Brain Bites - A Preschool Learning Podcast for Kids

Feeling nervous is this week's feelings lesson for toddlers and preschoolers, told through a simple, calming breathing tool in this episode from Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• What the word nervous means and what it can feel like in your body
• A simple breathing tool to use the moment nervous feelings show up
• Why feeling nervous before something new is normal, even for grown-ups
• A simple way to ask a grown-up for help when nervous feelings feel big

A screen free Brain Bite for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new episode every weekday.

The Little Spider's Big Web, a screen free bedtime story podcast episode for toddlers and preschoolers, only on Brain Bites.

Follow one small spider through a gentle lesson in taking things one step at a time, from a worried look up at a much bigger web to a proud, starlit rest in a web built all her own. A calm, slow paced listen perfect for winding down before sleep, with a soft invitation for your child to yawn, snuggle, and drift off right along with Willa.

What this episode offers:

• A gentle lesson in patience and small steps, told through a cozy garden setting
• Slow paced narration perfect for winding down
• A peaceful listen for naptime or nighttime
• A soft invitation to yawn, snuggle, and drift off together

Search Brain Bites on Spotify and follow today for a new toddler story episode every week.

Why do spiders spin webs? That's today's kids science podcast question, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers who are noticing spiders everywhere this October, only on Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• How a spider makes silk and weaves it into a web
• Why a web works as a clever trap for catching food
• How a spider knows exactly which threads are safe to walk on
• Why some spiders skip building a web altogether

A screen free educational podcast for toddlers, perfect for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new kids podcast episode every weekday.

Learn colors for toddlers with today's Sentence of the Day: The Pumpkin Is Orange! A color learning podcast episode for toddlers and preschoolers, only on Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• How to build and say the complete sentence "the pumpkin is orange"
• A simple body movement to match each part of the sentence
• That the exact same sentence shape works to describe the color of anything, from the sky to a favorite toy
• One easy way to practice spotting and naming colors in the world around them

A screen free educational podcast for toddlers, perfect for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new kids podcast episode every weekday, part of the same vocabulary building series parents also find listed as Learn English Words for Kids.

Five fast, fun pumpkin facts for toddlers and preschoolers to learn and share, in this Fun Fact Friday episode from Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• Why a pumpkin is actually a fruit, not a vegetable
• How pumpkins grow on long, curly vines instead of trees
• Just how big the biggest pumpkins in the world can grow
• What's really inside a pumpkin, and why bees matter too

A screen free Brain Bite for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new episode every weekday.

Saying thank you is this week's kindness lesson for toddlers and preschoolers, told through an everyday moment in this Kindness Corner episode from Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• One easy way to notice when someone has done something kind
• The words and actions to use when saying thank you
• Why even small things deserve a thank you
• A simple way to make a thank you feel warm and genuine

A screen free Brain Bite for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new episode every weekday.

The Pumpkin Patch at Night, a long form, screen free bedtime story podcast episode for toddlers and preschoolers, only on Brain Bites.

Follow one small, still-green pumpkin named Pip through a quiet evening in a cozy pumpkin patch, meeting a chirping cricket, a cluster of glowing fireflies, a busy little field mouse, a wise old owl, and a gentle scarecrow, each sharing their own small piece of comfort about resting and growing in your own time. A calm, slow paced, extended listen built for a longer wind down before sleep, with a soft invitation for your child to yawn, snuggle, and drift off right along with Pip.

What this episode offers:

• An extended, slow paced bedtime story for a longer wind down
• A gentle lesson in patience and rest, told through a cozy autumn setting
• Several calm animal characters, each with their own small comfort to share
• A soft invitation to yawn, snuggle, and drift off together

Search Brain Bites on Spotify and follow today for a new toddler story episode every week.

Why do pumpkins grow on vines instead of trees? That's today's kids science podcast question for toddlers and preschoolers, in this Tiny Scientists episode from Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• Why a pumpkin plant grows sideways along the ground instead of straight up
• How a vine carries water and food all the way out to a growing pumpkin
• What the curly tendrils on a vine are for
• How a tiny pumpkin seed can grow into a giant pumpkin by fall

A screen free educational podcast for toddlers, perfect for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new kids podcast episode every weekday.

Gratitude is this week's feelings word for toddlers and preschoolers to learn and say in a full sentence, in this Sentence of the Day episode from Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• The word thankful, explained simply as a warm, happy feeling about someone or something
• How to build and say the complete sentence I am thankful today
• A simple body movement to match each part of the sentence
• One easy way to notice something to be thankful for, any day of the week

A screen free Brain Bite for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new episode every weekday.

Why do we see our breath when it's cold? That's today's kids science podcast question, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers curious about the world around them, only on Brain Bites.

What they'll learn:

• Why breath turns into a little cloud on a cold day, and why it disappears in summer
• The word vapor, explained simply as the warm, wet air inside us
• A fun dragon breath experiment to try outside on their next chilly morning

A screen free educational podcast for toddlers, perfect for the car, breakfast, or bedtime. Search Brain Bites on Spotify and hit follow for a brand new kids podcast episode every weekday, plus a bonus science fact every Saturday.