Tune Up

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Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Listen to Tune Up to check out the songwriting process and the finished song!

  1. What can you do on a 🌧️ rainy day?

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    What can you do on a 🌧️ rainy day?

    Welcome friends! Welcome to our second special summertime episode of Tune Up — Bloop on the Stoop — where we're outside on the front stoop rather than in the studio. On this episode, Max (age 5) shares a question that's on many kids' minds: What can you do on a rainy day in the summer when it's hard to play outside? From their stoop in Brooklyn, Benjamin and his puppet friend, Bloop, discuss. They remind Max about the Tune Up episode with Zaira focused on being flexible. It can be hard — if you REALLY WANT TO play outside — to transition to a different indoor activity. But they brainstorm some ways to actually have a more fun, better day by having an open mind and thinking in a flexible way. Benjamin then shares an original song — RAINY DAY — that's all about spending time with the people you love on rainy days. Whether you're indoors or outside, jumping in puddles, a rainy day is OK if you're with friends/family you love! Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Asking your child about what they love to do on a rainy day. 🌟 Creating a bag of notecards with ideas for rainy day play. On the next rainy day, pull a card out of the bag to decide what to do together! 🌟 Writing/illustrating a story about a rainy day when something unexpected happens. 🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own rainy day song. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    4 min
  2. Full Season 1 🎶 Tune Up Mixtape 🎶: Original Kids' Songs from the Tune Up Podcast

    2 juil.

    Full Season 1 🎶 Tune Up Mixtape 🎶: Original Kids' Songs from the Tune Up Podcast

    It's time to put on your dancing socks again 🧦🎶! In this special episode, host Benjamin shares 🎶ALL🎶 of the songs from Season 1 of the Tune Up podcast in a special, 25-minute "mix tape" of catchy tunes for kids (and their grown-ups!) from the Tune Up podcast.  Each song in Tune Up is inspired by a conversation between host Benjamin and a child about something tough they're dealing with — from saying "goodbye" to friends to cleaning up your room. The kids' words turn into lyrics and their humming and drumming turns into the notes of the songs. The songs are performed by Benjamin with the kid guests — and produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones!  On today's episode, you'll hear the following original songs from Tune Up 📼🎶:  🎶 TUNE UP — the full podcast theme song — featuring singer/songwriter/host Benjamin, music producer Dean, and kids from Tune Up!  🎶 FLEXIBILITY featuring Benjamin with Zaira, age 8 🎶 WAIT FOR ANYTHING featuring Benjamin with Nico, age 5 🎶 SIBLINGS ARE TOUGH, featuring Benjamin with siblings Zaira, age 8, and Zaim, age 5 🎶 THE CLEAN UP DANCE, featuring Benjamin with Georgia, age 5 🎶 I CAN SAY SORRY, featuring Benjamin with Zaim, age 5 🎶 TRY IT, featuring Benjamin with Cameron, age 4  🎶 WE'RE INCLUDING, featuring Benjamin with Leo, age 8 🎶 KIND WORDS, featuring Benjamin with Sawyer, age 5 🎶 CALM DOWN TIME, featuring Benjamin with Georgia, age 5 🎶 CUDDLE YOUR STUFFIES, featuring Benjamin with Maya, age 5 🎶 OK ON A SUMMER DAY, featuring Benjamin with Brooke, age 9 Tune Up is perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 Want to be on a future Tune Up episode? Is your child interested in sharing a problem/question with Benjamin & Bloop? Email us at tuneup@playsparkler.org to get involved with our special summer series! 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Having a dance party as you listen to the episode! 🌟 Discussing the words you hear in the songs. Which words stick in your heads? Why?  🌟 Using the Tune Up method with your child to talk about and then make up a song about something tough — one of the topics in this episode or something challenging happening at home or at the playground.  🎶💛🎶💛🎶 About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🎶💛🎶💛🎶 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    25 min
  3. Let's Keep in Touch This Summer!

    25 juin

    Let's Keep in Touch This Summer!

