Big and Little Podcast
A podcast about families and children, created for the grownups in their lives. Big & Little explores relevant topics ranging from play, learning, creativity, resilience, and health through interviews with people from varied professions and who have different perspectives and experiences.
- Update frequency
- every 58 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Jazz, Creativity, and Imagination: A conversation with Dr. Bill Banfield and Vaughan Bradley-Willemann
In this next episode of the Big & Little Podcast’s Creativity Series, two music professionals dive into the transformative power of jazz music and its impact on children and communities. Vaughan Brad…
Captivating Creations with Bernie Zubrowski
Bernie Zubrowski has dedicated his career to science education, both in and outside of the classroom. He has contributed to science curricula at the Education Development Center and designed numerous…
Music as Expression, Exploration, and Celebration
In this fifth installment of our Creativity Series, Carole Charnow, the Museum’s President and CEO interviews Ashleigh Gordon the co-founder, Artistic Director, and violist of Castle of our Skins, a …
Lifelong Kindergarten, Lifelong Creativity
Today on the show, Boston Children’s Museum President and CEO Carole Charnow interviews Dr. Mitchel Resnick in the next installment of our Creativity Series. Mitch Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professo…
Creativity through collaboration
The Museum’s Creativity Series continues with a conversation on the importance of connection, collaboration, and community. Through a grant from LEGO, called the LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network,…
A creative platform for the children, by the children, of the children
The Children's Art Museum of India, or CAMI for short, is an online platform and virtual Museum space that enables young artists to submit their art and share their creativity worldwide. Manya and Kr…
Cultivating the Components of Creativity
We’re bringing some creative exploration to the podcast with a special Creativity Series! Our first guest, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, is an artist, maker, educator, and the Museum’s current Gallery arti…
Bringing light to the world through stories
In today's episode, Boston Children’s Museum’s Vice President of External Relations, Charlayne Murrell-Smith talks with Research Scientist, Technologist, Filmmaker, Architect, and Educator, Topper Ca…
Designing for Play
How do we design for play? For two decades Cas Holman has been designing playthings and playspaces that encourage exploration, imagination, and collaboration. Through her company Heroes Will Rise, Ca…
Lifting Our Communities UpTogether
Meet Sama
Although we are a children's museum, we don’t often hear directly from our youth. In this episode we’re changing it up and welcoming our very first “little” to the Big and Little podcast. Now, don’t …
How to Help Our Kids "Grow Up Great"
Reaching children in their earliest years not only helps them develop the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills they need to succeed, but can also inspire lifelong enthusiasm for learning…
Celebrating STEAM in the Museum Space and Beyond
Ahead of the CreatedBy Festival on October 15th, 2022, Digital Content Manager and Podcast Producer, Kathryn York, interviews Boston Children's Museum's Director of Strategic Initiatives, Neil Tembul…
Imaginative Play is the Antidote: How to foster children's creativity, sense of agency, and emotional processing through play
When was the last time you let your imagination take the wheel? As kids, our imagination created endless possibilities. An old blanket was a superhero cape. Pots and pans? A full on drum set! Imagina…
How to Raise Girls Excited About STEM
The Importance of Art in Early Childhood Education
Art in early childhood helps children thrive and develop into well-rounded, socially-conscious individuals. Sadly, thousands of students across the United States do not have access to arts education.…
Inspiring Kids to Identify as Readers
Three simple words can have a profound effect on a child's life— "I’m a reader.”
Unfortunately for too many children in the US, numerous challenges and barriers have made these words infrequent.
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It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful: Strategies for a Low-Stress, Low-Cost Holiday Season Your Kids will Remember
The holiday season doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful. No matter what special occasion or tradition you celebrate around this time of year, along with the cheer can come large amounts of stre…
Innovation in Education: A Focus on Community, Identity, and Social Justice at Codman Academy
Listen in on a conversation with Codman Academy Head of School Thabiti Brown and third grade teacher and equity coordinator Marcus Parker about Codman’s thoughtful education strategies—teaching for s…
Children's Food Allergies: How prevalent are they and what can we do to help?
Join Carole and guests Drs. Michael Pistiner and Ali Yurkovic for an important conversation on food allergies in children. As allergy experts and parents of children with food allergies themselves, M…