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BirdNote Helps Kids Learn Their Birds
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We hear from lots of people about how much they learn from listening to BirdNote. In this episode, Kim Bradmon and her son Ben share their stories.
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BirdNote Helps Kids Learn Their Birds
Written by Conor Gearin and Jessica Frantz
This is BirdNote. I’m Jonese Franklin, BirdNote’s Content Director.
One thing we love to hear at BirdNote is when educators and parents are able to use the show as a teaching tool — like BirdNote listener Kim Bradmon!
Kim Bradmon: One thing I like about BirdNote is the length — short little bites. I even use it in the kindergarten classroom. When I have like a really nice coloring sheet that they can watercolor paint of a bird, I'll play a BirdNote of that bird. You get some little factoid that kids and adults both enjoy.
After listening to BirdNote with her kids, Kim has seen their bird knowledge — and her own — begin to grow.
Kim Bradmon: I just see them noticing more. We'll try to name the birds outside the window at the feeder, and we're trying to learn the calls a little bit more. It's kind of a way to both appreciate the birds, but also see the growth in yourself.
Her son Ben is adding more bird calls to his repertoire.
Ben Bradmon: I can imitate a Mourning Dove sound. Coo-ah, coo-coo!
[Real Mourning Dove call]
Ben Bradmon: I just like birds. I like everything about them.
BirdNote has helped you learn more about the birds around you, so support the show with a donation at BirdNote dot org.
Ben Bradmon: For BirdNote, This is Ben Bradmon.
Kim Bradmon: And I'm Kim Bradmon. BirdNote is the bridge between generations of conservationists.
Ben Bradmon: If you love birds like I do, I hope you’ll make a donation to BirdNote today!
Kim Bradmon: support this work at birdnote.org.
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Senior Producer: Mark Bramhill
Producer: Sam Johnson
Managing Editor: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Conor Gearin
Content Director: Jonese Franklin
Mourning Dove call recording by user TRP on Freesound.org.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2024 BirdNote October 2024
Narrator: Jonese Franklin
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