For dancing or dreaming, CLAUDIA GUNN from Kiwi Kids Music shares fresh new tunes and podcasts for children.
May 2024
New Beats
ARTIST: Levity Beet
ALBUM: Levity Beet and the Aotearoa Allstars
Levity collabs with 12 Kiwi artists for a diverse and imaginative kids’ classic album with fresh new sounds.
YouTube: @LevityBeet hokozoo.com/the-kars
ARTIST: Aro
ALBUM: He Rākau, He Ngārara
Aro celebrate a range of significant native rākau (trees) & ngārara (insects/reptiles) in these songs for all ages
YouTube: @AroMusicNZ
ARTIST: Cee Bee Teatime
SINGLE: Emergency Services Action Song (111)
Cee Bee Teatime offers a new toddler song suited to both seated actions and ‘driving’ round the room!
YouTube: @ceebeeteatime2020
Bytes
For kids who love stories, songs and science, CLAUDIA GUNN shares her top podcast picks
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids – Tumble Media
The hosts of this innovative kids science podcast ask questions, uncover mysteries, and share what science is all about.
Once Upon a Beat – Wondery and TInkercast
Once Upon a Beat is hosted by DJ Fyütch and his sidekick/turntable Baby Scratch and they drop the needle on classic stories, spinning them up with a hip-hop twist.
Suzy and Friends – RNZ
Here’s a podcast made for kiwi kids. Based on the award-winning Suzy & Friends radio show, featuring audio stories, kids talking about books, tamariki telling jokes, Fun Facts, and lots more.
