# Summertime Best Kids Music Podcast

An episode of [The Children's Hour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1373480705), 30 Aug 2026, 59 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/childrenshour/ins.blubrry.com/childrenshour/TCH_Summertime-Best_podcast.mp3

Join The Children's Hour as we say goodbye to summer with the summertime best releases in 2026. Get ready to hang up your towel and grab your lunchbox, but first we have a dance party in this musical special.

## Transcript

[0:01] Coming up on The Children's Hour, we'll hear some of the summer's best releases for kids
[0:06] as we say goodbye to summertime. We'll help you say goodbye to the relaxed vibes of summertime
[0:13] in this musical special. You'll hear from Pierce Freelon, Laurie Berkner, Claudia Robin Gunn,
[0:20] Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, and many more of our favorite children's musicians. You can follow
[0:27] along on our playlist at ChildrensHour.org. just look for Summertime Best. Stick with
[0:34] us for a musical celebration of the changing of the seasons. Coming right up on The Children's
[0:40] Hour. The Children's Hour is an independent production of The Children's Hour Incorporated,
[0:45] a New Mexico based non-profit. We're distributed by Native Voice One, the Native American radio
[0:51] network. It's time for The Children's Hour. Kids Public Radio. Why are mountains the
[1:06] funniest place to travel? I don't know why! They're hill-arious! It's time for The Children's
[1:18] Hour! Kids Public radio!
[3:37] Song of Summer is Alma's way from the PBS kids show Alma's Summertime Musical. You're listening
[3:44] to The Children's Hour. I'm Katie Stone and today on the show we're saying goodbye to summertime
[3:49] and hello to the school year with some of the best of the summertime music that came out this
[3:54] year, including this next one fromBogoo's Best Day. This is The American Authors. Follow
[4:01] along on our playlist at childrenshour.org. Look for Summertime Best.
[4:10] Feeling good today. You know, I'm feeling so good. I think we need to celebrate.
[4:21] I see the sun is shining I got a feeling things are gonna go my way. Feeling extra smart I'm
[4:28] so inspired. To make a difference in the world to make a change. I'm thankful for the love
[4:35] I got. From my friends and all my family It's simple but it.
[4:49] Shout out, hey! It's time to celebrate. I'm gonna dance on out the door and go start my
[4:57] day. It's time to celebrate. I'm gonna wear
[5:11] It's time to celebrate So if you're feeling all the good vibes. Go and share them with
[5:17] your whole community. We're together, it's the best time There's nothing better than a
[5:24] little peace and unity So let's C-E-L, Ele-brate! C-E-L, Ele-brate!
[5:36] So sing it with me now! I'm gonna wake up every morning and shout out, hey! It's time
[5:44] to celebrate. I'm gonna dance on out the door and go start my day. It's time to celebrate.
[5:52] I'm gonna wear a smile on my face. It's like I'm on cloud nine in outer space.
[6:02] Shout out, hey! It's time to celebrate, hey!
[6:22] Come on.
[6:28] Take it to the chorus one more time.
[6:39] It's time to celebrate I'm gonna dance on out the door and go start my day It's time to celebrate.
[6:47] I'm gonna wear a smile on my face It's like I'm on cloud nine.
[6:59] It's time to celebrate Reach your hands up to the sky uh Ritch them down and sweep the
[7:28] time.
[7:33] Turn your head from side to side.
[7:41] If your.
[7:53] That's right.
[8:00] Here we go.
[8:11] Drop your angle in the air
[8:19] Touch your head and touch your toes. Shake your hips and touch your nose
[8:44] Reach your hands up to the sky.
[8:57] Bring some down and sweep the ground.
[9:05] Turn your head from side to side. your hands all around.
[9:27] Draw a circle, draw a square. Draw a triangle in the air.
[9:43] Touch your head and touch your toes. Shake your hips and touch your nose.
[10:12] you.
[10:29] Ya
[10:51] you.
[11:20] Sounds around the string. Let's tell the world of it.
[11:27] Yes
[11:54] you.
