Happy Pants
Happy Pants
Happy Pants is a weekly radio program and podcast distributed nationally for children aged under 10 who are blind, have low vision or a print disability, and their families. The overall aim for this program is to engage and entertain children who have vision loss to support their lifelong literacy and learning through storytelling, activities and more. It’s produced and presented by Geraldine, Reb…Social links:
Happy Pants - September 28
Things that go bump in the night can be scary if you don't know what they are. This week our Happy Pants team talks about all the different creatures that (sometimes noisily) go about their business while you're trying to sleep... perhaps they'll be less scary next time your hear them, because you'…
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Happy Pants - September 21
Did you know that the longest word in the English dictionary has a whopping 45 letters?! That's nearly an entire sentence in one word! Tune in this week to hear Geraldine attempt to say it. This week our happy pants team will be consulting the dictionary more than once, because it's an episode all…
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Happy Pants - September 14
Jo and Geraldine have some interesting items in their happy pants this week: a bag labelled 'specimens', a book about tides, a picture of a silly face with a cow jumping over it... So in case you haven't guessed, this week's topic is MOON! Did you know? The moon is covered in craters because it do…
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Happy Pants - September 7
This week the team are... hold on a moment... hello? Are you there folks?? They were here just a moment ago, but I seem to have lost them... Oh, there they are! They were just up ahead. Has that ever happened to you, where you've lost your way, or misplaced an object? This week's episode of Happy…
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Happy Pants - August 31
This week, in an encore presentation of this episode, Geraldine and Kate's happy pants contain some very tasty treats - perhaps not particularly tasty by human standards... We're talking kibble, seed and broccoli (which only some humans find tasty). This week's episode is all about pets! Dogs, bird…
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Happy Pants - August 24
Kate and Geraldine are watching ants doing a dance while eating plants this week on Happy Pants, because this week is all about making rhymes! Most songs and poems are made using rhymes, so if you think you have some rhymes, try singing them! Did you know that there are two colours that don't have …
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Happy Pants - August 17
Kate and Geraldine both have lovely combs in the pockets of their happy pants this week, because they're ready for this week's episode of Happy Pants which is all about Hair! Did you know that some countries developed the same sorts of hairstyles despite never meeting one another? And different typ…
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Happy Pants - August 10
Kate and Geraldine's happy pants look shiny and new this week after having a scrub in the bath, because this week's episode of Happy Pants is all about bath time! Did you know that a few hundred years ago, people would go months or even years without having a bath? But people seemed to bath more on…
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Happy Pants - August 3
Kate and Geraldine are wearing all sorts of colours this week. They're wearing gum boots the colour of yellow wattle, and their happy pants are a deep purple, just like blackcurrants! They seem like their ready for a hike in the wilderness, which is great because this week's episode is all about th…
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Happy Pants - July 27
Uh oh, Geraldine and Kate can't get into their happy pants pockets because they're zipped shut! But it's alright, because this week's episode of Happy Pants is all about things with teeth! Did you know that there are different types of teeth? Make sure you keep brushing and flossing to make your te…
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