Green Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Wizz is back and travelling in a whole new way! This time there are new periods of history at every turn, as Wizz finds himself in a time-travelling adventure through moments in history. Another hilarious story that will entertain children and adults alike.

Morning Kids is a daily, five-minute educational resource that helps kids dip a toe into the world of news in an age-appropriate way. Our goal is to contextualise life for our little ones, from gently explaining something they may have heard in the news, to what feelings are and why they may be experiencing them. We’ll be expanding their worlds and exploring foreign lands together, and introducing them to animals and their body. Created in partnership with Australian primary school teachers, Morning Kids is designed to give five- to seven-year-olds a safe listening space each weekday, whether they’re listening in the car on the way to school or around the breakfast table.

Bedtime Explorers is the award-winning meditation series that has settled little ones to sleep over 19 million times….and counting. In this dreamy season, little ones will imagine floating through a beautiful big rainbow...were each colour connects them to a feeling - and a strength - that lives inside their heart. Helping little explorers unlock their emotions, and tap into their resilience, while they gently drift off to sleep. Host: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz (amytaylorkabbaz.com) Sound Design: Josh Newth Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson

Hey Mini Beanies! The Beanies are back! And they have been VERY hard at work in their Rainbow Studio, adding glitter and bubbles and colours to brand NEW episodes of The Beanies podcast! Each week, Laura, Mim and Michael will share a special new episode where you will either follow them on an fun and silly adventure, or you can be part of a special Show & Tell. Yes YOU are invited to be part of the podcast – sharing your stories and questions! Over the weeks you will meet a teeny tiny spider who learns how to be brave; visit the super hero training Academy; meet a very royal puppy; and find out how unicorns get their horns! Subscribe now to the brand new weekly episodes of The Beanies.

"Do you believe in magic? You will when you meet Bedtime Explorers ‘Magical Beings’. In the most enchanted season yet, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz helps little explorers unlock their imaginations as they drift off on sleepy-time journeys. Journeys that lead to a magic land full of mystical beings like a helpful witch, a lucky gnome and a friendly dragon. And while little explorers imagine and dream, Amy’s soothing meditations will help their bodies and minds relax and drift off into sleep."

Meditations for calming down busy little minds.

Is your brain more powerful than a computer? How fast is a sneeze? Find out all this and more on Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom! Kids will love taking off on squishy, squelchy, gooey adventures through the human body with Mr Snot Bottom who has cheeky fun dropping serious science facts and silly, icky jokes along the way. To enjoy all the new season’s episodes of Busy Bodies, subscribe now to Kinderling Premium. A big thanks to Kinderling friend, Dr Elysia Thornton-Benko for checking the facts.   Written and voiced by: Mr Snot Bottom (mrsnotbottom.com) Sound Design: Brody Green Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Magical meditations to get your little ones nodding off. Hosted by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz. Kinderling is Australia's most popular radio station for kids and families.

My Wellbeing School Kids Meditations help children develop the skills of self-confidence, emotional regulation, self-awareness, self-worth and self-reflection. Enjoy these easy-to-follow meditations now! And check out the companion book My Wellbeing Universe, an interactive wellbeing journal that will change the way your children see the world. Get your copy now at mywellbeingschool.com. Happy inner exploration.

A brilliant story from Terry Pratchett, all about Tiffany Aching, an ordinary girl who gets mixed up with the Wee Free Men, a bunch of rowdy, blue-skinned pixies who were thrown out of Fairyland for being drunk and disorderly. Read by Shirley Henderson, and abridged by Neville Teller. From the BBC.

Published for Christmas 1871, this tantalising story by Lewis Carroll is the mirror image of his Alice in Wonderland. When Alice crashes through the looking glass she enters a world set out like a giant chess board. But can she decode the bizarre rules of the mirror-world? From the BBC

The first book in the hilarious, action-packed Eddie Dickens trilogy from the BBC. When Eddie Dickens’s parents catch a disease that turns them both yellow and makes them smell of hot water bottles, he is sent away to stay with his mad Uncle Jack and equally mad Aunt Maud at their home, Awful End. Written by Philip Ardagh, and read by Read by Mark Williams. 

In the second book in the hilarious, action-packed Eddie Dickens trilogy, catch up with Eddie Dickens again, whose family are absolutely bonkers. Eddie and his parents are living with his mad Uncle Jack and mad Aunt Maud. Written by Philip Ardagh, and read by Mark Williams. From the BBC.

