Tree House Together

Thank you for joining us in the tree house, together! We're so excited to launch into Season 3, where we're hoping to cover topics like bugs, forests, how a house works, soccer, and going camping!

As always, we love to hear your suggestions for future episodes!

T will be with us for all of these, and listen here for the first appearance from her little sister, S! 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Elephants are the largest land animal on our planet Earth! They are also strong, smart, and caring creatures. 

Join us in the tree house to learn more about this incredible animal, the places they live, what they eat, how they survive, and why it's so important for us humans to protect them! 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

All people have feelings and we've got a lot of them! Feelings have a big impact on our family, so we hope it may help yours to talk about them in the tree house, together!

In this episode we chat about things like accepting feelings by letting them be waves and why it's helpful to name our feelings. Things we can do to help ourselves when we may be overwhelmed by a feeling. And ways that we can help ourselves to feel happier! 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Are you ready for some football?! In a celebration of this fun and fast team sport, we break down the difference between the offense and defense. How does one team score points and the other try to stop them? And what does the quarterback do?

We talk plays, yardage, extra points, and quarters. Professional players are part of NFL teams and work hard to try to win the final game: The Super Bowl! But anyone can enjoy throwing a football and we hope you join us in enjoying and being inspired by this popular American game.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

There are so many ways to understand our world, including the different states of matter! Are things around you a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma? How can you tell?? 

Listen in as T and Kara talk about molecules and matter, spilling drinks and popping balloons! By the end, you may even be inspired to do an experiment to try and change a state of matter! 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Kara and T are huge fans of Bo Lu's debut picture book, Bao's Doll and we're honored to talk to her all about her work, creative process, and lifelong relationship with drawing. We also loved hearing from Bo's daughter Nora, who is herself a book creator! 

After moving to Kansas from Taipei, Taiwan when she was 7, drawing became a way for Bo to express her emotions and feel more at home. Her books are influenced by her life and experiences, a chance to tell her story.

It was also fascinating to hear how many versions of a book there can be and how Bo puts a book together. Don't miss this fascinating, thoughtful discussion – a window into the heart and mind of an incredible creative spirit. 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Isn't it incredible that people can fly through the sky? We think so! In this episode, T and Kara discuss the many animals that can fly and how human beings have figured out flight!

We break down the forces that make an airplane able to fly, how an airplanes work, and other flying machines like helicopters, gliders, hot air balloons, kites, and blimps! Join us in celebrating these "ships in the sky" and marveling at the invention of flight.  

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Come along with us on our field trip to Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC! Listen in as Kara, T, and her grandma Jean chat with Kaden Borseth, the Zoo's Manager of School and Teacher Learning.

In this second of two episodes, we get to hear more about the animals – including what it's like for the animals to live at the zoo, Kaden's favorite animal, how they celebrate animals, which ones are silly, and all about the pandas! 

Kaden was so kind to share so much with us and they do all kinds of fun, interesting in person and virtual programs! If you're interested in learning more from Smithsonian's National Zoo, check them out here: Education for Kids, Families, and Schools, Conservation Classroom Virtual Programs, the I Wonder Series, and Kaden's Explore Beyond Your Door video series. 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

We're so excited to take you along on a field trip to Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC! Listen in as Kara, T, and her grandma Jean chat with Kaden Borseth, the Zoo's Manager of School and Teacher Learning.

In this first of two episodes, we get to ask all about how the zoo – including how it began, how they learn from and for the animals, and what kinds of jobs people can have there! 

Kaden was so kind to share so much with us and they do all kinds of fun, interesting in person and virtual programs! If you're interested in learning more from Smithsonian's National Zoo, check them out here: Education for Kids, Families, and Schools, Conservation Classroom Virtual Programs and the I Wonder Series.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.

Kindergarten is the first year of elementary school and it's a big deal! In this episode, we're joined by T, who recently finished kindergarten, and our friend Esme, who will start soon.

We know that going to kindergarten can make kids feel excited, or nervous, or both! So we're here to talk about it out – how it works, what a classroom can be like, how it's part of a bigger elementary school, and all of the fun folks to meet! 

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.

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Tree House Together is an Elm Place production.
It was created by Jean and Kara Brodgesell.
Podcast episodes feature Kara along with her kid, T.

Episode art and delightful ukelele ditties were created by Jean Brodgesell.
Episode was edited by Kara Brodgesell.

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For a summary of the episode and links that we've mentioned, check out the episode notes in our Tree House Together Episode Guide.

Follow along with us on Instagram to get episode updates, picture book recommendations, activity prompts and more!

And feel free to browse our Bookshop.org account to see all of the books we've recommended over the episodes. Purchases there will support independent bookstores.