It is national podcast day 2023, a great time to share podcasts related to arts, music, and culture that you can listen to with children. Some benefits of listening to podcasts include:
- Stimulating imagination
- Building better listening skills
- Improving concentration and attention span
- Making you happy: humour is highly beneficial for your overall mood
If you're ready to start listening, we have a few recommendations for you to read about below
Listen to Busy Kids Love Music which is a podcast we recommend to families interested in music. You will be taken on a journey through the history of music, learning about music types, terms, and styles. From where music genres began, to which composers have influence over popular music today and the songs that styles blossomed from – this podcast is interesting for everyone, and you will finish each episode with a bit more music knowledge.
Listen to David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast which is educational, fun, and witty. What is it that makes music and the artist so memorable? What don't you know about the most famous forms of art? Walliams delivers stories of famous composers like Mozart, who apparently had a very rude sense of humour to peculiar points about ballet such as that Margot Fonteyn, a famous ballet dancer from Reigate, was previously named Peggy Hookham.
Listen to Circle Round which is is a podcast that tells stories inspired by various cultures across the globe. It has beautiful sound effects, engaging voice acting and visionary descriptions that take you into and imaginary world.
Listen to The Arabian Nights which is another story series podcast with wild imagination, exploring the Arabian lands where there are secret libraries, treasures, and adventures to go on. Inspired by Middle Eastern folk tales, this podcast is suitable for 6 years and upwards.
If there are any interesting podcasts relating to music, arts and/or culture that you listen to, we would love to hear from you. Let us know through Facebook by tagging @Surrey Arts, Instagram by tagging @SurreyArts or through Twitter and mention @surrey_arts
