Podcast

Cozy Rainbow Podcast is a family friendly educational podcast for kids. Tune in during your next family road trip or in the classroom.

How the Navajo People Aided Marines In Battle – Cozy Rainbow Podcast

A group of Navajo code talkers created an unbreakable code based on the Navajo language. They matched each letter of the alphabet with a Navajo word and created additional code words for planes, ships and weapons. Find out more about these brave Navajo marines in this episode. — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cozyrainbow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cozyrainbow/support

Each episode starts with three trivia questions. Then, the hosts share fun facts about the topic. Finally, the show ends with a review of the trivia questions and a creative challenge for listeners.

Cozy Rainbow Podcast in the Classroom

Podcasts in the classroom are a great way to improve students’ active listening skills and listening comprehension. Children can comprehend more complex information when listening. Cozy Rainbow Podcast provides scaffolded notes for students to follow along the episode. By listening to podcasts in the classroom, students will improve their listening skills of both conversational and formal language.

Did you know that we post free printable activities on Teachers Pay Teachers? Our classroom podcast listening activities will aid any educator looking to bring podcasts into the classroom. Students will stay focused and listening while also working on a fill-in-the blank worksheet, a crossword puzzle or identifying Greek and Latin roots and affixes used during the show.

Context Clues, Roots/Affixes & Vocabulary Activities

Sequencing & Timeline Activities

Listening Guides & Scaffolded Notes

Crossword Puzzles

It’s a great way to practice much-needed active listening skills in middle school. Highly engaging.
— Cassandra, 5th grade teacher

My 4th Graders LOVE this podcast! I add it as a station in my literacy block time. It helps them practice listening skills and the note taking is also very helpful to keep them on track! Thank you!!
— Kelsi, 4th grade teacher

I love integrating technology in the classroom and my students do as well.
— Denise F.
6th grade teacher of students with learning difficulties, on the autism spectrum and bilingual learners