Podcast appearances and mentions of april eight songs

Mookie and the Magic Egg, Story 7 Mookie and Grandpa are trying to decide how to care for the Chromanian Dragon whose egg was left in their chicken coop. With the help of this podcast's favorite gnome and his blustery little buddy Brizbane the Mouse, you're sure to enjoy this original fairytale series.  The April Eight Songs and Stories Podcast is full of gentle, magical songs and tales for innocent ears. Perfect for bedtime, snack-time, dinner-time, car-time, any time you need a sweet, funny, entertaining story told. April Eight, Waldorf teacher and early grades specialist has been called a "world-class storyteller". She shares her original fairytales to delight and enchant the whole family. Sign up for free or for the paid subscription newsletter at Stay Up Late with April Eight Substack, and never miss any of the sweet content that April Eight shares with her audience. Enjoy bonus content, more songs, more stories, and more fun at https://aprileightuplate.substack.com/ Links for other April Eight stories mentioned: You can find these stories anywhere you listen to podcasts. Here are links directly from my podcast host. The Butterfly Adventurer - the original Thom Gnome series. Jemi and the Birthday Surprise. Sander and the Giant. Mookie and the Magic Egg really starts with this story - Larkin and the Troll. That should keep you busy until Mookie and the Magic Egg 8, the final story of this series, comes out on Wednesday, August 21st!

This week on Start Hear : 30 for 30 Podcasts : Original, high-quality sports stories in the likeness of the acclaimed 30 for 30 documentaries, but made exclusively for audio. Bodega Boys : The Bronx's very own Desus Nice and The Kid Metro are giving you their irreverent yet hilarious takes on all things pop culture. April Eight Songs and Stories : Each week April Eight shares her delightful audio stories and songs for kids of all ages.

A song from April Eight that you can make your own! Add as many instruments as you want, or as you can remember! Is it a song or a game? You decide! 

Willowwood and her brother Scritch are all stuck inside. But they are not just kids, they are also  gnomes! So what do gnomes do for fun? You’ll find out!   After you listen to the story, there’s an activity for you to do that’s just like the gnomes in today's tale. There is a link in the show notes to download the materials to get you started. If you like today’s activity, you can find all sorts of fun projects and stories for your little gnomes at https://aprileight.com/ 

My first PICTURE BOOK, Little Fox Can't Wait to Dream, will be on sale November 4th! Take a moment to sign up for the email list at http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com to be the first to hear about the book's release! And take a look at my social media pages to stay informed, too. Happy Halloween, friends! I'm here to share a VERY SILLY Halloween story, featuring mistaken identities, bad jokes, and a sweet friendship. ENJOY! Many other members of Kids Listen are releasing Halloween episodes this week. I recommend checking out April Eight: Songs and Stories and But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids. They both have Halloween episodes coming out this week that are sure to delight and inform. To find more great kids' podcasts, visit www.kidslisten.org. I didn't have a chance to include listener sound effects in this story, but I am definitely still accepting them and I have received SO MANY GOOD ONES so far. You can send me your very own sound effect! Just use the voice memo app on your phone, record your Tiny People making a (recognizable) sound, and email it to rhea@littlestoriestinypeople.com! They might just hear their sound in a future story.