[12:09] You're a kid you
[12:20] you.
[12:42] Elena Park Moon has a new release called Nothing is Ordinary. That's a traditional Okinawan
[12:49] folk song, Hayamakachi Bushi. And before that, you heard Esther Crow from her brand new Get Silly
[12:56] release. Today on The Children's Hour, we're saying a musical goodbye to summertime with
[13:01] some of our favorite songs released this year, including this one. This is Wild Child from
[13:07] their very first ever kids release called Wild Child for Kids. Right here on The Children's
[13:12] Hour.
[13:18] But if I said I love you as you are. Every freckle and every little scar. You're perfect and
[13:31] you know it too. Sometimes we forget, cause that's so easy to do. Just know I'll remind
[13:43] you when you feel down. That I'll always love you even when. I'm not Keep your heart open,
[13:56] hold your head high.
[14:01] But I know that you can fly.
[14:09] Morning or night, rain or sunshine you I love you. Morning or night, or sunshine
[14:31] I said I love you as you are. Every freckle and every little scar I know you're perfect and
[14:44] you know it too. Sometimes we forget, that's so easy to do. Just know I'll remind you when
[14:57] you feel
[15:02] love you even when I'm.
[15:07] So keep your heart open, hold your head high
[15:14] you, but I know that you can fly
[15:31] I love you oh.
[15:58] Because we are friends we listen to one another If you're sad, you know that I won't be far
[16:06] And you don't need a map to discover That it's a treasure having friends who like you just
[16:15] the way you are. Because we are friends we love spending time together.
[16:26] It's easy to see you bring out the best in me because we're friends. Because you're someone
[16:34] I can trust Because we're friends. There's nothing that we can't discuss. We think about each
[16:42] other's feelings and we do it just because we're friends. Because I get you when you get me. That's
[16:50] why we're friends. And even we're so great together to get back in harmony. That's how I know we
[17:05] Stick together and help each other out because we're
[17:22] you'll step in, I'll be your. If you'll do me the honor, I'd like to dance with you
[17:30] Oh, oh, my.
[17:36] Yes.
[17:49] I'll be your better shoe If you'll do me the honor.
[18:42] Oh, I'll be your parachute If you'll do me the honor I'll make a house with you.
[18:51] Oh, oh, oh.
[19:09] If you're true, me, the honor will make a family too. Oh, oh.
[19:19] Say, oh.
[19:24] Oh, oh, oh.
[19:47] So.
[20:01] My Little Snap Bean is the title track off of My Little Snap Bean Zydeco for Children by
[20:07] Johnette Downing, Nathan Williams, and the Zydeco Cha Chas. And before that you heard DadJoke
[20:15] from their brand new Fun Intended Because We're Friends that featured Amanda DeBoer Bartlett.
[20:22] This is a musical goodbye to summertime with some of the best releases that came out this
[20:27] summer. right here on The Children's Hour. Stick with us. The Children's Hour is a production
[20:33] of The Children's Hour Incorporated. We're a New Mexico based nonprofit organization supported
[20:39] by listeners just like you. You can learn more about us at childrenshour.org. The New Mexico
[20:45] Department of Cultural Affairs supports The Children's Hour. Experience the magic of New
[20:49] Mexico's many cultural traditions at museums and historic sites statewide. More at nmculture.org
[20:55] slash traditions.
[21:06] If you ever plan to motor west
[21:14] Jack, take my way. It's the highway. That's the best. Get your kicks on Route 66.
[21:31] From Chicago to LA. More than two thousand miles all the way. Get your kicks on Route
[21:48] 66.
[21:54] St. Louis, Chaplin, Missouri, Oklahoma City is oh so pretty You'll see Amarillo, Gallup,
[22:05] New Mexico, Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino Won't
[22:16] you get hip to this time of tip? And take that California trip Get your kicks on Route
[22:34] 66 Let's take a drive
[23:03] through St. Louis, Joplin, Missouri, Oklahoma City. So pretty, you'll see. Amarillo, Gallup ,
[23:15] New Mexico. Yeah, Flagstaff, Arizona. Don't forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
[23:25] Won't you get hip to this timey tip? And take that California chip Get your kicks 66
[23:49] Kicks on Route 66 your kicks 66
[24:12] video.
