Kids Animal Stories

So when we found the kids’ podcast, Kids Animal Stories, it was a game changer at our house. Mr. Jim is the host, and this is actually the second FPG episode about a Mr. Jim Podcast. The first one was about Kids Short Stories. Another great podcast you should definitely check out. I’ll link that episode in the show notes before we dive into my conversation with Mr. Jim, where we connect over our love of Wild Kratts. 

Here’s some details about the show:

• The length of each episode is about 10 minutes.
• The show is ongoing with five new episodes available every. 

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Introduction to Mr. Jim

Hello friends. My name is Mr. Jim and I live in South Carolina with my wife and three kids. Uh, I’ve been podcasting for almost three years now and I love animals.

Not, not as much as Andi’s kids, but I love animals a lot. A lot. 

How Kids Animal Stories Came to Be

Yeah, so Kids Animal Stories. Um, Was was birthed out of kind of our mother podcast Kids Short Stories after a lot of submissions were coming in about animals. And so little, possibly little known fact about Mr. Jim is, so my undergrad and my whole background is zoology and I grew up working at wildlife centers and like, this was, this is my, my secret love for not so secret love . And so, Growing up watching Steve Irwin or Jeff Corwin or eventually Wild Kratts and those Kratt brothers, like all those, I love critters of all shapes and sizes and so Kids Animal Stories started a, a year and a half ago and um, it was just a way of saying, Hey, let’s learn about animals and have fun along.

So there, there’s still some fun stories about Benji the Badger, but we’re able to. Have a fun animal story, but learn some cool facts, um, in there. Um, and so one of my favorite types of the episodes are the mystery ones.

So, um, kids, animal stories are really not just me. So my best friend growing up, Luke, he and his wife are very involved in the creation of that show and help write all the stories. Um, that one is a little more scripted. Um, and they do a lot of the research of finding out, you know, all the, here’s, here’s a full one page summary of the Chuck, Chuck Walla, or a badger.

And which ones do we wanna, which facts or information do we wanna kind of highlight on? So they’re a very, uh, big part of kids’ animal stories. Kids Animal Stories is great for kids, you know, 3 to 10 years old who are interested in learning about animals. We call them critters. Uh, critters of all shapes and sizes.

What Kids (and Parents) Should Expect from Kids Animal Stories

Kids Animal Stories is an audio first content where, uh, kids can use their imagination. Like with these mystery episodes that I hinted at earlier, it’s where they’re listening to a story and I lay out the clues of, all right, this critter. Um, Is black and white and it has four legs.

And, and so in the story, they’re able to kind of piece together like, Oh wait, I think it might be, um, a skunk. No, it wasn’t stinky. It’s gotta be something else. And, and so they’re, um, they have to figure out what this critter is. What parents might expect when listening to this is that one that their kids are gonna learn more about animals and wildlife.

Um, and then, um, the, the next kind of step that we’re, we’re wanting to head towards is a little bit more, um, like things to do at home. Uh, so we have some activities that we build out, um, that Chelsea, uh, one of the partners, she builds out an activity for every single animal that we do in episode for, um, she’s, she’s great with.

And, um, but yes, I wanna build out more real life experiences for maybe kids to, uh, build a critter habitat in their backyard or, um, to take what they’re learning and to do it in real life. 

The Vibe of Kids Animal Stories

Playful, fun, imaginative.For kids that love critters of all shapes and sizes. 

Mr. Jim’s Favorite Type of Episode

Well, I love the mystery stories if you haven’t, uh, picked up on that by now. . So, I, I love reptiles. Reptiles are my, my first critter love.  and, and so any, any of the stories that have to do with snakes or lizards or crocodiles, those are the ones that really excite me the most.

Kids Animal Stories & Little Ears

Oh, yes. It is very much geared for little years. I have three kids, uh, five. Six and eight. We just had some birthdays, and so I’m always recounting my math. Uh, I love that I, I’m a dad and so as I’m telling these stories for your kids, just know that I’m really telling them also for mine.

And, and so like, definitely that age I’m in every day with you, moms and dads listening. Um, and so these are very much, uh, aimed. To be listened to by, you know, 3 to all the way to 10.