Today with tonies
Join hosts Sam and Tim every week for games, ridiculously silly challenges, learning in disguise, hilarious jokes and more. Perfect for little listeners aged 4 to 7! To get access to daily episodes of Today with tonies go to tonies.com/podcast Hosted on Acast.
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Salt shakers, silver shirts and squidgy slime (opens the original)
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Tim and Sam are welcomed with “plinks" and “plonks" in another melodic game of Cooking Up Tunes where the duo must figure out which instruments are being played in a cheery piece of music. The investigations don’t stop there though! In Do Elephants Miaow?, Sam is tasked to work out which animal lives in Australia and loves dry warm places (clue: it’s not a penguin). Joke: What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish? Answer: Swimming trunks! We hope your little one is enjoying these wee
Sticks, tennis balls and sausages (opens the original)
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ZIP! SNAP! BOOM! There are plenty more rowdy words like this as Tim and Sam learn the meaning of the word ‘onomatopoeia’ in another fascinating challenge of Brain Train. Afterwards, there are hoots and cowboy boots in What’s That Racket? But first, to help her find today’s cheeky challenges, Sam has invited a rather precious pooch… Fact: Why are there 100 folds in a chef's tall white hat? Answer: Each fold represents a different way to cook an egg. We hope your little one is enjoying these weekl
Skipping ropes, baseball caps and custard fountains (opens the original)
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What do the music genres nu metal, polka and bubblegum pop have in common? That’s right; they’re the types of music that Tim and Sam must compare as they identify today’s ditty in Name That Tune. After the pair’s musical musings, a mysterious location is in desperate need of being recognised in another game of Where in the World? Your first clue? A palace! Joke: What do you call a sleeping male cow? Answer: A bulldozer! We hope your little one is enjoying these weekly tasters from the Today with
Shopping trolleys, bouncing mushrooms and golf clubs (opens the original)
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Tim visits the bucket today with the help of his special toboggan - or, ‘TIM-oggan’ as he says. Welcoming Tim in the bucket are challenges like Wrong Answers Only where Sam is convinced the most scrumptious ingredient in a salad is a peppered aeroplane. Seasoned transport aside, Tim reads a story riddled with numbers in Even Odder where Sam must shout ‘ODDY ODDY ODDY’ each time she spots an odd number. Fact: Which household task do some people do while rock climbing and surfing? Answer: Extreme
Whiteboards, pencil cases and glue sticks (opens the original)
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It’s the start of a new school year so today’s show has plenty of facts that will inspire everyone on the playground and even amaze a few teachers! Tim’s knowledge about delicious pizza is put to the test when he must figure out which cheesy fact is actually false in True Or False. Then, as this week feels super busy for everyone, the big bubbling bucket invites Tim and Sam to slow things down in a relaxing game of Unwind Your Mind. The perfect meditation where we all take a moment to celebrate
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