[24:17] This year is the centennial. That means it's the hundredth year of Route 66. It's the classic
[24:25] famous highway that goes from east to west or west to east across the United States. It
[24:30] comes right through Albuquerque and that was the Happy Racers. You're listening to The
[24:37] Children's Hour. I'm Katie Stone. We're saying goodbye to summer. It's that time of year
[24:43] where summer ends and we welcome a new school year. We're going to go ahead and give you
[24:50] some of the best releases that came out this summer, including this one. This is Pierce
[24:56] Freelon right here on The Children's Hour from his brand new release, Black Boy Glow. I
[25:04] glow from the inside out. It is eternal. The end or the menace. Smile my glows replenish I am
[25:18] one of one I am unique I glimmer with the whimsy and mystique because I am magnifique.
[25:31] Got that black boy glow I don't care what no one thinks and that's for show I'm not cringy,
[25:38] I'm just whimsy.
[25:45] I love myself, I love my people, that's fo' sho'. I'm so trendy, peep my whimsy.
[25:59] I'm whimsy with my friends and my family I lowkey got a mage for a granny I'm whimsy when I'm
[26:07] outside in nature. A frolic in the flowers cause it's sacred. I'm whimsy cause I'm proud to
[26:14] be different I'm glowing like a cloud in a tempest. My smile blooms like petunias, cuz
[26:24] I got my black boy glow I don't care what no one thinks, that's for sure I'm not cringy,
[26:31] I'm just whimsy.
[26:38] I love myself, I love my people, that's for sure I'm so trendy, peep my whimsy.
[26:52] Okay, who want to be silly with me? Tell riddles with me, bewilder with me. Come giggle with
[26:59] me. You don't need to be cool You're free to be whimsy. You just need to be you. You're
[27:06] special and unique inside. Seek and find the magic and mystique inside. Black boy you major,
[27:14] God broke the mold when she made you. Cause you got that black boy glow I got that black boy
[27:20] glow. You can see it from afar. I twinkle in the dark like planets and stars.
[27:31] Got that black boy glow I have pride in my culture and people. My heritage is royal and regal.
[27:37] My love wars off hatred and evil
[27:45] glow. The skin I am in is a gift. The joy I do causes shifts. I know magic is real
[27:54] because I exist.
[28:01] Y'all, congratulations! You won the prize, a hundred lives to live, but only one your
[28:07] size. Cause you're one of a kind, the perfect shape, a person no one can impersonate. Your
[28:11] first rate, it's worth the wait to watch it grow like a beanstalk. Till you're high as
[28:15] the treetop, your side is a beatbox. Your life's like a lottery ticket to cash in. What's your
[28:20] special sauce? Your secret ingredient. Will you be your astronaut slash comedian. Blasting off
[28:25] cracking jokes for aliens? This is where that tale begins. Set sail my friend. Find your path
[28:31] and follow it It gets steeper than a marine biologist that speaks octopus. Pre-posterous
[28:36] is possible. Will you rock the bright rocket fuel? Everybody's got a song to sing I won't
[28:44] say you can do anything. But I guarantee you can do your Bang! Do your thing! Only you can
[28:52] do it! You might think you don't fit in. When someplace else you're the one thing missing
[28:56] The perfect puzzle piece that has to be. Connected to complete the masterpiece. But finding your
[29:02] thing isn't always easy. Whether you're staring in crystal balls or tea leaves. The future remain
[29:06] mysterious. But if you stay curious and take your place serious You'll explore past your
[29:11] comfort zone. And when you find your thing it's like you've come back home. You vibe with it,
[29:15] you might get it in five minutes You fit it just right, you synchronize with it. How nice
[29:20] is it when your life is quite vivid in high spirits? The sky's the limit. To go to your
[29:24] thing, to your thing, it's done. And if you need a theme song, we can sing you one, Everybody's
[29:29] got a song to sing. I won't say you can do anything. But I guarantee you can do your thing. Do your
[29:37] thing, do your thing, do your thing. Only you can do it
[30:12] Hey, won't you take a look? That's Secret Agent 23 Skidoo with a brand new release right
[30:22] here on The Children's Hour. We're celebrating the end of summer with some of the best of
[30:27] the music that came out this year. This next one is from Claudia Robin Gunn out of New Zealand.
