Angela Santomero, Creator of Blue's Clues and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Talks Parenting, Screen Time, and the Power of Pause
07/10/18 • 43 min
Episode 1: Angela Santomero
Angela Santomero (Creator of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Blue Clues and Author of Preschool Clues etc.) We talk parenting, what pre-schoolers and teenagers have in common, pre-mourning, how to choose the best media for your kids, and how they secretly need us to burn it down (a.k.a set boundaries). We also find out what really happened to Steve from Blues Clues, all the women who had crushes on him, and what’s next for Blue and the gang!
Features
More about and from Angela on TodaysMama.com!
- Tips on Choosing Media For Your Preschooler
- Parenting Advice: The Four Beat Pause
- Are You a Pre-Mourner? Most Moms Are
- Angela's favorite family Italian Meal: We scored her Eggplant Meatballs Recipe
- Conversation: What's YOUR "Ratatouille"?
Show Notes
What's Your Ratatouille?
Here's the famous clip from the movie Ratatouille: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyUKdJccgM
The Daniel Tiger Song I Tried To Sing
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2g8fom
TEDx Talk
I mentioned a talk I gave at a SLC TEDx event. The talk was all about asking questions and this is the quote I included Angela in that talk:
"I believe so strongly in the power of listening that it has been my underlying passion while creating high qulaity kids media. I include it in my shows for children through our interactive model in varying degrees. We pace our shows much slower and with pauses to let preschoolers think, from their thoughts, and answer back. Few believed that pausing on television would make such a different to preschoolers, but the positive results have been statistically proven. We have also heard from many adults that it has taught them, as well, to slow down and pause (listen) when they ask a question. Hurray!"
Giveaway!
Win a copy of "Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World"
Giveaway instructions are posted on our website here: https://familymaven.io/todaysmama/podcast/ep1-angela-santomero-creator-of-blue-s-clues-daniel-tiger-s-neighborhood-U3wJR4AkAUqjFfQeV74DMA/
Deadline is July 25, 2018
Follow Angela!
You can find Angela online under the name @AngelasClues just about anywhere!
This Episode Was Sponsored By:
ChatBooks!
Episode 1: Angela Santomero
Angela Santomero (Creator of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Blue Clues and Author of Preschool Clues etc.) We talk parenting, what pre-schoolers and teenagers have in common, pre-mourning, how to choose the best media for your kids, and how they secretly need us to burn it down (a.k.a set boundaries). We also find out what really happened to Steve from Blues Clues, all the women who had crushes on him, and what’s next for Blue and the gang!
Features
More about and from Angela on TodaysMama.com!
- Tips on Choosing Media For Your Preschooler
- Parenting Advice: The Four Beat Pause
- Are You a Pre-Mourner? Most Moms Are
- Angela's favorite family Italian Meal: We scored her Eggplant Meatballs Recipe
- Conversation: What's YOUR "Ratatouille"?
Show Notes
What's Your Ratatouille?
Here's the famous clip from the movie Ratatouille: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyUKdJccgM
The Daniel Tiger Song I Tried To Sing
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2g8fom
TEDx Talk
I mentioned a talk I gave at a SLC TEDx event. The talk was all about asking questions and this is the quote I included Angela in that talk:
"I believe so strongly in the power of listening that it has been my underlying passion while creating high qulaity kids media. I include it in my shows for children through our interactive model in varying degrees. We pace our shows much slower and with pauses to let preschoolers think, from their thoughts, and answer back. Few believed that pausing on television would make such a different to preschoolers, but the positive results have been statistically proven. We have also heard from many adults that it has taught them, as well, to slow down and pause (listen) when they ask a question. Hurray!"
Giveaway!
Win a copy of "Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World"
Giveaway instructions are posted on our website here: https://familymaven.io/todaysmama/podcast/ep1-angela-santomero-creator-of-blue-s-clues-daniel-tiger-s-neighborhood-U3wJR4AkAUqjFfQeV74DMA/
Deadline is July 25, 2018
Follow Angela!
You can find Angela online under the name @AngelasClues just about anywhere!
This Episode Was Sponsored By:
ChatBooks!
Next Episode
Laurie Berkner, Children's Musician and Author Talks Music, Anxiety, Fear and Fun
Episode 2: Laurie Berkner
She’s been called "The undisputed queen of kindie rock" by USA Today, People Magazine calls her "The queen of children's music" and the New York Times said she is "The Adele of the preschool crowd" most importantly, here at Today's Mama we call her the queen of our kid's playlists.
On this episode of the Today's Mama Podcast we talk parenting in NYC, music, fostering talent in our children, and anxiety and how to fight it.
Features
More about and from Laurie on TodaysMama.com!
- Your Essential Laurie Berkner Playlist: Top 10 Favorite Laurie Berkner Songs
- Parenting Advice: Whatever You Feed Grows
- Concerts Are Good For You (And Your Kids Too) Promise!
- Insider Travel Tips: 5 Things To Do With Your Kids In Manhattan
Show Notes
References, links, and corrections from this episode!
Ratatouille: Watch the scene from the movie and tell us what YOUR "ratatouille" is HERE!
Molly Ringwald post on The New Yorker: What About The Breakfast Club? Revisiting The Movies Of My Youth In The Age of MeToo
(Correction: I said this was on The New York Times on the podcast, it's really on The New Yorker)
Quote: "Worry is worshipping the problem"
(Correction: I misquoted it on the show, here's the real deal and where I had seen it)
Laurie's New Books: Monster Boogie and We Are The Dinosaurs
Graphic Worthy Quotes
Because we say very deep, very entertaining, very quotable things on this podcast:
Giveaway!
GIVEAWAY: Monster Boogie and We Are The Dinosaurs Books
Giveaway instructions are posted on our website here:
Follow Laurie!
https://twitter.com/LaurieBerkner
https://www.facebook.com/LaurieBerknerBand
Instagram.com/laurieberknerband
Laurie Berkner's Full Bio
Laurie Berkner has been a professional musician since 1992, but her success as a children’s recording artist was a surprise to her. “It was so unexpected,” says Laurie. “I’d been performing in rock bands and struggling to write original music. Writing music for kids has not been a struggle at all. The more I started working on material for children, the more I realized that it opened up creativity in me that I never knew I had.”
These days critics widely acknowledge Laurie’s major contribution toward launching what is now dubbed the progressive “kindie rock” movement – i.e. less saccharine, more rocking music that is not dumbed down for children. But it wasn’t simply an enormous amount of talent that helped create an entire genre and skyrocketed Laurie to her current position as “the queen of children’s mus...
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