{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Super Smart Farms & Superpowered Feet: Growing Curious Kids","description":"In this fun and wide-ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two sets of guests who are all about helping kids see the world\u2014and themselves\u2014differently. First, Jed chats with Candice Wierzbowski and Eric Hurlock, two of the creative voices behind The Super Smart Farm Show, a kids\u2019 podcast from Lancaster Farming newspaper. They talk about helping children understand where food really comes from and why farming matters to everyone, even city kids. Eric explains how the show answers playful questions like, \u201cDoes chocolate milk come from brown cows?\u201d while sneaking in real science, nature, and STEAM learning. Candice shares how they use silly, talking animal characters, quizzes, and kid-submitted questions to keep young listeners actively engaged. Along the way, they explore topics like cow \u201cmyths,\u201d farm smells, cow farts\u2019 reputation in climate conversations, and the real challenges facing family farmers today. In the second half, Jed welcomes Kiyoko Hairston, author of the self-published picture book Freeda\u2019s Fabnificent Feet. Kiyoko introduces Freeda, a girl with very large feet who\u2019s teased at her new school\u2014until those same feet help her save an elderly woman in a runaway wheelchair. Freeda then teams up with other kids whose \u201cbig\u201d features become their superpowers. Drawing from her own childhood experience of being teased, Kyoko talks about shame, confidence, and her mission to help kids see that what makes them different is exactly what makes them powerful\u2014and that, truly, no one can fill your shoes. ","author_name":"Reading With Your Kids Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/readingwithyourkids.libsyn.com\/site","html":"