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Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
We answer a curious question every single day! Do you have a curious kid who asks you a million questions every day? Curious Kids Every Day is an intentionally slow paced and interactive daily podcast for kids AND their parents! My goal is to make learning fun for the whole family. My name is Josh. I am a dad of 4 who loves to learn and teach. I am grateful for all of the families who make Curious Kids Every Day a part of their daily routine. I have noticed that most children's shows these days…
Episodes
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Can Parrots Talk?
Curious Camp: CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/Camp In this episode, we learn how parrots copy sounds using a special sound-making part called the syrinx, along with…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Things Cost Money? (Curious Kid Club)
JOIN THE CURIOUS KIDS CLUB to participate in future episodes: SupportCuriousKids.com It's a lesson in economics on this special episode of the Curious Kids…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Antibiotics Work?
Today, we learn how antibiotics fight certain bacterial infections, why they do not work on viruses, and how some antibiotics originally came from molds and…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Trains Move?
Have you ever watched a train passing by for so long it seemed like it would never end? In today's episode, we're learning how trains can pull such heavy loads…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Does a Seed Turn into a Plant?
In this episode, we discuss the science of roots as we learn how plants grow! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Is at the Center of the Earth?
In this episode, we learn about Earth's inner and outer core and how it actually affects OUTER SPACE! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Who Invented Basketball?
In this episode, we learn about James Naismith, the teacher who created basketball in 1891 as an indoor winter game. We'll find out why the first games used a…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do We Pass Gas?
Parent note: I use the words "farting" and "pooting" once each just to describe different words for flatulation. I keep this discussion very clinical and avoid…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Are Pretzels Shaped Like That?
In this episode, we learn how pretzels are made from ropes of dough and why their exact origin story is hard to prove! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Fireworks Work?
In this episode, we'll learn how aerial shells are launched into the sky and what makes them so bright and colorful! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Does Your Hair Grow?
There is a LOT happening under your scalp! Today, we learn about hair follicles, keratin, and why haircuts don't hurt even though you're TECHNICALLY cutting…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Where Does Waste Go After You Flush the Toilet?
Note for parents: This episode talks about the journey of waste, but I avoid crudeness and do not use words like "poop" or "pee." In today's episode, we follow…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Are Some Berries Poisonous?
In this episode, we learn why certain plants make berries that can make animals or people sick and why you should never eat a wild berry unless a grown up…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Are Some Babies Twins?
Parent Note: "Fertilized eggs" are mentioned several times throughout which may invite questions about how the process starts. In this episode, we learn about…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Things Glow in the Dark?
Have you ever wondered how glow-in-the-dark toys, glow sticks, and fireflies light up the darkness? In this episode of Curious Kids Every Day, we learn how…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Many Trees Are There on Earth? (Curious Kids Club)
JOIN THE CURIOUS KIDS CLUB to participate in future episodes: SupportCuriousKids.com Have you ever wondered how many trees there are on Earth? In this special…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Does Salty Food Make You Thirsty?
In this episode, we learn how your body balances water and salt and why your brain tells you when it's time for a drink! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Magnets Work?
Magnets can pull and push without even touching! BUT HOW?! In this episode, kids explore the invisible forces of magnetic fields, learn what materials magnets…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?
What's really happening inside a volcano before it erupts? Today, we learn about the amazing world of magma, lava, and underground pressure to discover the…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Walkie Talkies Work?
How do walkie talkies send your voice through the air? In this episode, we learn how microphones, radio waves, antennas, and speakers work together to let two…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do We Have Hair in Our Noses?
In this episode, we figure out why on earth we have hair in our noses! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Are Sloths So Slow?
Today we discover how a sloth's leaf-based diet and slow digestion work together to make it one of the slowest animals on Earth! Curious Kids Every Day is a…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Bowling Alleys Work?
Have you ever wondered how a bowling alley resets all the pins and returns your bowling ball so quickly? Today, we explore the machines behind the lanes and…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Can't We Feel the Earth Spinning?
The Earth is spinning right now, so why doesn't it feel like we're moving? In today's episode, we learn how Earth's rotation works and why our bodies notice…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Makes Popcorn Pop?
Ever wonder why popcorn goes POP? We learn about the tiny bit of water hiding inside every kernel, and what happens when it heats up! Curious Kids Every Day is…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Vacuum Cleaners Work?
In today's episode, we explore how a vacuum cleaner actually sucks up all the dirt and hair off the floor! Air pressure, spinning fans, and powerful motors…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Makes Something Random?
Did you know that you can predict the roll of a die? Well... KIND OF! Today, we'll learn why dice rolls are hard to predict one at a time (but easy to predict…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Cucumbers Become Pickles?
How does a cucumber turn into a pickle? In today's episode, we learn how salt, vinegar, and fermentation can transform a fresh cucumber into the crunchy, sour…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Dandelions Work?
