Children's Story Sharing
Resources from Podcasts
(for parents, teachers, and their kids)
Below are links to resources for parents and teachers
to supplement the materials covered in the playful
My Baby Monsters Children's Story Sharing PODCAST.
A Classic Children's Christmas Movie:
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (also known as Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens) is a science fiction film from 1964. It is also known as one of the 100 worst movies of all time. However, the movie has also become a children's Christmas classic and is enjoyed by children around the world.
The story is about how the parents on Mars are worried that their children are watching too much Earth television. They refuse to eat and sleep. So to help the children be more children-like, the Martian leaders decide to kidnap Santa Claus and bring him to Mars.
Watch the Santa Claus Conquers the Martians for Free. The classic children's movie has entered the public domain and can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.
Holiday music in this episode:
(some music by the artists linked too not be appropriate for children, parental discretion advised)
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 16 (and hear it's great holiday stories and music).
LISTEN NOW to season 2, Classic Holiday Special (and hear it's great holiday stories and music).
The Classic Story of Superman:
One of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time, Superman was created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster. Superman made his first appearance in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), but it was his wildly popular radio show that secured him a place in history and culture.
Classic Video Games:
Learn from the past...
play classic video games. This new, classic video game arcade has the games kid's parents played when they were young.
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 15 (and read it's children's stories).
This special episode is really a reading of the My Baby Monsters and I Went to the Park collaborative children's book written by a little girl (Josie, when she was five) and her daddy (an educational specialist). Like Peter and the Wolf, this audio version of the children's book uses music to help define the characters.
Peter and the Wolf (a classical children's story):
Created by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev in 1936, Peter and the Wolf is a symphonic children's story with both a narrator and an orchestra. Each character has it's own instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif. The bird is a flute, the duck is an oboe, the cat is a clarinet, the grandfather is a bassoon, the wolf is a french horn, the hunter is a timpani drum, and Peter's is the strings in the orchestra.
Learn about collaborative storytelling,
and the story behind this book written by a little girl and her daddy.
(A Child's Story: About | Listen | Preview | Buy)
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 14 (and hear a little girl read her story).
Who's On First:
Named the Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th century by Time magazine and one of the American Film Institute's 100 most memorable movie quotes, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello created a comic gem in the early 20th century.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game:
An instant hit in 1908, and now the number third most played song in America,
Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Albert Von Tilzer's is baseball.
Life in the past:
It's hard for kids to image life in the past... like how in the old days, people weren't able to take a rocket ship trip to outer space... only monkeys and mice were able to make the journey. As Josie says, "No fair!"
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 13.5 (and read it's children's stories).
Tall tale storytelling resources for kids:
Storytelling and lying resources for parents and teachers:
LISTNE NOW to season 1, episode 13 (and read it's children's stories).
The history of The War of the Worlds:
- This classic story of alien invasion predates man learning how to fly. The story was imagined and written in 1898 (over 100 years ago) by science-fiction writer H.G. Wells. The War of the Worlds was then turned into a radio program by Orsen Welles on October 30, 1938... unfortunately many listeners did not realize it was only a Halloween special... so many listeners were naturally frightened, believing that Martians were really invading Earth. Since that time, four War of the Worlds films have been made, including the classic film in 1953 and a more recent version by Steven Steven Spielberg in 2005. And of course, there is the classic My Baby Monsters Podcast by Josie and her dad in 2006.
Listen to original radio broadcast (parental discretion advised)
- The 1938 War of the Worlds radio program is now in the public domain, meaning that you can enjoy it for free. Before listening to it with young children, please be advised that the aliens in the Mercury Theatre on the Air's The War of the Words don't play nice, so use your own discretion. Listen to The War of the World original radio program (right-click to download)
Additional information on The War of the Worlds radio program:
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 11 1/2 (and read it's children's stories).
In this episode:
Additional space resources:
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode XI (and read it's children's stories).
What does it mean to have a happy birthday?
About our listeners and their birthdays:
Our listeners come from all over the world. This is how they write happy birthday, and a little information on their country.
- Austria: Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburstag (German) • Vse najbolj'e za rojstni dan (Slovenian) • Sretan rođendan (Croatian) • Boldog születésnapot (Hungarian)
- Brazil: Feliz aniversário (Portuguese)
- Denmark: Tilyke med fodselsdagen (Danish)
- Greece: Χρόνια πολλά (Greek)
- Lithuania: Su gimtadieniu (Lithuanian)
- Norway: Gratulerer med fødselsdagen (Norwegian)
- Saudi Arabia: (Arabic)
.................................................... عيدميلاد سعيد
- Singapore: © (English) • Selamat hari jadi (Malay) • 生日快樂 [生日快乐 (Mandarin) • shēngrì kuàilè (Tamil)
- South Africa: Gelukkige Verjaarsdag (Afrikaans) • © (English) • Usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi (Zulu) • Ube nemini yokuzalwa emnandi (Xhosa) • (Swati) • Ndebele) • (Southern Sotho) • (Northern Sotho) • (Tsonga) • (Tswana) • (Venda)
- South Korea: 생일축하합니다 (Korean)
- Sweden: Grattis på födelsedagen (Swedish)
- Switzerland: Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburstag (German) • Joyeux anniversaire (French) • Buon compleanno (Italian) • (Romansh)
- Ukraine: Многая Літа = "Many Years" (Ukrainian)
- Outer Space
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 10 (and read it's children's stories).
Stories in other languages:
Do you know another language? We've added a storytelling translation tool that automatically changes our stories into another language. Just click on a flag to translate a story and
let us know how it works. Flags are on the side bar of every
share your story page... to return to English, just click American flag
.
LISTEN NOW to season 1, episode 9 (and read it's children's stories).
