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Little Kids, Big Hearts

Sparkler Learning

Little Kids, Big Hearts helps kids and their grown-ups grow social and emotional skills, a.k.a. Big Hearts, with a little help from the show"s host, Todd Loyd, a longtime early childhood educator. It’s a space where kids LEAD the discussion and explore big ideas in social and emotional learning — from feelings to friendship to helping others. If you like using your imagination, going on mindfulness journeys to magical worlds, and eating gummy bears that grow on trees, then you"re in the right place

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All Episodes

6:00

Camp Sparkler: Hopes & Dreams

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/08/25

It's our eighth and final week of Little Kids, Big Hearts @ Camp Sparkler, and we're focused on our hopes and dreams: What are we looking forward to as the new school year approaches? What do we want to learn? What are we excited to experience? 💚 First, Todd shares some clips from an episode called "Hopes & Dreams With Jolly Abraham." Three kids — Levi, Christine, and Ariel — share some of the amazing things they'd learned in the last year ... and what they're

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4:33

Camp Sparkler: Feelings

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2025/08/18

Week 7 of Little Kids, Big Hearts @ Camp Sparkler is focused on feelings. We all have them — and we all can learn to identify them and manage them! Feelings are something we discuss a lot on our podcast, Little Kids, Big Hearts. In honor of this week of camp, Todd shares clips from two podcast episodes: 💚 First, Todd shares a clip from an episode called "Feeling Angry," in which Lauren, Esther, and Sam share what musical instrument their anger reminds them of. (Listen to the whole episode

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4:15

Camp Sparkler: Helping Others!

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/08/11

It’s week 6 of our summer learning program: Little Kids, Big Hearts @ Camp Sparkler, and we're back for another week of fun and learning. This week, we're focused on helping others! Podcast host/lead camp counselor, Todd Loyd, introduces the big idea and shares some clips from our episode, "How to Help." On the episode, three kids — Zohaib, Orion, and Kaitlin — shared their experiences and big ideas related to helping others in their communities. What are some ways YOU and your

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6:10

Camp Sparkler: Let's Imagine!

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/08/04

Week 5 of Camp Sparkler is focused on using our imaginations. The host of the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast and head counselor at Camp Sparkler, Todd Loyd, introduces the idea and shares some clips from a podcast episode focused on calming down — "Imagination Time." In the episode, three little kids with big imaginations, Shaelan, Sameia and Hunter, discuss the power of imagination with Todd, and then they journey together to the Land of Qook-a-lackas at the invitation of the

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6:52

Camp Sparkler: Feeling Grateful!

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/28

Week 4 of Camp Sparkler is focused on GRATITUDE — feelings of thankfulness and appreciation for the positive people, things, and experiences in your life. Gratitude can be a big, abstract idea for most young children — but it is important! Feeling grateful can help to foster emotional well-being and resilience. Research shows that practicing gratitude can reduce stress and anxiety, improve relationships, and promote a sense of belonging.The host of the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast and head

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7:21

Camp Sparkler: Calming Down

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/21

Week 3 of Camp Sparkler is focused on CALMING DOWN — strategies people can use to regulate their big feelings. The host of the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast, Todd Loyd, introduces the idea and shares some clips from a podcast episode focused on calming down — "The Key to Calming Down." In the episode, three kids (Charlie, Katrina, and Sienna) join Todd to share tips and tricks they use to calm down — which come in handy when they’re experiencing big feelings. The kids and Todd then t...

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4:07

Camp Sparkler: Working Together

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/18

This summer, Little Kids, Big Hearts is teaming up with Camp Sparkler, and we'd love for all of our listeners to join us for 8 FREE & FUN weeks of virtual summer camp. LKBH Host Todd Loyd is the head counselor at Camp Sparkler this year and each week, we'll be exploring big feelings, creativity, and a whole lot more! You can listen to the podcast, watch on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@LittleKidsBigHearts), and you can play along with play and learning activities in the Sparkler

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6:05

Camp Sparkler: We Belong!

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/13

This summer, Little Kids, Big Hearts is teaming up with Camp Sparkler, and we'd love for all of our listeners to join us for 8 FREE & FUN weeks of virtual summer camp. LKBH Host Todd Loyd is the head counselor at Camp Sparkler this year and each week, we'll be exploring big feelings, creativity, and a whole lot more! You can listen to the podcast, watch on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@LittleKidsBigHearts), and you can play along with play and learning activities in the Sparkler

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6:50

Storytime: The Curious Case of the Quiet Tree

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/10

Once, in the Land of Qook-a-lackas, where the sky shimmers lavender in the mornings and the grass hums softly under your feet, there stood a tree that… didn’t do anything. It didn’t blossom in spring. It didn’t drop colorful leaves in the fall. It didn’t blossom or grow fruits like the other trees — no Quinklepuffs, no Quiddleberries!Welcome to the newest original story from the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast. This month, we're focused on the natural world and how it makes us feel. And

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3:19

The Nature Detective Mission 🔍🌻

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/09

This month, Little Kids, Big Hearts is focused on the natural world — and how it makes us feel! And this month's "mission" is The Nature 🔍🌻 Detective Mission. Todd and Christy challenge listeners to learn about something new about the nature that surrounds you. See if you can find out the name of a tree or flower near where you live...or discover something else you'd never noticed about the natural world! The more we notice, the more connected we feel — to nature, to others,