Why do dandelions change from yellow flowers into white, fluffy puffballs? We learn how a dandelion flower head makes seeds and what the fluffy white pappus…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Are Boogers? (Curious Kids Club)
JOIN THE CURIOUS KIDS CLUB to participate in future episodes: SupportCuriousKids.com In this episode, we learn why your nose makes mucus, and why boogers can…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Sheep Baa?
n this episode, we learn that a sheep's "baa" is called a bleat, and sheep use those sounds to communicate. We discover how sheep call to their flock, and how…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?
In today's episode, we explore how horses are able to sleep while standing up and why their legs don't buckle beneath them! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Spiders Make Webs?
How do spiders create those amazing webs without any tools? In today's episode, we discover how spiders use spinnerets to spin silk and build strong, sticky…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do You Get Cramps?
In this episode, we learn what happens when a muscle tightens and has trouble relaxing! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Does Soap Hurt Your Eyes?
In this episode, we learn how tears, eyelids, the cornea, nerve endings, and pH all work together to help protect our eyes! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Fast Is the Fastest Car?
In this episode, we learn about ThrustSSC, the official land speed record holder, and how it reached more than 763 miles per hour. We discuss drag, thrust, and…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Animals Use Camouflage?
In this episode, we explore how animals use camouflage to hide from and blend into the world around them. We learn about background matching, patterns that…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Is Maple Syrup Made?
In this episode, we learn how maple syrup starts as watery sap inside maple trees and how it becomes the sweet syrup that you've just gotta have on your…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Humans Love Puzzles?
Why do humans love puzzles? In this episode, we explore why riddles, mazes, jigsaw puzzles, and tricky logic problems can feel so satisfying! We try to figure…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Is Infinity?
In this episode, we explore the idea of something that has no end using number lines and the movement of light in our observable universe! Is OUTER SPACE…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Boomerangs Work?
How does a boomerang come back to you? Today, we will learn how a returning boomerang uses wing-shaped arms, lift, and a curved flight path to loop through the…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Kangaroos Have Pouches?
In this episode, we learn how baby kangaroos, called joeys, are born very tiny and continue growing inside their mother's pouch! The animal kingdom is AMAZING!…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Are Potato Chips Made?
How does a regular potato turn into a thin, crunchy potato chip? In this episode, we take an imaginary trip to the factory where it all happens! Curious Kids…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do We Get Bloody Noses? (Curious Kids Club)
JOIN THE CURIOUS KIDS CLUB to participate in future episodes: SupportCuriousKids.com It's another episode of the Curious Kids Club! Today we ask... why do…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Kids Grow Taller?
Why do kids grow taller and why do grown ups eventually stop growing? In this episode, we explore how bones grow, what growth plates are, and how hormones help…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do You Tell a Good Story?
In this episode, we explore how stories are built using the three-act structure and the Hero's Journey. Using the stories of Cinderella and the Grinch as…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Are Eyebrows For?
In this episode, we learn how eyebrows help protect our eyes from sweat, rain, and tiny bits of debris while also helping our faces show how we're feeling!…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Trampolines Work?
How do trampolines bounce you so high? In this episode, we learn how a trampoline uses a flexible jumping mat, stretchy springs, and stored energy to send…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do People Talk Using Sign Language?
In this episode, we learn how people communicate using American Sign Language, or ASL., AND we learn how to sign "Hello, it's nice to meet you." Curious Kids…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Did People See Before Glasses Were Invented?
In this episode, we explore what life was like for people with blurry vision before modern eyeglasses and how early tools like reading stones helped with…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Is the Strongest Material in the World?
In this episode, we talk about GRAPHENE! The strongest material in the world... and it's only ONE ATOM THICK! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
What Are Bruises?
In this episode, we learn what bruises are and why they can change color! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Astronauts Get Ready to Go to Outer Space?
In this episode, we learn how astronauts train to go on space missions! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why are French Fries Called "French Fries?"
Why are french fries called french fries? In this episode, we explore why the history of fries is connected to both France and Belgium! Curious Kids Every Day…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Are Goldfish Crackers Made?
In this episode, we learn how Goldfish crackers are made, from mixing dough with ingredients like flour and cheese, to rolling it thin, cutting it into little…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Your Knuckles Crack and Pop?
In this episode, we learn how your joints work and what synovial fluid does (and why it sometimes goes POP!). Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Why Do Bats Sleep Upside Down?
In this episode, we explore how bats are uniquely designed to sleep upside down! Their claws are amazing! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Forest Fires Start? (Curious Kids Club)
JOIN THE CURIOUS KIDS CLUB to participate in future episodes: SupportCuriousKids.com It's another episode of the Curious Kids Club! Today, we discuss how small…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
How Do Bar Codes Work?
In this episode, we learn how bar codes help grocery store scanners know exactly what item you are buying. We discover how black bars and white spaces make a…
- Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Where Did the Statue of Liberty Come From?
In this episode, we learn why France gave Liberty Enlightening the World to the United States! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that…