Kids Off The Couch Podcast

What's Kids Off The Couch Podcast about?

- Kids Off the Couch is a free, weekly kid's adventure tied into a great film or digital media that provides families with fresh, new ideas for getting kids OFF the couch and into their world!

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Kids Off The Couch Podcast episodes:

02.27.2009
Kids Off The Couch Special Subscriber Discount to The Geffen Playhouse
In a mesmerizing one-man show, Darryl Van Leer channels historical figures such as Muddy Waters, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King, Jr. and makes them come alive. Our kids loved how Van Leer set the stage as a...
02.26.2009
All The President's Men + Visiting Your Local Newspaper = Kids Off The Couch
Kids who expect a multitude of information to magically appear from their computers don’t always understand the power of a free press. Watching All The President’s Men as a family opened up a conversation about how reporters follow a story...
02.26.2009
Snow Dogs + Hitting the Slopes = Kids Off The Couch
No matter where you live, kids and snow go together like hands and gloves. Whether your kids are starting out with a pizza-pie wedge between their first skis or just biding their time until their next snowboarding trip to a...
10.15.2008
HOT TOPIC: How Does Your Family Deal with Princess-Mania?
With this week's much heralded re-release of Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora is sure to win over another generation of little girls, just in time for the Halloween costume rush. What's a parent to do? We know that most of...
10.15.2008
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown + Corn Maze = Kids Off The Couch
Our kids' faces lit up like Jack-o-Lanterns when we told them we were upping the pumpkin ante this year by letting them loose in a Corn Maze. After sampling the delicious produce, we set off into plants that reached high...
10.04.2008
Introducing Paul Newman to Your Family
We shed real tears at the loss of Paul Newman, whose legendary looks and powerful screen presence dominated the movies for years and whose charitable work (through the Hole in the Wall camps for seriously ill children and Newman's Own)...
09.25.2008
Life is a Highway: Cars + Automotive Museum = Kids Off The Couch
Cars is one of those great family films that lures everyone from Grandpa to toddler with its old-fashioned values, cool car stars, hilarity and history. Our kids loved Lightning McQueen, the red-hot rookie race car with a big ego, who...
09.16.2008
The Past Roars to Life: The Land Before Time + Walking With Dinosaurs = Kids Off the Couch
Are your kids dino-obsessed? Do you remember when they read Danny the Dinosaur and dreamt of riding a dinosaur's back? Our kids slept with their dinosaur books, memorizing each name -- Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex -- and have always wondered...
09.09.2008
Bringing History To Life: Movies That Teach + Family Movie Night
With kids back in school, it is often hard to carve out family time. Since there's nothing as cozy after a long week of classes as a Family Movie Night, we have created a list of great films that will...
08.25.2008
A Brief Introduction to KidsOffTheCouch.com
Staying connected to today's busy kids who are balancing school, sports and social schedules, is a challenge most parents face. Two Middle School moms have launched a website, www.kidsofftthecouch.com that gives parents great ideas for creating family time beyond soccer...

What's Kids Off The Couch Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Kids Off The Couch Podcast episodes:

Kids Off The Couch Special Subscriber Discount to The Geffen Playhouse

All The President's Men + Visiting Your Local Newspaper = Kids Off The Couch

Snow Dogs + Hitting the Slopes = Kids Off The Couch

HOT TOPIC: How Does Your Family Deal with Princess-Mania?

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown + Corn Maze = Kids Off The Couch

Introducing Paul Newman to Your Family

Life is a Highway: Cars + Automotive Museum = Kids Off The Couch

The Past Roars to Life: The Land Before Time + Walking With Dinosaurs = Kids Off the Couch

Bringing History To Life: Movies That Teach + Family Movie Night

A Brief Introduction to KidsOffTheCouch.com