Circle Round: an award-winning educational storytelling podcast for kids

For an innovative and hands-off experience that is especially fantastic for auditory learners, Circle Round: NPR provides an educational learning podcast with educational stories for young children. Circle Round: NPR provides free educational audiobooks for ages 4-10 which tell descriptive and imaginative stories that many children love. It’s a great way to keep kids engaged while parents are working. Families can put it on the car, while working or making dinner. Circle Round: NPR has multiple audio folktales told by many different speakers which contains educational messages. Parents love how creative and innovative this new way of learning is for families that can't really fit hands-on exercises into their schedule. It's a great alternative to for students who have trouble getting engaged with worksheets or hands-on projects. Some families may consider This is most likely not suited for students who have a hard time paying attention to audio lessons.

Grades: PK-5th Grade

Cost: Each audio podcast is free.

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Key features

Type of Tool: Podcast

Time required: Each podcast is 15-20 minutes long and contains educational information in each one.

Special Needs:

Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read):

Screens

Screens:  Yes, an electronic device is required

Online requirement:

Time

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Other characteristics

Modality: Audio

Adaptive: No, it is the same for every student

Educational Philosophy: Not really, doesn't seem to be influenced by a particular educational philosophy

Other characteristics:   none of the above

Accountability

Assessment: No, there is no assessment component

State Standards: No

Teacher Accounts:

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Purchase:  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/532788972/circle-round