Rock A Lingua
A Limpiar (Clean up Routine)
Classtime is over—but Spanish instruction continues right into clean-up time! Bid students goodbye with a fun tune that inspires them to clean, organize, recycle, and say hasta luego to their friends for the day.
Lit2Go
The Two Pots
Do friends impact our identities? Part of a comprehensive series of fables, Aesop's "The Two Pots" teaches readers that the strong and the weak cannot keep company. Only 98 words and registering a 4.1 on the Flesch-Kincaid readability...
Lit2Go
The Bat and the Weasels
Teach your class about being as adaptable as a bat with Aesop's "The Bats and the Weasels." After listening to an audio retelling of the fable, learners fill out a KWL chart about the story, including what they learned about bats.
Storynory
The Missing Bunny
Add a 20-minute audiobook titled "The Missing Bunny" to your spring curriculum. Find out what happens when a monkey named Theo is framed when the Easter Bunny goes missing, but thanks to a helpful police dog, is set free and claimed...
Storynory
Orpheus
The love of Orpheus for his would-be bride Eurydice is insurmoutable—even by the curse of death. Take a poetic trip to the underworld as the honey-voiced Orpheus pleads for the life of his love with an enjoyable audio retelling.
Storynory
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal
A holy man saves a tiger from a trap, but the tiger wants to eat the man. How does he escape? Find out with a nine minute audiobook featuring a tale from India titled "The Brahman, the Tiger, and the Jackal."
Lit2Go
The Kingdom of the Lion
If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. After listening to an audio recording of Aesop's "The Kingdom of the Lion," readers discuss the moral and new vocabulary with a series of comprehension questions.
Lit2Go
The Lion and the Statue
How does one's perception affect their representation of places and events? Readers investigate this question by listening to Aesop's "The Lion and the Statue" and completing a graphic organizer to analyze characters and their motivations.
Storynory
Astropup Part One
Space and dogs—two great ways to get young listeners interested in a story! A two-part audiobook features a tale about a dog named Bonzo and his astronomical adventure through outer-space.
Lit2Go
The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat
How is a pig different from a sheep and a goat? Learners read about each animal in Aesop's fable "The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat" and consider different perspectives. Complete with an audio recording and writing activity about a...
Storynory
Pygmalion
Listen to an audio retelling about a man who carved a statue to escape Aphrodite's demands—and ended up falling in love with his creation. A version of the Greek myth "Pygmalion" provides the story's text so readers can follow along with...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
Join a conversation on astrobiology, the origins of life- and the possibility we're not alone in the universe.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Life Expectancy Dips for Some in the Us
We'll talk with one of the authors of a new study that finds that for some people, in some parts of the US, life expectancy is on the way down, not up.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Is a Moon Necessary for a Planet to Support Life?
Researchers are studying our moon's effects on the Earth to guide their search for habitable worlds elsewhere.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Conversation With Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard
In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Kids Teaching Kids, Clean Hands Save Lives
Students can watch, listen, and download this podcast to learn about how to incorporate good hygiene practices into your daily life.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Green Acres: A History of Farming in America
BackStory Radio podcast [52:52] with the American History Guys discussing the history of farming in America and the changing role of agriculture in the U.S.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Deborah Heiligman
Heiligman was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and lived in the same house her entire childhood. One of her favorite school memories is of her fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Ryan, who created magical reading nooks for her students - like an...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Katherine Paterson
As the daughter of two missionaries, Katherine Paterson spent the first five years of her life in China. When the Japanese invaded during World War II, her family returned to the United States. By the age of 18, Paterson had moved over...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer was born in 1951 in River Forest, Illinois. The eldest of three sisters, Joan grew up writing stories, poems, and entries in her diary. Joan's mother was a high school English teacher and her grandmother, who lived at home,...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Kate Di Camillo
Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia in 1964. Because she had pneumonia for the first five winters of her life, the doctor suggested that she would do better in a warmer climate. So, in 1969, Kate, her brother, and her mother moved to...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park, Korean American author of children's fiction, has been an avid reader and writer her entire life. In fact, she began poetry and story writing before kindergarten - at the age of four. Growing up outside of Chicago, one...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Rosemary Wells
Born in New York City, Rosemary Wells grew up in a house "filled with books, dogs, and nineteenth-century music." "When I was two years old I began to draw and they saw right away the career that lay ahead of me and encouraged me every...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Good Health Alone May Not Be the Key to Longevity
Researchers studying longevity made the unexpected discovery that older people may be no healthier than the average person, and may have just as many bad habits, e.g., smoking, drinking, etc. Aired Aug. 5, 2011 [12:10]
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