My first PICTURE BOOK, Little Fox Can't Wait to Dream, will be on sale November 4th! Take a moment to sign up for the email list at http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com to be the first to hear about the book's release! And take a look at my social media pages to stay informed, too. Happy Halloween, friends! I'm here to share a VERY SILLY Halloween story, featuring mistaken identities, bad jokes, and a sweet friendship. ENJOY! Many other members of Kids Listen are releasing Halloween episodes this week. I recommend checking out April Eight: Songs and Stories and But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids. They both have Halloween episodes coming out this week that are sure to delight and inform. To find more great kids' podcasts, visit www.kidslisten.org. I didn't have a chance to include listener sound effects in this story, but I am definitely still accepting them and I have received SO MANY GOOD ONES so far. You can send me your very own sound effect! Just use the voice memo app on your phone, record your Tiny People making a (recognizable) sound, and email it to rhea@littlestoriestinypeople.com! They might just hear their sound in a future story. Music and Sound in today’s episode: “Carefree” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Danse Macabre” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Teddy Bear Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Doh De Oh” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Moonlight Hall” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Long Stroll” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “One Eyed Maestro” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 “Look Busy” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  I’m so thrilled to bring April Combs Mann to you today! April is SUCH a talented musician, and she’s combined that talent with her equally amazing writing skills and Waldorf training to create a podcast for children and families. I LOVE her deep compassion for children, and she inspires me to keep the magic alive - not only for my children, but for myself as well. This episode is chock-full of ways to connect with your children. I think you’ll love April’s humor, ease, and openness. I’ve also ended the episode with one my favorite songs of all time, written and sung by April, from another project of hers- The Honneycombs. So be sure to listen to the end for an extra treat. Enjoy! Listen on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher In this episode you’ll hear: -How April went from fronting a rockband to creating a fairytale songs and stories podcast -Why she believes in keeping innocence, music and delight at the core of her work -An explanation of the Waldorf education model, and how you can incorporate Waldorf-inspired practices in your home -How sometimes, we need to keep the magic and wonder alive even if our spouse isn’t into it -How April instilled a love of story and reading into her children -April’s thoughts on the term “Devoted Wife and Mother” -Some honest sharing about how she struggled during the early years of mothering Mentioned in the show: April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast | Podcast Instagram April on Instagram April Eight Album: Songs for A Magical Winter Tajci Cameron Matt Penkin Metal Brainiac Podcast Sparkle Stories Download your FREE Soul Work Sheet #30 Books Mentioned: Percy Jackson & The Olympians Harry Potter Chronicles of Narnia A Series of Unfortunate Events Songs Played: The Goblin Dance Little Moon Listen to more episodes: SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

Today we launch Season 4 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast with a few special guests! The Which Witch is here and Gilbert Goblin stopped by to sing with me The Merry Gnomes Song - "Gnomes are Short” a fun song in the round and a fun podcast episode for your kids at bath time, bedtime, car time and family time. Hello my friends, and welcome to Season 4 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. Oh, I know, I have been away too, too long, but instead of writing stories I’ve been doing all sorts of things to make listening to my April Eight Songs and Stories podcast easier for you and your family. For one thing, I built a whole new website all by myself, which was a little harder than I expected. But it is done now, so go look at it and tell me what you think. It is still at aprileight.com - and that eight is always spelled out, e-i-g-h-t. http://www.aprileight.com Choose your reward and support this show at http://www.patreon.com/aprileight Alright, down to business. I have a silly song to share with you that I learned from my music teacher friend Ms.  Biederman. It goes like this… The Merry Gnomes Round - "Gnomes Are Short" Hi ho cried the merry gnomes It is off to the woods we (x) are (x) We’d like to stay but time is ( x  x)  short Now this is a song that is good to sing with a few friends because, if you do, you can sing it in the ROUND. I invited two of my friends to come in and sing with me.  Dear Listeners, do you remember the Which Witch from Episode 14 of The Fairy Queen and the Three Brothers series? Well, since it is almost Halloween, I thought it would be nice to invite my favorite Witch over to sing with me. How lucky am I that she said yes? A8 “Yes, thank you Which Witch. I truly appreciate you coming to sing with me today.” W “Oh well, was it a good choice or a bad choice? You can decide when it is over… hee hee hee. How do you know I can even carry a tune? Hmmmmm?’ I can't get my friend Gilbert Goblin to sing with us and so I call my daughter in to sing with us. And she said,  “Oh…. wow. Mom? There is actually a witch in your office. You take this fairytale thing pretty seriously! Uh…. Nice to meet you, Which Witch.” Mia and the Which Witch and I sang together and it was silly and then I said, ...Thank you so much for helping me launch Season 4, Which Witch and Mia. I really appreciate it. Fiddle Faddle Fee that’s a little minute with me. I hope all of you friends and listeners out there teach "Gnomes are Short" to your friends and sing it all season. Come back next week and find out what happens when the Which Witch meets Gilbert, our little goblin friend here. It is a Halloween Fairytale story episode….  Thank you for listening to the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. For all things April Eight, please go to aprileight.com. And to support this show, please go to patreon.com/aprileight and chose what fun reward suits your family. http://www.aprileight.com Choose your reward and support this show at http://www.patreon.com/aprileight

