Classics For Kids - Podcast Rankings and reviews

We love this podcast! What a blessing for our homeschool to learn about composers, and for free! It’s well put together and just the right amount of info for our kids, who span from elementary to high school. Everybody can pick up something from the episodes: it’s not too dumbed down for the older ones or too complex for the younger kids. Thank you so much for this resource!!

I learned about Classics for Kids when it played on a classical radio station, and I was thrilled to see an archive of the episodes available for listening any time. I’ve been listening to the podcast with my niece in elementary school, and she really enjoys it, as do I.

The host is engaging and does a great job weaving a cohesive narrative within each episode, as well as implementing plenty of samples of the music she’s discussing. I feel that the length of each episode is perfect for the attention spans of most kids, but still manages to pack in a lot of information. I really like that a well-rounded variety of classical artists are talked about and their work highlighted, not just household names like Mozart and Beethoven. Plus, the podcast does a good job leaving out unsavory stuff, so it’s a safe listen for the whole family.

Classics for Kids does a great service in introducing young folks to the culture, history, and of course the music of the classical genre. I love being able to help my niece see that there’s so much more to music than pop, and we cherish the time we spend listening to this podcast together.

As a parent I wanted to introduce my children to music with a bit more intention than the passive listening to music I did growing up. I found this podcast is the Goldilocks amount of information to peak our interest about a variety of different composers. It showcases a variety of talented composers from many different cultures and backgrounds. Their website gives some really simple and practical tools for parents and kids to approach the genre of classical music. Thank you for your generous and hard work.

I want to love this podcast, but one episode in particular made me question whether I can share it with my children without previewing each episode first. In the episode Robert Schumann 2: Clara Schumann, the podcast host suggests that Clara may have been romantically involved with Johannes Brahms while married to Robert Schumann. This is not appropriate for an audience of children. I love the idea of a podcast introducing classical composers to children, but parents shouldn’t have to worry about inappropriate content being a part of it.

This is a great biographical series for adults looking to get a quick overview of a composer. For kids (ages 0-8) - this is a ton of densely packed information that goes over their heads. It assumes a level of sophistication in the audience that is more appropriate for an adult such as myself. Overall a good listen, but “Classics for Kids” is a bit of a misnomer.