    Welcome friends! Welcome to our first special summertime episode of Tune Up — Bloop on the Stoop — where we're outside on the front stoop rather than in the studio. On this episode, host Benjamin and his friend Brooke (age 9) discuss something that's a challenge for many kids: missing our friends from school over the summer! Brooke is going to sleepaway camp this summer, and she shares some of the ways she's going to keep in touch with her school friends during the summer months — as well as her excited feelings about seeing her camp friends soon.  After chatting and pretending with Benjamin's puppet friend Bloop, Benjamin and Brooke co-create a catchy new song together called OK ON A SUMMER DAY using the Tune Up Method. Brooke plays the recorder, Benjamin plays his ukulele — and both rhyme the lyrics — to create summertime magic! Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Asking your child about their feelings as school ends and summer begins. 🌟 Writing letters to friends who are far away during the summer or finding ways to FaceTime or video chat with friends to stay in touch. 🌟 Creating a "summer book" where you and your child draw pictures or write stories about what you do and see this summer to share with school friends (and new teachers!) in the fall. 🌟 Brainstorming fun activities — crafts, outings, making your own backyard musical, etc. — to try with kids you meet this summer. 🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own summer song. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    8 min
  4. Tune Up Mixtape Volume II: Original Kids' Songs from the Tune Up Podcast

    17 juin

    Tune Up Mixtape Volume II: Original Kids' Songs from the Tune Up Podcast

    It's time to put on your dancing socks 🧦🎶! In this special episode, host Benjamin shares a special "mix tape" of catchy kids' songs from the Tune Up podcast.  Each song in Tune Up is inspired by a conversation between host Benjamin and a child about something tough they're dealing with — from learning to be flexible to saying sorry. The kids' words turn into lyrics and their humming and drumming turns into the notes of the songs. The songs are performed by Benjamin with the kid guests — and produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones! They're being released first here, and then as an album.  On today's episode, you'll hear the following original songs from Tune Up 📼🎶:  🎶 TRY IT, featuring Benjamin with Cameron, 4  🎶 WE'RE INCLUDING, featuring Benjamin with Leo, 8 🎶 KIND WORDS, featuring Benjamin with Sawyer, 5 🎶 CALM DOWN TIME, featuring Benjamin with Georgia, 5 🎶 CUDDLE YOUR STUFFIES, featuring Benjamin with Maya, 5 Tune Up is perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Is your child interested in sharing a problem/question with Benjamin & Bloop?  Email us at tuneup@playsparkler.org to get involved with our special summer series! Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Having a dance party as you listen to the episode! 🌟 Discussing the words you hear in the songs. Which words stick in your heads? Why?  🌟 Using the Tune Up method with your child to talk about and then make up a song about something tough — one of the topics in this episode or something challenging happening at home or at the playground.  About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@tuneupsparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    11 min
  5. Cuddling Your Stuffies and Other Bedtime Tricks

    9 juin

    Cuddling Your Stuffies and Other Bedtime Tricks

    Welcome friends! In this episode, host Benjamin and his friend Maya (age 5) discuss something that's a challenge for many kids (and grown-ups, too!): bedtime! Together, they discuss some ways to calm down and get to sleep. After chatting and pretending with Benjamin's puppet friend Bloop, Benjamin and Maya co-create a catchy new song together using the Tune Up Method.   The song was produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones. It will be released as a stand-alone music tomorrow, and soon on the Tune Up album! Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Discussing bedtime routines that work in your home. 🌟 Making a list of activities to avoid right before bed (e.g., running around, eating snacks).  🌟 Taking turns adding onto an original bedtime story.  🌟 Practicing a bedtime routine with your stuffed animals. 🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own bedtime song. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    9 min
  6. Calm Down, Anytime!

    2 juin

    Calm Down, Anytime!

