The King and the Polar Bear

Episode 109 of the The Secret Kindergarten | For Young Children podcast, hosted by Gino Volante, titled "The King and the Polar Bear" was published on February 22, 2025 and runs 49 minutes.

February 22, 2025 ·49m · The Secret Kindergarten | For Young Children

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Summary

L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, also wrote fairy tales. In today's episode we read "The King of The Polar Bears" from Baum's book, American Fairy Tales. The moral from this story is, "… that true dignity and courage depend not upon outward appearance, but come rather from within; also that brag and bluster are poor weapons to carry into battle." This fairy tale contains human-to-animal violence and animal-to-animal conflict. Fairy tales such as this one remind us how far we have gone in terms of censorship. Do you feel that battle advice is appropriate for children? Does it sit right with you? The Secret Kindergarten read aloud fairy tale gems encoded with common sense advice and Natural Law principles. Why not read these to children and observe the reaction? It's a fun learning experience for adults too.Music Songs by Nancy Stewarthttps://nancymusic.comBooksBrunelle, Lynn. (2018). Turn This Book Into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees. Workman Publishing Co.https://www.amazon.com/Turn-This-Book-Into-Beehive/dp/1523501413Dr. Seuss. (1990). Oh, The Places You'll Go!! Random House Publishing.https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Places-Youll-Dr-Seuss/dp/0679805273Baum, L. Frank. (2002). American Fairy Tales. Outrigger Publishing.https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4357Bed Tracks and Other AudioChill Relaxing Lo-Fi Hip Hop | Born by Alex-Productionshttps://onsound.eu/ | Music promoted by https://onsound.eu/“Save Me”, “Tibetan Bowls” & "Fragile Beauty" by Liborio Contihttps://www.no-copyright-music.com/https://www.youtube.com/LiborioConti“Cheer Up” by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/____________The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.https://thesecretkindergarten.com/The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.https://thesecretkindergarten.com/For any questions or comments: [email protected] my work: <a href="https://thesecretkindergarten.com/about-and-contact/#donations-link"...

Episode Description

L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, also wrote fairy tales. In today's episode we read "The King of The Polar Bears" from Baum's book, American Fairy Tales. The moral from this story is, "… that true dignity and courage depend not upon outward appearance, but come rather from within; also that brag and bluster are poor weapons to carry into battle." This fairy tale contains human-to-animal violence and animal-to-animal conflict. Fairy tales such as this one remind us how far we have gone in terms of censorship. Do you feel that battle advice is appropriate for children? Does it sit right with you? The Secret Kindergarten read aloud fairy tale gems encoded with common sense advice and Natural Law principles. Why not read these to children and observe the reaction? It's a fun learning experience for adults too.

Music
Songs by Nancy Stewart
https://nancymusic.com

Books
Brunelle, Lynn. (2018). Turn This Book Into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees. Workman Publishing Co.
https://www.amazon.com/Turn-This-Book-Into-Beehive/dp/1523501413

Dr. Seuss. (1990). Oh, The Places You'll Go!! Random House Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Places-Youll-Dr-Seuss/dp/0679805273

Baum, L. Frank. (2002). American Fairy Tales. Outrigger Publishing.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4357

Bed Tracks and Other Audio
Chill Relaxing Lo-Fi Hip Hop | Born by Alex-Productions
https://onsound.eu/ | Music promoted by https://onsound.eu/

“Save Me”, “Tibetan Bowls” & "Fragile Beauty" by Liborio Conti
https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
https://www.youtube.com/LiborioConti

“Cheer Up” by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
____________

The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

https://thesecretkindergarten.com/

The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

https://thesecretkindergarten.com/

For any questions or comments: [email protected]
Support my work: https://thesecretkindergarten.com/about-and-contact/#donations-link.