[30:32] This is Dance Through the Day right here on The Children's Hour saying goodbye to summer.
[30:42] The sun is out to greet you, she says. So very good to meet you. Happy to see your face again
[30:48] with that big, big smile. And it's a bright and lucky morning. Let's get up and get dancing
[30:56] all through the day together. Are you ready? Set? Shine forever!
[31:04] Like a circle round this galaxy with you.
[31:16] Exactly with you.
[31:21] Just to make a silver lining. So never never never stop shining. And it's a bright and a
[31:29] lucky morning. Let's get up and get dancing. All through the day together. Shine, shine together.
[31:43] See you in.
[31:58] Come circle through the day. Come circle through the day. Circle through the day like a
[32:18] circle round this galaxy with you, oh oh, it's a good. Circle is something new I'm so happy
[32:28] to be circling with you.
[32:36] See you in the new oh oh.
[32:55] I'm so happy to be circling with your name .I'm so happy to be circling with. Hey Snooknuk,
[33:05] I always wanted to sing, but I don't know how. Can you teach me? Of course! All you have to
[33:12] do is... Mi fa so. So fa mi. Mi re do. Do re mi Mi fa so. So fa mi. Mi re do If you wanna sing,
[33:35] this is how it goes. Tune up your voice till you get the note. Get the right time and you're
[33:40] ready to flow. Open up your mouth and you belt it out. Oh! And this is how we roll. Yeah!
[33:47] And this is how we go. Oh!
[34:04] All right now. Go, Reddy! Let's go!
[34:12] Shout it out, set it free, is the perfect key. uh
[34:22] Show no fear, share your sound. Your worst can move this world around.
[34:31] Come on everybody, repeat after me! sing, sing.
[34:43] A little faster. Sing, sing, sing. Again. Sing, sing, sing. Let's go super fast. sing,
[34:54] sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing,
[34:59] sing, sing, sing, sing, together now. All together now. All together now. Sing! When I want to
[35:06] sing, I take my voice and I warm it up. One more time, make sure it's strong enough. Take
[35:10] a deep breath, it's long enough. Come on, y'all, let's go now. Let me hear you say, hey, nothing
[35:15] to it. All you got to do is do it.
[35:19] get
[35:25] now. Believe it.
[36:30] Because there's
[36:38] Ya oh.
[36:44] Oh.
[37:34] Dog.
[37:45] I know
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[40:20] You're listening to The Children's Hour, Kids Public Radio. We'll be right back.
