Season 3 of The Fairy Tale Art Cart podcast is here! New folktales and draw along fun for screen-free kids!
I was signing my kids out of their afterschool program, and the director looked at me and said, “My second cup of coffee has officially worn off”. My eyes widened and I nodded with complete recognition of what he was talking about.
The 4pm crash is so, so real. And if your household is anything like mine… that’s exactly when I need to start shifting my brain to dinner and evening routine prep for three young kids… and all the things. It’s a time of day that on any given day can bring connection or chaos. Especially when my kids are asking me “What can I do now?” as me or my husband are chopping the zucchini that they may or may not eat.
When it’s times like this, screen time can definitely be an easy answer. As parents, we need breaks and we need pockets of time to just… get the veggies chopped without putting out 16 other fires. But giving the screen all the time doesn’t always feel great, either.
So…What if screen-time wasn’t the only answer? What if there was another option that was just as easy to set up as a screen, and that offered your kids about 30 minutes of engaged creativity so that you have that pocket of time to do what you need to do but you don’t have to hand over the ipad.
Meet The Fairy Tale Art Cart: Draw Along Stories For Kids!
It’s an interactive draw along podcast where kids become the illustrators of the stories they hear, and it’s available wherever you get your podcasts, including Yoto!
How The Podcast Works
listen, pause for a music-filled drawing breaks where Rachael gives an illustration prompt, keep drawing
All you need is paper and coloring materials. No setup, no mess and no screen to watch
A good fit for independent play, quiet time, road trips and homeschool art
What's new in Season 3:
A fresh batch of folktales from around the world: We kick it off withThe Magic Tea Kettle, a folktale from Japan with a kettle that turns into a tanuki!
Guest narrators: new voices bringing some of this season’s stories to life!
3 new Fairy Tale Art Cart LIVE experiences: live music, storytelling and community art-making
Why parents like you keep pressing play (it’s a Goodpods top 100 podcast!)
Builds imagination, listening skills and fine motor skills
Introduces kids to cultures from around the world through folktales
Gives you real time back without the screen-time guilt
Short paragraphs that end in one punchy line, like "Screen-free. Guilt-free. Imagination-full."