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A story and a song: musical stories for children episodes
- The story of the six suns
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The Batt team ( with Batt Lamb’s unbeatable help) tell an old Chinese story of many suns and their battle for ascendancy in the sky . Originally it was told as ten suns but we whittled it down to six….it’s still pretty hot up there!
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!17 min - Why the sky is so far away
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The episode begins with a welcome song that uses te reo Māori which is followed by a traditional Nigerian story about why the sky is so far away and how it is that people had to learn to grow their food.
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!9 min - A Batty New Year and a fruit tree song
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The last Batt Cave for 2022 where Pete, Tanya and Batt lamb muse about what's growing in the garden (with a memory game), the best bits of 2022 and create a recipe for 2023. The recording wraps up with a wassailing song (an old British Christmas tradition) to encourage and thank the fruit trees.
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!20 min - The first strawberries
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It's Tanya's birthday !!! It's also strawberry time here in New Zealand/Aotearoa and Tanya tells a Cherokee story from North America about where strawberries come from, accompanied by Peter playing some of the wooden flutes he makes. As usual Batt lamb provides her unique perspective on the proceedings!
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!17 min - The Giants Garden
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Tanya has been doing some lovely work with the local school around gardening and the stories and provenance of the vegetables and fruits we grow. First of all Tanya shares a song the children and her created about this project, then she tells the story of the Giants Garden... an adaptation of a beautiful story written by Oscar Wilde
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!16 min - The Universe of story; a birthday surprise!
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To mark the one year birthday of the 'Batt Cave', Team Batt & Forster start with a song from their album, ' The Universe of Story'. called 'The Universe's Dream'.
This is followed by an excerpt from the album all about the molecule Hydrogen and how vital it was in the creation of the Universe. You can listen to the album for free here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7AAJ3JJWyigkSa4xd2bp8P Happy Birthday and thanks for listening :-)Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!11 min - A story for Beltane/Halloween: Puchika Churika
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With Halloween just come and gone, Tanya tells a slightly scary story from Siberia/Mongolia in the Batt Cave. Puchika Churika is a young boy whose family goes off and leaves him in charge of the Ger they live in while they go hunting.
An unwelcome visitor turns up and Puchika Churika has to use his wits to save himself. For more Scary Stories you can download copies of 'Scary Stories' https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop/p/scary-storiesSupport the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!20 min - The story of the Kiwi
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It's celebration time in the Batt Cave!
It's been one year since the Batt Cave started - hip, hip hooray!
Tanya, Pete (and the star of the show -Batt Lamb), sing a welcome waiata/song, then launch into a round of 'happy birthday' for the Batt Cave. They then share a catchy musical story about some of the New Zealand manu/birds and how the Kiwi in particular came to be flightless and the best loved bird she is today.Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!20 min - Composing a song in the Batt Cave
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Members of the Batt Cave have fun joining in with Tanya, Pete and Batt Lamb composing a song on the spot about the joys of springtime .
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!9 min - Don't count your chickens before they hatch!
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Another story from the basket of story eggs, don't count your chickens before they hatch, as tanya finds out to her cost in this poultry story.
Support the show
You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
Kia Ora!8 min
About A story and a song: musical stories for children
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Performance storyteller Tanya Batt and Musician Peter Forster share a collection of musical stories for young children from the Batt Cave.Tall tales of friendships, food and fun that are guaranteed to…
delight and have you singing along with their catchy refrains. Quirky, wholesome stories that fill you with hope that perseverance will be rewarded, friendship is paramount, vegetables can save your life and even great sadness passes. A story and a song - because words and music they belong!