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34:14

We 💚 Nature with Maulik Pancholy

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/07/04

On this episode, three kids — Charlie from Brooklyn, Knox from Denver, and Sienna from Houston — join LKBH host Todd Loyd to discuss the great outdoors — and how nature makes them feel. The kids and Todd then hike up an enormous imaginary mountain to travel to the Land of Qook-a-lackas … arriving JUST at the right moment to help a Qook-a-lacka friend, Qwiffin (played by the amazing Maulik Pancholy), grow a "memory garden." What is a memory garden?!Qwiffin explains: "Well, it's a

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14:14

Judge Reinhold Interview: How to Leverage Nervous...

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/06/27

On this special episode of the Little Kids, Big hearts podcast, LKBH host Todd Loyd has a conversation with the actor and legend Judge Reinhold. Judge appeared on our podcast at the start of the month — exploring feelings of nervousness and practicing some ways to cope with four big-hearted kids.Now he's back to share his OWN experiences and strategies. It turns out that even having decades of experience as a famous actor doesn't make you immune from feeling anxious, and Judge says

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2:52

Feeling Nervous? Sing Along With Us!

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/06/25

Everyone feels nervous sometimes — whether you're a Grammy-winning performer or a kid who hasn't started Kindergarten yet!This month, Little Kids, Big Hearts is focused on feeling nervous — what it is to feel nervous and some strategies to cope with the feeling! Today, we're thrilled to release an original Little Kids, Big Hearts song by the amazing educator/composer Benjamin Weiner called NERVOUS. It's inspired by the words that our amazing kid guests shared on our episode

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8:05

Storytime: Quessa's Big Camp Out

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/06/20

Welcome to Storytime!In this original story by the team at Little Kids, Big Hearts, we join Quessa, Kalini, and Karva, and their class of Qook-a-leekies on their first overnight field trip. It can be scary to be away from home ... and as the qook-a-leekies practice climbing and cope with a big storm, nervous energy grows and grows. How will Quessa the Qook-a-leekie cope with all the big nervous feelings? The story is voiced by host Todd Loyd and Creative Producer Christy Pusz Decatur. Thanks for

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5:05

The I'm Brave Mission

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/06/13

This month, the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast is focused on nervousness. The kids chatted about what makes them nervous and practiced some strategies to help them cope with nervousness, including a game called What If? ... But Then. In this month's "Mission," Todd and Christy challenge our listeners to play a version of the What If? ... But Then game at home: 1. Think of something that makes you nervous2. Draw a picture of your "But Then" — a positive resolution that turns

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28:19

Wobbly to Wow With Judge Reinhold

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/06/06

On this episode, four kids — Miel, Kelly, Leo, and Sammy — join LKBH host Todd Loyd to discuss nervousness: What causes nervous? What can we do with nervous feelings? The kids and Todd then float on fluffy clouds and to the Land of Qook-a-lackas … arriving JUST in time to help a Qook-a-lacka friend, Quillabee, get ready for the Big Feelings Fest! At first, Quillabee is feeling super nervous about sharing a story in front of a crowd — but the kids help Quillabee practice strategies to get past the

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16:05

Brush! Whoosh! Pop! — The Sounds of Our Feelings

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/05/30

This month, Little Kids, Big Hearts has focused on the power of music ... and we're excited to wrap up the month with a special interview with the person BEHIND the music on our podcast: Our audio engineer and sound designer, Ryan Marth. Host Todd Loyd joins Ryan and one of his kids (Clover, 8) for an interview about the power of music and sound design to help people understand how someone is feeling, even without words. You'll discover... 🎶 How Ryan imagines the sounds that accompany us

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8:32

Storytime: The Day the Songbook Disappeared

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/05/23

Welcome to Storytime!In this original story by the team at Little Kids, Big Hearts, we learn the origin of the Qook-a-lacka song healer, Quasnick, who we first met in our episode "Moving Time" when Quasnick helped kids create a song to help a Qook-a-lacka family cope with their big feelings around moving. In this story, Quasnick has practiced and practiced for the Great Qooka Sing, but loses the all-important songbook the day of the performance! Quasnick is poised to apologize and call it

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3:39

Original Song: Power of A Song

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/05/21

This month, Little Kids, Big Hearts is focused on the power of music, and today we are thrilled to release an original song by the amazing educator/composer Benjamin Weiner called POWER OF A SONG. What does music mean to you? How does music make YOU feel? Here are the lyrics! Sing along with us!POWER OF A SONGWhen you’re filled up with a feelinglike happy angry, or sad,you might feel some music coming too. And before too long, your feeling is a song, a song that belongs to you.And you can sing

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4:15

The Song of YOU Mission

Little Kids, Big Hearts ·

2025/05/16

This month, the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast is focused on the power of music! We shared some of our favorite songs from the LKBH podcast, and today, we're excited to share a brand new challenge for our listeners and their families: The Song of YOU Mission! Todd and Christy challenge our listeners to make up their own song that tells the story of their feelings, their experiences, their hopes and dreams ... We'd love to hear your song: Share it with us at podcast@playsparkler.o...

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