Grandpa Chatterji has come all the way from India to meet his family. Neetu and Sanjay have never met their grandpa before, and they’re in for a shock – he stands on one leg, makes delicious pakoras, sleeps in a bedroll and can see poppies when no one else can. Read by Sanjeev Bhasker, from the BBC

All little wolf wants to do is stay at home with his mum and dad and baby brother. Instead he is packed off to Cunning College to learn badness from Uncle Big Bad and earn a Bad Badge. But it’s a long way to college and little wolf is all by himself… Written by Ian Whybrow and read by Giles Terera. From the BBC

Matilda is a cool, calm, pint-sized five-year-old genius who has special powers. But not everything is perfect in her world. She has two of the most idiotic, self-centred parents who ever lived. And the headmistress of her school is a terrifying bully. Lenny Henry is the narrator in this dramatisation of Roald Dahl’s children’s classic. From the BBC

One shoe, two shoes, I need new shoes! Off I go to the new shoe store!” Almost every child loves shopping for new shoes, but it’s not always easy to find exactly the right ones. Several shops and many inspections later, our charming but choosy heroine finds the perfect pair. From the BBC

When Peter Pan flies into the night nursery of Wendy, John and Michael Darling, he takes them on the journey – and the adventure – of a lifetime. Peter Jeffrey reads J M Barrie’s classic magical tale.

Patrick Malahide provides the voice of Roald Dahl in a colourful BBC adaptation by Lucy Catherine of tales from his own childhood. Sometimes magical, sometimes grotesque but always true, Dahl's boyhood stories are as remarkable as the acclaimed fiction he would go on to write as an adult.

Jumbeelia the giant girl believes in Iggly Pops (that’s humans to you and me) and she can’t wait to meet some. But when the Jones family come face to face with her, they are not very happy about it! From the BBC, written by Julia Donaldson and abridged by June Mitchell. The reader is Andrew Dunn.

Helen McCrory reads CS Lewis’s epic fantasy adventure. Four young war evacuees are transported to the magical land of Narnia, where they join the noble lion Aslan to overthrow the White Witch.

The Wind in the Willows has been a firm favourite ever since it was first published back in 1908. This 2-hour long version has been dramatized by Alan Bennett who also stars as the narrator. So, sit back and enjoy some classic adventures with Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad, down by the river bank. 

Auntie Sue is getting married and she's asked Daisy to be her bridesmaid. But Daisy doesn't do dresses and she certainly doesn't do lovely. Daisy wants to wear a football kit, or scuba gear, or her leopard skin suit, but Mum and Auntie Sue drag her off to the dress shop. Daisy thinks everything is 'Yuk!' until she finally manages to strike a deal and design her own dress. From the BBC

Magical meditations to get your little ones nodding off. Hosted by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz. Kinderling is Australia's most popular radio station for kids and families.

Hosted by mindfulness coach, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz, each episode invites little explorers to shrink down to visit the magical world of insects and bugs - little creatures with a BIG important place in the world. Just like all little explorers. And kids will love the soothing bee meditation, helping them to wind down their minds and bodies as they drift off to sleep. Host: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz Editing and Sound Design: Max Gosford Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson

Magical meditations to get your little ones nodding off. Hosted by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz. Kinderling is Australia's most popular radio station for kids and families.

Out of This World invites little explorers on calm, dreamy journeys to visit the moon, the planets and the stars – answering big space questions along the way. Is the Milky Way made of milk? Is there really a man on the moon? And what sort of rings does Saturn wear? And as they float back to Earth they will have a moment to be thankful for all that they love in the world Host: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson Editing and Sound Design: Max Gosford

Bedtime Explorers ‘Underwater Wonderland’ is here!! Mindfulness coach, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz, invites little explorers to dive underwater to discover the wonderful secrets of the ocean and meet the magical creatures that live there - like a magical mermaid; a singing blue whale; a dancing crab and a shy clownfish. And kids will love the soothing bubble meditation, helping them wind down their minds and bodies as they drift off to sleep. Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson Host: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz Editing and Sound Design: Max Gosford