 Today’s episode is called “A Little Minute about Us!” because today’s episode is the one-year anniversary of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast! It is Episode 28! I called it a little minute about us because I love us, you and me together, so much! I have loved sharing my songs and stories and joy with you, my dear listeners. And we’ve been doing that for a whole year! Can you believe it? A whole year of fun for your kids at bathtime, bedtime, car time and family time.  Find more April Eight at  aprileight.com Instagram.com/aprileightsongsandstories YouTube.com/aprileightmusicFacebook.com/aprileight If April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast was a one-year-old baby whale, it would be almost 43 feet long even though it is still practically a baby! (or 13 meters for those of you who measure that way). But instead of growing I’ve been writing! I’ve written 24 stories, shared 5 different little minutes with you, well six including this one, sung lots of silly and sweet songs and come up with as many different voices as I could think of for a whole bunch of characters I hope you’ve enjoyed, from opossums to fairy queens, gnomes to woodsman to falcons, grouchy brothers who turn into kind brothers, and a small mouse with a whole lot of attitude. Do you have a favorites character? Stop by my April Eight Facebook page and let me know. Oh, how I would love to hear about that! So I’d like to send a big shout out of love to Sander and Emerson, Victor and Vivia and their Grandma Susan, to Bonnie, my mom, to Hunter and Mae and Elsie, to Griffin and Nathan and Jonathan, Neala and Taylor, Kaya and Shae, to Annarose and Elias, to Ethan and Verity, to Izzy and Liam, Summer and Annabel, Matia and Ezra, Carolyn and Ollie, Aliza and Nez, Noah, Liam and Theo, Noah and Audrey, Grace, Charlotte and Adelynn and Stone and Solen. And a big thank you to the Cincinnati Waldorf School - you've been such a big inspiration to me. And to my kids-podcasting pals at KIDSLISTEN.ORG, I get to hang out with the coolest people in podcasting. And all of you who have been listening in Iceland - I wrote a report on Iceland when I was in the 6th grade and I’ve been in love with it ever since, so HELLO!  Ireland, and Scotland, Australia, Germany and Vive La France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Japan and our neighbors from in Canada. My friends in India, Israel, and Spain, Hola Mexico! and The United Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Chile Bangladesh and Nepal, Bahrain and Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Brazil, Switzerland and here in the USA in Ohio and California, Tennessee and Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, New York and Michigan, Texas and Washington, and Washington DC, Oregon and Indiana, where I was born, Missouri, Massachusetts, Utah, Pennsylvania, Georgia and New Jersey, Iowa, Alabama, Arizona, Kansas and Wyoming, Rhode Island and Oklahoma, and NEVADA! Louisiana, Vermont, Florida, and Utah! Hi, Matilda and Ada! Minnesota, Colorado and Maryland, and oh my goodness, if I forgot your special spot on the globe, well, tell me about it and I’ll give you a shout out next time. Send me an email at april @ aprileight.com.  I have a celebration of a song for you. I wrote it with a bunch of kids who called their band The Peaceful Narwhals at my April Eight Songs for Peace Camp. This song I’m about to play for you was the first song we wrote at my first camp, so it seems like a perfect one to sing hooray for the first year of the April Eight Songs and Stories Podcast. --- "Hello Friend" a song by April Eight and the Peaceful Narwhals c 2012 Here it is:  Hello good morning, good afternoon It’s good to see your smile, my friendMy best friend, forever and alwaysI haven’t seen you in awhile, but your smile makes me happyMy friend The way your eyes sparkle I can see you really shineWhen you share your heart with me and I can share back mine. It’s your personality, your joy, your kindness and your laughterYour trust and your hugs keep us happily together, my friend! I la la la la la la la la love being your friend, my friend! Hello good morning, good afternoon It’s good to see your smile, my friendMy best friend, forever and alwaysI haven’t seen you in awhile, but your smile makes me happy,My friend.  I la la la la la la la la love being your friend, My friend! ---  I guess that is all I really have to say to you today, I love being your friend. Thanks for listening to my podcast! Fiddle Faddle Fee - that’s a little minute with me. Come back next time and I’ll tell you a story right here on the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. I’ve been laughing the whole time I’ve been writing the next one, and I hope it will make you laugh too… that Brizbane!

