Teaching Kids to Think Critically and Ask Questions

Podcast: Reading With Your Kids Podcast · Jedlie Circus Productions, Inc

Opublikowano: 2026-10-01

In this episode, Jed welcomes back Angela Santomero, beloved creator behind Blue's Clues, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and now the Princess Penelope's Purse of Preposterous Things book and YouTube series. Angela shares how Princess Penelope's adventures are designed to build critical thinking skills, kindness, and problem-solving in young kids—while still being totally silly and "preposterous." She explains how careful research with children helps her team make sure the stories are both educational and genuinely funny, and why using "big" words like preposterous can be a powerful way to grow kids' vocabularies when adults read aloud. Angela also ta...