Cockatoo Tricks and Rainy Day Fun

Friday Fun with Smart Dogs and Sunny Skies

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast: Fan‑wag‑tastic Friday! Ticky Tocket kicks off a celebratory Friday, cheering the end of the school week and the start of the weekend. Press play to power up your morning with smiles, songs, and a big hooray for Friday! Science Scoop: Scientists discovered that some super‑smart pet dogs can learn new toy names just by overhearing people talk—no direct training needed—and then fetch the “new toy” correctly. Moral of the tail: your pup might be listening when you say “walkies”! Weather for Lindfield: 17°C in the morning with showers easing, heading to a comfy 22°C. Weekend outlook: Saturday mostly sunny, top of 21°C. Thought for the Day: Switch on your ears—listen to teachers, friends, and even birds—to discover new things. Create, learn, and be kind. Sign‑off: Have a fan‑wag‑tastic Friday and a wonderful weekend—see you Monday!

Thunder Thursday Tiny Lightning and Rainy Fun

Wake Up Kids — Ticky Tocket’s Thunderously Thrilling Thursday It’s Thursday, May 28, 2026, and Ticky Tocket is cranking up the high-energy fun to launch your morning with a boom, a zap, and a whole lot of giggles. In today’s Kids wake up podcast, we stretch, smile, and get moving for a thunderously thrilling start!   Science Scoop: Scientists have made tiny “tabletop lightning” to copy how real lightning mixes nitrogen and oxygen in the sky to form new chemicals. By zapping air and water, they even created a kind of fuel—hinting at future ways to make important stuff using less energy by learning from nature’s super-smart tricks.   Weather — Lindfield: A comfy 18.2°C (feels like 19.6°C) this morning, warming to around 22°C. Expect showery, splish-splashy skies—perfect for raincoats and gumboots!   Thought for the Day: Be brave and curious—try something brand new, ask big questions, create art no one’s seen before, and shine with sparkly-zappy kindness.   Press play for sing-along stretches, quick-fire facts, and a peppy pep-talk to power your day!   Sign-off: Have a zippy, thunderously thrilling Thursday!

Good Morning, Baby Whale

Wake Up Kids — A Whale‑y Wonderful Wednesday Rise and shine with Ticky Tocket on your favorite kids wake up podcast! It’s midweek magic as we celebrate the week’s halfway mark with songs, stretches, and a splash of science to start the day smiling.   Today’s big scoop: scientists filmed a sperm whale giving birth in the wild for the first time near the Azores. Dive into the wonder as we learn how the whale pod formed a protective, bubbly welcome circle around the newborn—teamwork and tenderness under the sea!   Local weather in Lindfield: a foggy, walking-through-a-cloud morning at 16.1°C, warming to about 22°C later. Showers are on the way, so don’t forget a raincoat and umbrella.   Ticky’s Thought for the Day: explore something new, create boldly, and be kind—just like a pod of whales welcoming someone who needs a smile.   Press play, wake up bright, and make waves of goodness all day long with Wake Up Kids—the cheerful kids wake up podcast that starts your morning right.

Wake Up Kids: The Telescope Waves Back

Wake Up Kids: Kids Wake-Up Podcast — Telescopes That Wave Back! Ticky Tocket kickstarts your Tuesday, 26 May 2026, with high-energy wake-up fun—perfect for little ears and big smiles on the ultimate kids wake up podcast.   Science scoop: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has taken its first images and will scan the southern sky every night for 10 years. It’ll send alerts when stars explode, comets whoosh by, or asteroids move—maybe even revealing brand-new objects you could one day help discover and name!   Sky shout-out: Tonight, look up and imagine the giant telescope “waving back.” What do you think it sees? Make a wish, sketch the sky, or invent a star story.   Weather (Lindfield): A fresh 17.6°C this morning, heading to 22°C with showers—grab your raincoats and gumboots for happy puddle-stomping.   Takeaway: Be curious like a telescope—ask big questions, create something new, and sprinkle kindness everywhere.

Cockatoo Tricks and Rainy Day Fun

Wake Up Kids — Kids Wake Up Podcast Ticky Tocket kicks off Monday, 25 May 2026, with an upbeat wake-up for kids, launching a fun new week on Wake Up Kids. Stretch, smile, and get moving with a cheerful start that sets the tone for a bright, busy day!   Today’s Science Scoop spotlights clever Sydney cockatoos that use their feet to turn on public water fountains—then teach each other the trick through social learning. Curious minds will love this splashy tale of animal smarts and teamwork.   Weather for listeners in Lindfield: it’s a chilly 16.5°C this morning, warming to around 22°C with showers expected—so don’t forget a raincoat or umbrella.   Ticky signs off with a simple reminder: be curious, creative, and kind. Press play, wake up happy, and let’s make today wonderful!