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[41:02] You're listening to The Children's Hour. Today we're celebrating the end of summer with some
[41:09] of the best releases that have come out recently. Before the break, you heard You and Us from Fun Machine Dream with Good Vibes Only. Moves was Lachi from Magnificent. Snooknook before
[41:16] Snooknuk before that with Do Re Mi. We're playing all kinds of releases that came to
[41:22] us over the summer. Brand new ones that we think you might like including this one. This is
[41:28] Laurie Berkner from a brand new CD called Cinco Canciones En Español. This is her classic,
[41:37] Waiting for the Elevator, sung in Spanish, right here on The Children's Hour. Esperando
[41:43] el elevador Llegará pronto, llegará más tarde Cuando lo haga subiré y me iré de paseo Presiona
[41:54] el botón 1 1 Llego al primer piso 1 1 yendo al primer piso sube sube sube y cuando se abre
[42:06] la puerta hay un perro wow wow que se mueve tu cola conmigo nos movemos mientras esperando
[42:16] el elevador wow wow llegara pronto llegara mas tarde wow wow cuando lo haga subiremos e iremos
[42:25] de paseo presiona el boton dos Dos. Yendo al segundo piso. Dos. Dos. Yendo al segundo
[42:35] piso. Sube, sube, sube. Y cuando se abre la puerta hay un gato. Meow, meow. Y se ven y
[42:44] salta conmigo. Saltamos mientras esperando el elevador. Wow wow meow meow Cuando la vaca
[42:56] subiremos e iremos de paseo Presiona el botón tres, tres, yendo al tercer piso tres, tres,
[43:06] yendo al tercer piso sube, sube, sube y cuando se abre la puerta hay una vaca, dice ven y
[43:16] mesete conmigo nos vemos mientras esperando el elevador llegará pronto llegará más tarde
[43:24] Move, move. Cuando lo haga subiremos e iremos de paseo Presiona el botón cuatro cuatro
[43:43] yendo al cuarto piso cuatro cuatro yendo al cuarto piso sube sube sube y cuando se abre
[43:52] la puerta hay un elefante dices empatea tus pies conmigo Wow, oh Subiremos e iremos de
[44:15] paseo Presiona el botón 5 5 Yendo al quinto piso 5 5 Yendo al quinto piso sube sube sube
[44:27] Y cuando se abre la puerta un cocodrilo! click click esperandome Ahora estamos todos en
[44:40] el elevador. Wow, wow, meow, meow, moo, moo. Click, click. Y el cocodrilo. Wow, wow, meow,
[44:47] meow, moo, moo. Click, click. Todos juntos tomamos un paseo. Presiona el botón L. L. Liendo al
[44:56] vestíbulo. L. L. Liendo al vestíbulo. Bajando, bajando, bajando. Y cuando se abre la puerta.
[45:06] Todos afuera! Porque no vamos a esperar mas el elevador Quise escribirte una canción Invite
[45:21] a la inspiración Fue llegando music
[45:45] I'm of corazón resuena y florecen cosas buenas músicas
[46:07] See you guys!
[46:16] y mi voz nos esconde música.
[46:33] know that everything is said But there's to share I won't have enough days. To make you
[46:43] melodies
[46:59] don't where to If you weren't in my life I know I would be worse.
[47:57] Sweet girl.
[48:09] When I you.
[48:27] Who you're never.
[48:41] you
[49:08] The shells on the shore land in mountain breeze The stories of our ancestors swaying palm.
[49:15] trees It's perfect here in paradise, perfect on the island.
[49:24] Tell you why.
[49:33] Surfing as the waves roll in Fishing with my family and friends It's perfect
[49:42] here in paradise. Perfect on the
[49:49] me tell you who I am.
[49:54] Oh.
[49:58] Though I may someday move away. And travel to some distant land I know that I'll return,
[50:08] I will always yearn. For the calm and the peaceful.
[50:52] It's perfect here in paradise, perfect on the
[51:01] Tell you why.
[51:11] me tell you who I am.
[51:44] I’m Hawaiian features John Keawe with Kid Pan Alley from their 2026 summertime release, there's a song
[51:51] in every story. And before that, Sonia De Los Santos has a new one, that's Música. You're
[51:58] listening to The Children's Hour. Today we've been celebrating the end of summer with our
[52:03] summertime best releases. You can find a full playlist and more info about this show at
[52:09] childrenshour.org. And our shorts just came out. Those are our episodes that have learning
[52:15] guides made shorter to work out well in a classroom. You could check it all out at ChildrensHour.org.
[52:23] Look for "Shorts". We're pretty happy that these came out the first season has released and
[52:29] it's ready for this school year. This is Markie Weinstock and friends from his latest release
[52:34] here for you right here on The Children's Hour.
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[58:00] The Children's Hour is produced by The Children's Hour Incorporated, a New Mexico non-profit.
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[58:12] This episode of The Children's Hour was written and produced by me, Katie Stone, with production
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[58:22] to say goodbye to Thaniel Lentz, who's heading off to college. He's been on the kids' crew
[58:26] since he was a kid, and he's been our intern for over two years. Best of luck to you, Thaniel.
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