Happy National Donut Day! Today’s episode is called “A Little Minute about Donuts ” It is Episode Number 26! How about that? Did you KNOW there was such a thing as NATIONAL DONUT DAY? Well, there is. And it is coming up here in just a minute. Okay, a few days. ---- Find more April Eight at  aprileight.com Instagram.com/aprileightsongsandstories YouTube.com/aprileightmusic Facebook.com/aprileight  ---- Now a few years ago I was teaching at a summer camp. I called it April Eight Songs for Peace Camp and the camp kids and I would write songs together all week. We would brainstorm all of our ideas about Peace on the first day of camp and then we would use that big list we made to write songs from all week. And we would also do other stuff like make crafts and do yoga and hike and stuff. It was really fun.   There was this one day that was hot and sticky and everyone was having fun making crafts and playing games but well, they weren’t really in the mood to write a song. The thing was, we had a performance to put on for their moms and dads in a few days so I said, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT. They thought and they thought and they drew and they painted but they didn’t have any ideas for a song. And then, well, I think they all got hungry. And because they were hungry, they started talking about what they really liked to eat. And once someone mentioned DONUTS, well, it was all over. That was the only thing anyone could talk about. So, I said, hey, let’s write a song about donuts. And they said, CAN WE REALLY DO THAT? And I”m like, when you are a songwriter, you get to write about whatever you want. And so we did. And their families thought that the kids’ donut song was the very best song of all. This song was written, with a little help from me, by a group of kids ages 6-11. They named their band PEACE LOVE AND DONUTS and this song is called “The Donut Song”. I hope you like it. "The Donut Song" by April Eight and Peace, Love and Donuts  We could write a song about peace, we could write a song about friendship, we could write a song about freedom, but we want to sing about donuts!…   We like donuts with sprinkles and chocolate icing Custard in the middle! Ew, that’s totally disgusting. We could sing a song about compromise We could sing a song about hamsters We could sing a song about serenity But we want to sing about donuts. We like donuts, they’re yummy with glaze and powdered sugar Cinnamon and chocolate For breakfast lunch and dinner We could sing song about nonviolence We could songs about inner wisdom But donuts make the world go round That’s why we sing about DONUTS.    Happy National Donut Day! Bah bad dah! Fiddle Faddle Fee - that’s a little minute with me. Now next week I’ll have TWO, YES TWO, episodes of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast for you because, guess what, it will be the ON E YEAR ANNIVERSARY of my podcast. And there is almost nothing in the world I am more proud and pleased about than sharing these stories I’ve written with all of you, and so I’m ready to celebrate. And I hope you’ll join me and tell your friends too!   April Eight has been cited as an expert by the Download on Podcasting. How fancy is that?   © 2017 April Eight "The Donut Song" was written by April Eight and Peace Love and Donuts, © 2013 all rights reserved. 

Welcome to Episode 22 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. Today’s episode is  “A Little Minute about a Little Minute“. On today's episode, I share with you a new thing I'm going to do called "A Little Minute". I always have more songs and poems and ideas and shout-outs and happy birthdays and gratitudes that I want to share with you, and all of that doesn't always fit into a story. So I thought, hey, what about doing a little minute every now and again to share all the things that don't fit into a story? And so, this is the first one. And it is about What is a little minute? So we talk about that.  I also say Happy Birthday to Izzy - she turned nine years old just last week! and Thank you to Summer for sharing her wonderous Fairy Sandcastle Ball with me on Instagram. Her mother said that she was thinking about "The Night of the Fairy Ice Skating Ball" song from the "Grammy and the Star Soup" story, Episode 19. You can also download that song from iTunes.  I send out some love to Annabel who is one of my first podcast listeners and I share with you a song from her current favorite episode, The Old Man and the Seagull.  I give a little shout out to my buddy Stone, and his mama Michelle Duncan Wilson, creator of the thoughtful and meaningful mom podcast, Soul Work for Moms. Mothers, check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think.  Lastly, it is one of my favorite times of the month - time for another Stay Up Late with April Eight! See you on my April Eight Facebook Page on SATURDAY, March 25th at 8PM EST. xoxxoxo! Fiddle faddle fee - that’s a little minute with me. Come back next time and I’ll tell you a story right here on the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. LINKS: Soul Work for Mom: http://soulworkformoms.com/ The Old Man and the Sea, Episode 9 of the April Eight Songs and Stories Podcast: https://aprileight.com/2016/08/03/the-old-man-and-the-seagull/ Grammy and the Star Soup, Episode 19 of the April Eight Songs and Stories Podcast: https://aprileight.com/2017/02/11/grammy-and-the-star-soup/ The Night of the Fairy Ice Skating Ball from "Songs for a Magical Winter" by April Eight: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-for-a-magical-winter-ep/id484863272 STAY UP LATE WITH APRIL EIGHT! http://www.facebook.com/aprileight