Imagine a world FULL of emotions….Where a sensitive hero sets out on a quest......A quest to discover ‘all the feels’!!  Get ready kids! Because everyone's favourite silly guide to the human body - Mr Snot Bottom - is back and he is getting ready to explore our FEELINGS. Why do we get butterflies in our stomach when we are scared? Why do we cry when we are sad? And how can laughing keep you healthy?!!  Join Mr Snot Bottom as he finds out all the answers to these questions AND MORE in Busy Bodies - Funny Feelings!!  Written and voiced by Mr Snot Bottom (children’s entertainer and comedian www.mrsnotbotto. Sound Design: Josh Newth Fact Checking: Dr Gary Nicholls Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Hey it’s Mr Snotbottom here and I hope you’re keeping safe and well. We only have one body so I reckon it’s a good idea to learn how it works, what can go wrong, and what helps it thrive so we can do everything we can to look after it! Join me, Mr Snot Bottom, as we learn - together - how to be a Healthy Hero! Written and voiced by: Mr Snot Bottom (mrsnotbottom.com) Sound Design: Brody Green Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Bring some Christmas magic to bedtime these holidays with these funny and festive yuletide tales read by favourite - and famous - Dads and Uncles. Happy holidays!!!!! Listen free on the LiSTNR app. Or listen ad-free when you subscribe to the Kinderling app.

Want to help your kids be stronger, braver, and more resilient? Hosted by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz, Daytime Explorers guides kids through a range of mindfulness techniques; tools to help them be emotionally confident as they adventure through life. If you love them, please like, subscribe and leave us a nice comment. It really helps! And for more great children's meditations, entertainment and music, visit us at kinderling.com.au.

In this brand new season of Daytime Explorers, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz introduces children to their feelings. What are feelings? Why do we have them? And what are they actually trying to tell us?  From the difficult feelings to the positive ones, kids will learn that we feel things in order to help us with something. Helping us – and the people around us - better understand what we really need and want.  Thank you to Dr Michaela Davies for providing feedback and guidance on the scripts.  Daytime Explorers is designed as a resilience toolkit for children. Each episode explores a mindfulness skill or technique to help children feel strong, brave and more resilient as they journey through life.  If you love them, please like, subscribe and leave us a nice comment. It really helps! And for more about Amy, visit amytaylorkabbaz.com.  Host: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz Editing and Sound Design: Max Gosford Executive Production: Lorna Clarkson **DISCLAIMER - Daytime Explorers is a wellbeing series intended to introduce children to simple and helpful resilience tools. These tools are not designed to address complicated emotions, or replace therapeutic support from a specialised practitioner.

Wizz is back, and he’s up to his old tricks again. He DEFINITELY does not want you to read this book, and he’ll use every trick he can think of to stop you reaching the end! What disaster awaits at the end of the book this time?

He’s back! And, once again, this cheeky blue character does not want you to open this book or turn its pages. What reason does he have this time? This fun story will delight children and adults alike. Keep turning the pages and find out what happens when you reach the end all over again, if you dare!

Do Not Open This Book EVER! Wizz is back, and he’s up to his old tricks again. He does not want you to EVER read this book, and he’ll use every trick he can think of to stop you reaching the end! What disaster awaits at the end of the book this time?

Wizz is back again and he does not want you to read this book, OR ELSE! He’s as cheeky as ever and he’ll do whatever he can to stop you! Find out what awaits Wizz at the end of the book!

Hey Groovecats, Groovy Ruby here. Welcome to my brand new weekly podcast just for kids - the Gather 'Round Groovecast! Until now, the only way you could have fun with me was by tuning in to Gather 'Round on Kinderling Kids Radio weekday mornings. But now you and I can enjoy all the best wiggling, giggling, singing, dancing moments from Gather 'Round - all here in a funtastic podcast just for you! There are jokes, interviews with famous friends (The Wiggles!), fun facts, quizzes and more!   Can’t wait to go on a sound adventure with you on my very special GROOVY podcast!  The Gather 'Round GROOVECAST!

Join Ubiquitous Springs in this story, set in both the real world and an imaginary place called Headland inside Ubiq’s head. Specially written for the BBC by Michael Lawrence.

A magical story of adventure and discovery from one of the world’s best-loved storytellers – Isabel Allende. Join Fifteen-year-old Alex, his friend Nadia and his eccentric grandmother as they embark on a journey to a mysterious land, high up in the Himalayas, where a statue of a Golden Dragon can foretell the future… The reader is Anne-Marie Duff. From the BBC.

Listen to live music sessions with your favourite bands on the drive to daycare, school, the shops or the park! Kicks off with The Wiggles 4PM on Wednesday.