    What's something that helps kids... • Go to sleep at night • Concentrate and learn in school  • Play and solve problems together • AND MUCH MORE!?  Calming down!!!  Welcome to our new episode, in which host Benjamin and his friend Georgia (age 5), who also appeared in our episode about cleaning up, discuss why calming down is important and practice strategies to help kids calm down.  Using the Tune Up method, Benjamin and Georgia then co-create a catchy song about "calm down time." (The song was produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones. It will be released as a stand-alone music tomorrow, and soon on the Tune Up album!) Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Discussing situations when it's been hard to calm down: What happened? What did you do or say? What helped you calm down?  🌟 Play a game like "red light, green light" to support the development of self-regulation skills.   🌟 Creating a plan that you'll follow the next time you want to calm down.  🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own "calm down" song. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    10 min
  7. I Like You

    26 mai

    I Like You

    Welcome! In this episode, host Benjamin and his friend Sawyer (age 5) discuss something that can be a challenge but also fulfilling once we learn how: using kind words. Something as seemingly simple as saying "thank you," "let's share," or "I like playing with you" can be hard, but using kind words is foundational to children's social and emotional development. It builds empathy and helps children to grow healthy relationships. Using kind words helps kids learn that their words have power — and can help others feel good! The episode begins with an open conversation about the importance of using kind words. Then Benjamin and Sawyer pretend to show the difference between using kind words and doing the opposite.  Using the Tune Up method, Benjamin and Sawyer co-create a catchy song about the power of kind words. (The song was produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones. It will be released as a stand-alone music tomorrow, and soon on the Tune Up album!) Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Discussing everyday kind words.  🌟 Discussing how you feel when others use kind words.   🌟 Talking about different scenarios at school, on the playground, or at home, and talking through the pros and cons of different words we could use or different ways to talk to others.  🌟 Brainstorming ways that your family could use more kind words.  🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own song about kindness. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    7 min
  8. We Can All Have Fun!

    19 mai

    We Can All Have Fun!

    Welcome! In this episode, host Benjamin and his friend Leo (age 8) discuss something that can precipitate lots of big feelings on the playground and beyond: Including and excluding others. Leo shares that some of his classmates started a group that excludes other kids — including girls! Leo says it's important to do the opposite and INCLUDE other kids in your play — whether you're playing soccer, pretending, reading books, or playing another game. Why? He says:  🌟 It feels good to include others 🌟 Excluding people can hurt them 🌟 It's usually possible (and more fun!) to change your game to include more friends The episode begins with a playful and honest conversation about the importance of inclusion. Then Benjamin and Leo imagine a pretend game of Good Monster/Bad Monster and think of a way to include a third friend in the monster play.  Using the Tune Up method, Benjamin and Leo co-create a catchy song about the power of including others. (The song was produced by GRAMMY®-winning musician Dean Jones. It will be released as a stand-alone music tomorrow, and soon on the Tune Up album!) Perfect for kids ages 3–10 and for listening together as a family. Grown-Ups, You Can Extend the Learning By: 🌟 Discussing times when you've noticed kids including or excluding others.  🌟 Telling your child a story about a time when you felt excluded from something and a time when you felt included in something. What happened? How did you feel?  🌟 Asking your child, "What does it feel like to include others?" 🌟 Asking your child, "What does it feel like when you're excluded from something?" 🌟 Brainstorming ways that your family could include other people.  🌟 Using the Tune Up Method with your child to create your own song about including others. About the Tune Up Podcast: Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Tune Up helps children to build social and emotional skills, growth mindset, coping skills, emotional regulation, resilience, and mindfulness skills. It's also FUN and a perfect co-listening experience for kids and their grown-ups. About Host Benjamin: Benjamin Weiner is a writer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for shows including Dora on Paramount Plus, Rosie’s Rules on PBS, and Vida the Vet on Netflix, and makes kids music as Princess Backpack and Benjamin. His first picture book is in the works with Simon & Schuster. Subscribe, Rate, and Share: If this episode resonated with your family, please subscribe, rate, and share the show. It helps other families discover Tune Up. 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TuneUpSparkler  📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuneupsparkler 📘 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TuneUpSparkler/ Credits: Tune Up is hosted by Benjamin Weiner. It is produced by Julia Levy at Sparkler Learning, with support from Brittany Sommer Katzin and Dana Stewart. 🌈 Visit The Tune Up Website:  https://playsparkler.org/tuneup

    9 min
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Tune Up uses the healing power of music to help children (and the adults who love them) tackle challenges of early childhood, from cleaning up to including others. In each episode, teacher and musician Benjamin Weiner chats with a child about a difficult topic. Together, they write an empowering song to take on the challenge. Listen to Tune Up to check out the songwriting process and the finished song!

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    Sparkler Learning
  • Années d’activité
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