Wake Up Kids

Wake Up Kids — Wiggly Wednesday: Tiny Dice, Big Smiles! (June 3, 2026) Rise and shine with Ticky Tocket on your favorite kids wake up podcast! Today’s giggly science scoop whisks us back about 12,000 years, where archaeologists uncovered teeny dice carved from bone—linked to early Indigenous peoples in North America. It’s a joyful reminder that playing games, taking turns, and laughing together is...

Wake Up Kids — A Kids Wake Up Podcast: Monday, June 1, 2026 Rise and shine with Ticky Tocket! This bouncy wake-up episode celebrates the first day of June and the start of winter down south, getting kids energized, smiling, and ready to take on the day. Today’s Science Scoop spotlights the brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. It’s just sent its first space photos and is gearing up for a 1...

Wake Up Kids – Super-Secret Sunday with Ticky Tocket Date: 31 May 2026 • A bubbly pop-in from Ticky Tocket for a surprise Sunday special of your favorite kids wake-up podcast! Expect giggles, good vibes, and a brand-new science scoop to start the day smiling. Science Scoop: Scientists have filmed, for the first time, a sperm whale mom giving birth in the wild! The whale pod circles protectively an...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast: Fan‑wag‑tastic Friday! Ticky Tocket kicks off a celebratory Friday, cheering the end of the school week and the start of the weekend. Press play to power up your morning with smiles, songs, and a big hooray for Friday! Science Scoop: Scientists discovered that some super‑smart pet dogs can learn new toy names just by overhearing people talk—no direct training n...

Wake Up Kids — Ticky Tocket’s Thunderously Thrilling Thursday It’s Thursday, May 28, 2026, and Ticky Tocket is cranking up the high-energy fun to launch your morning with a boom, a zap, and a whole lot of giggles. In today’s Kids wake up podcast, we stretch, smile, and get moving for a thunderously thrilling start!   Science Scoop: Scientists have made tiny “tabletop lightning” to copy how re...

Wake Up Kids — A Whale‑y Wonderful Wednesday Rise and shine with Ticky Tocket on your favorite kids wake up podcast! It’s midweek magic as we celebrate the week’s halfway mark with songs, stretches, and a splash of science to start the day smiling.   Today’s big scoop: scientists filmed a sperm whale giving birth in the wild for the first time near the Azores. Dive into the wonder as we learn...

Wake Up Kids: Kids Wake-Up Podcast — Telescopes That Wave Back! Ticky Tocket kickstarts your Tuesday, 26 May 2026, with high-energy wake-up fun—perfect for little ears and big smiles on the ultimate kids wake up podcast.   Science scoop: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has taken its first images and will scan the southern sky every night for 10 years. It’ll send alerts when stars explo...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast Ticky Tocket kicks off Monday, 25 May 2026, with an upbeat wake-up for kids, launching a fun new week on Wake Up Kids. Stretch, smile, and get moving with a cheerful start that sets the tone for a bright, busy day!   Today’s Science Scoop spotlights clever Sydney cockatoos that use their feet to turn on public water fountains—then teach each other the trick...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast: Ocean Hearts & Rainy Starts Start your morning with zany zing! Ticky Tocket splashes into today’s episode with ocean-wow facts: did you know octopuses have three hearts—and two take a break when they swim? Plus, they’ve got blue blood thanks to copper. Mind = blown!  Weather check for Lindfield, Sydney: a brisk 14.9°C morning warming to around 22°C with a...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast: Saturday Sparkle with Ticky Tocket   Kick off your weekend with Ticky Tocket’s bouncy Saturday (May 23, 2026) full of weekend cheer, giggles, and silly antics—perfect for little listeners easing into the day.   Science spotlight: meet the marvelous bogong moth! It navigates long journeys by using the stars like a sky‑GPS—and, as the show notes, it’s t...

Wake Up Kids — Saturday Surprise Special (May 23, 2026) Rise and shine with Wake Up Kids, the kids wake up podcast that zips you into the day with smiles, science, and splashy fun! Host Ticky Tocket pops in on a weekend with a bonus mini-episode packed with curious facts and cozy morning vibes.   What’s inside this Saturday Surprise: Science wow: Bogong moths can navigate by the stars — the f...

Wake Up Kids with Ticky Tocket — Kids Wake Up Podcast (Fri, May 22, 2026) It’s Friday and Ticky Tocket is bouncing you out of bed on Wake Up Kids—the kids wake up podcast that turns sleepy yawns into happy wiggles and big smiles!   Science Spotlight: Meet the clever Sydney cockatoos who’ve learned to use their feet to turn on public drinking fountains. We chat about curiosity, testing ideas,...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake-Up Podcast: The Amazing Brain It’s a high-energy Thursday, May 21, 2026, and host Ticky Tocket is here to get kids pumped for the day!   Big Topic: Your amazing brain is about the size of two fists and packs roughly 86 billion neurons. When you learn, zappy messages build new connections—like tiny secret tunnels—so your brain actually grows when you practice new thing...

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast (Wednesday, May 20, 2026) Hump Day hype is here! Host Ticky Tocket brings high-energy morning vibes to get kids smiling, stretching, and ready to roll.   Science spotlight: Meet the amazing Bogong moths of Australia—night-time navigators that steer by the stars! Discover how these tiny travelers find their way in the dark using the night sky.   Weather...

Wake Up Kids: Sneaky Magic Tuesday + The World’s Tiniest Violin Rise and shine with Ticky Tocket on your favorite kids wake up podcast! Today, Ticky brings big Tuesday energy and goes hunting for the “sneaky magic” hiding in the week—those little wonders that make ordinary days feel extraordinary.   Headline wonder: scientists built the world’s smallest violin—so tiny you need a microscope to...