Ciao, talofa, hello! Welcome to Mother Tongue - a children’s podcast celebrating the many wonderful languages spoken by families right across Australia! Learn to say hello in Cantonese, goodbye in Koori, sing a song in Greek, or learn all about the Lebanese flag. Mother Tongue host, Sirine says; “The idea for this show came from my experience with my daughter; the songs my mother sang to me as a child stayed with me and I sang them to her when she was born. Elyssa is now 4 years old, and still loves these songs – she’ll never forget where they came from and we should never lose this connection with our language of origin.” Sharing language and culture brings kids closer together and sparks curiosity about the world!

My Wellbeing School Mindfulness Stories & Meditations are delightful tales that guide children through their thoughts and emotions, helping to discover their connection to the world. Listen to the stories then practise the companion meditations available here on the Kinderling App. Written and performed by H.J. Ray Listen to more My Wellbeing School meditations and stories on the Kinderling App.

What do slimy frogs and freaky snakes have to do with art? How do you make art that you can’t even see? And how does NOT using your eyes help you to draw?  Outside the Lines is a fun and imaginative podcast for kids all about ART! Join some art-curious kids as they travel across the country to scratch the surface, peek behind the canvas, open the sketchbook, and dive into the creative minds of some of Australia's most inspiring artists. Art is so much more than just paintings on a wall! Subscribe now to inspire the inner artist in your child! Or listen free on the Kinderling Kids App. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation.   CREDITS Thank you to our incredible Artists:  Angela Tiatia, Ben Quilty, Dale Harding, Elisa Jane (Leecee) Carmichael, Gemma Smith, Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Jemima Wyman, Raquel Ormella, Ross Manning, Tony Albert. Thank you to our Hosts and Interviewers: Pip, Lottie, Rose, Kip, Marcel and Holiday.  And thank you to the wonderful QAGOMA team!  Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mix by Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

He’s back… AGAIN! This cheeky blue character is willing to forgive you for what happened last time… but he SERIOUSLY does not want you to open this book or turn its pages. What reason does he have this time?

We all have a favourite nursery rhyme. What’s yours? Join Angie Who as she sings favourite nursery rhymes and lullabies with you and your little one. Host: Angie Who Music: Angie Who, Cameron Henderson & Craig Collier Sound Design: Will Ryan Producer: Elle Beattie Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson

Before babies are born, they've already been enjoying a favourite playlist of soothing soundtracks from the world around them. Then, from the womb to the cot to the bed, those soundtracks will continue to help them soothe and settle when they need it most.   Sound Bubbles are a series of soundscapes created for babies to help them calm down, drift off, and stay asleep. But why should babies get all the Zzzzz's? Kids and even grown-ups can enjoy them too!  From the industrial, to the natural, this collection will grow to include favourite drones from all the sound environments that we humans find soothing.

Guess, create and giggle along with Sound Play – a sound-led radio show for little people with BIG imaginations. Listen carefully to the sounds, and guess along to the audio clues. Where are we today? What's that sound? Playful sounds bring magical worlds to life; where little ears guess and giggle while little hands are free to create their own play adventures.

Enjoy a tale or two with these stories from our favourite children's authors.

On the Stories Podcast, Amanda Weldin performs new childrens stories every week, ranging from retellings of fairy tales like Snow White to classic stories like Peter Rabbit to completely original works. The perfect podcast for imaginative families, whether you’re on a road trip or getting ready for bed, Stories delivers entertainment that kids and parents alike will love.

Simon Russell Beale reads La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy The Book of Dust from the BBC. Set ten years before the events of His Dark Materials, the novel explores the origins of that story. It opens in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns...

Simon Russell Beale reads the second volume of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust. It is 20 years since the events of La Belle Sauvage unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey. Now, in The Secret Commonwealth, we meet Lyra Silvertongue. And she is no longer a child. From the BBC

Wow in the World is a family podcast that explores the wonders of science, technology and innovation, or as hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz call it, the “Wows” that power the world around us. Through rich storytelling, interactive activities, and a whimsical, kids-first focus, Mindy and Guy encourage listeners of all ages to journey away from their screens and into a world of imagination.

This guy will do anything for you not to open this book! Threats, bribes, reverse psychology – you name it! A hilarious new book from radio extraordinaire and all-round funny guy, Andy Lee. Young readers will love doing everything they’re asked not to!