Welcome to Episode 18 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast! I'm so excited about this one because it makes me giggle - I just love my little Felix. Maybe because, just like him, I'm a younger sibling myself. Today's story is called "Meggie & Felix and the Snowy Little Minute" a great little tale for your kids at bedtime, bath time, car time, or anytime your family needs a story.  facebook.com/aprileight instagram.com/aprileightsongsandstories aprileight.com Download the song from this week's episode right here or here. Now you might be wondering what a "little minute" is. Well, I gotta tell you, it is an expression that I've used forever but I really don't know if anyone else does. When I say, "I'll be there in a little minute," people have always looked at me like "What's a 'little minute'?" So, I'll tell you what I mean when I say it: It means, a short amount of time but I don't exactly know how long it will be. Have you ever heard anyone else who says "a little minute"? If you do, let me know. I'd love to know that I'm not alone. Or maybe I am. Either way, I like my 'little minute' and I'm not giving it up. Did you catch my poetry reference from the Snowflakes episode in this one?  I am so happy to say that the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast is now available on not only iTunes but also GooglePlay, Stitcher and SoundCloud! Please share your favorite episodes with your friends. When people ask me about how to get my A8 Podcast, they just hand me their phones and I set them all up – once you know how to subscribe it is so easy, but sometimes folks need a little help. It is a pretty nice thing to do to provide fresh, sweet, happy, family-friendly fairytales for your friends and their kids. It just takes a second to set them up – just click subscribe! Oh, and I changed the name/address of my Instagram account from aprileightmusic to aprileightsongsandstories to go better with my Podcast. If you are an Instagrammer, come say hi! It is my fav spot online: instagram.com/aprileightsongsandstories All songs, stories, and illustrations are copyrighted by me, ©April Eight 2017. It is my favorite thing to do! How do you and your family listen to the April Eight Songs and Stories Podcast? It would really help me out to know how best people are connecting.       

Welcome to Episode 17 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. With so much to enjoy about winter, I'm glad it is here! Today's story is called, 'Snowflakes" a great little tale for your kids at bedtime, bath time, car time, or anytime your family needs a story.   The poem I tell about in my story in this podcast is Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. And, if you'd like to find my song, Snowflake Fairies from the April Eight Songs for a Magical Winter, you can download it right here.  To find my world-traveling friends and their family, go to Journey of the Globe  (@journeyoftheglobe) on Instagram and Follow them so that you too can be a part of their grand adventures. And while you are over there on Instagram, follow me, and also my brother James and his band, Great Willow.  And, if you want to Stay Up Late with April Eight on my Facebook Live Slumber Party on January 28th, come on over to Facebook and Like the April Eight page. We'll be staying up late on the last Saturday of every month! And as I mentioned, if you haven't heard the Jemi Stories, you are in a for a treat.  And subscribe today to the April Eight Newsletter and get all the exclusive fun extras that come along with it.  Thank you for listening. If you’ve been enjoying this episode, let me know. I’d love to hear from you – you can leave a comment on Facebook or send me an email. And, it would be great if you would leave a review on your favorite podcast venue and let everyone know you like what is happening at April Eight. Spreading the word is a lovely thing to do.