Children and Books

What does it mean to have an important job and at the same time have a child or as in Elisa's case even two or more children. How do you manage to get two full-time jobs into a 7-day week, so to speak, and what's fun about it? Elisa tells us something about her job as a scientist at the University of Leipzig and her experience of combining it with being a mother. She gives us insights into her world and tells us what she wishes should go better. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us about your experience with your children's development.

Jennifer Kurth is a passionate photographer for children and families. Especially there, of course, she regularly sees how quickly a family develops and how quickly children grow up. Today we're talking about how quickly kids grow up and how best to track and document this process. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us about your experience with your children's development.

Today we talk with Marie Luise about translating. For millennia we have been trying to communicate as humans and again and again people have tried to make it easier by making the hurdles of communication smaller through translators, for example. Now there is the development towards artificial intelligences and non-human translation. This naturally raises the question: should we still learn languages? How important is the profession of a translator and what makes it possible to reproduce the content of texts in other languages really well? Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you pay special attention to in a children's book!

Writing a book - Then the best children's book there is?! What a claim! Today, Lena tells us how this thought came to her and what her experience with writing was like. She talks about writer's block, letters, wonderful stories and why she chose such a great and unique format in the end- The Letter Stories. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you look for in a children's book!

Today Lubina and Branko talk about minimalism and possessions. But what is the best way to deal with all the stuff and what does it mean in the future? Minimalism, or even just a certain kind of limitations to the most important things, logically leads to more order and less responsibility. In the process, today we're talking about home decor, lifestyles, and how that evolved for Lubina when Branko was a child to when he moved out. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you found interesting about it. Feel free to tell us what you got out of minimalism. :D

Petra was born in the 40s, Lubina and Rachel in the 60s/70s and Branko in the 2000s. Aren't those completely different childhoods? How did it feel growing up and what were the differences. That's exactly what we're talking about today with Petra Reategui. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you found interesting about it. And if you want, feel free to tell us something from your childhood :D

A children's movie is usually super uplifting and we all remember the last children's movie we saw. We are fascinated that how it comes to this movie and what makes them so special. What are actually our favorite children's movies and books? That's what we're talking about, the experience of watching a new or even old children's movie and being enchanted. Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you found interesting about it. And also feel free to write us what your favorite movies are :D

Roland Marti is a philologist. In his words, someone who loves everything to do with language. And that's exactly what we're talking to him about today, about language. What makes language, what makes a language special and what are his experiences as a professor in this field! Have fun listening! Feel free to give us your feedback and tell us what you found interesting about it.

Bi- or multilingual education is becoming more and more of an topic in an ever more globalized world. But how do you deal with it and what does it mean to educate your children multilingually? How do you deal with it as a parent? And how do children accept this offer? That's exactly what we talk about with Augustina in this episode of the Children and Books PodCast and discuss the topics - culture, language and education.

The valley by the river - all kind of surprises is now published and going out into the world. Today we just want to talk about what the road has been like for us to get there and what it means to publish the second book. We'll talk about the topics: How does it feel to publish the second book? What's the feedback been like on our book? Why children's books are so important for development. And feel free to write us what you think about our new cover and design. Enjoy listening, we look forward to your feedback.

Today we talk to Kevin Zwerg - a future lawyer - about the values of discipline and reliability. Are these values important at all in education and how much of them do I have to pass on to my child? I think the topic of values is one of the most important areas in the raising of a child - the question behind this is, of course, how should my child interact with the environment? And it is precisely these thoughts that we want to take a closer look at today and talk to Kevin about his experience in this area. Enjoy listening, we look forward to your feedback.

A very special experience, especially in this fully digitalized world is to go to the theater. Especially for children, it's something completely new and really special. Today we talk to Karoline about puppet theater and her thoughts on the development of theater. In the process, we talk about: What makes children's theater so exciting? How do you find the right piece for a performance? What is it like for you to work with children? Enjoy listening, we look forward to your feedback.

"But not like that!" or "Did you have to do that now?!". Being a parent is not easy, you always have to see what your child does and how you react to it. Logically, he or she makes a lot of mistakes at the beginning. But that's what being a parent is all about! That's what makes you, the accompanying mistake-making. The following questions we clarify in this episode: What is so important about mistakes? Why you as a parent should allow mistakes instead of forbid them? What you can do well as a parent to support your child. Enjoy listening, we look forward to your feedback.

Our environment is worth protecting, and that's exactly what we talked about with Hanna Tofts today. She introduced us to her project, with which she draws attention to plastic on our beaches and actively does something against it. She also told us about her children´s book publications and how this process was for her. Childrenbook author, pioneer or as she calls her self creative being are some words to describe Hanna Tofts. Today we talk with Hanna Tofts about our environment and what is her motivation for creating.

Spontaneously express emotions? Or a deeper question: How can I express my feelings and my condition? Especially as children there are still no or hardly any social inhibitions learned. Also, to a certain extent, the understanding of the other person and the cause - effect principle is missing. That's why (some) children sometimes just start singing! Totally indignant, they dispense their feelings and thoughts. Logically, as a parent you are sometimes overwhelmed for a moment. Today we talk with Karin about children, more specifically, about singing and what it means for a child. Karin is a passionate choir director and mother and talks about her experiences with singing. The following question we will talk about today: What is the best way to sing? Why do children like to sing so much? What does it mean for children to just sing? How do I deal with it when my child just sings away? Enjoy listening, we look forward to your feedback.

What is it actually like for children and young people to act in plays? Today we talk to Stefanie Masnik about her experiences as an actress and dubbing artist. She tells us about her theater performances, her film roles, and what she did as a voice actor in the context of children and what that was like. We talk about the following question: What is the path to becoming an actor? What does it mean to work with children and young people in theater? Why is theater so important for children and young people? Have fun listening, we look forward to your feedback.

"Mom, read me another bedtime story!" And which book should you pick then? Preferably a heartwarming one, with beautiful illustrations. And that's exactly what we did with Valley by the River. Just brought a beautiful children's book, which has actually been around for so long, into the world and published it. In this podcast episode we talk about the whole process, what does it actually mean to publish a children's book and what did we actually do for it? Now you have surely already listened to one or the other episode of our podcast and know us a little bit, that's exactly why you should just take a look at the book and give us a FeedBack. We are happy about every little reader and every feedback and hopefully also about yours. Greetings from Leipzig and Hamburg. See you next week!

The sky slowly turns orange, it gets a little darker and the evening sun still tickles our face slightly. What a magical moment! In today's episode of the Children and Books PodCast, we talk about the magical moments at sunrise and sunset. What animals you see, what it means and why it's something so meditative. Frankie tells us about her job as an ecologist and why she thinks you should take your kids to see the sunrise and sunset. What animals do you see at sunrise and sunset? What makes sunrise and sunset so special? Why should children see the sunrise and sunset so urgently? These are exactly the questions we talk about in today's episode with Frankie. Enjoy listening and we look forward to your feedback! Here is the our blog: https://lubina-hajduk.com/the-most-magical-time-of-the-day

Behind every person who believes in them self is a parent who believed first. And that's what we're talking about today with Jenny England, what it was like for her to grow up as Joan Lingard's daughter and carry these works with her. She told us what it was like to grow up with such strong role models, to have so many exciting books at home and even what it was like to read her mother's books in school. Enjoy listening and we look forward to your feedback!

Baby observation. What is that actually? We asked ourselves the same question before recording this episode of the Children and Books PodCast. After this conversation with Gisela Klinckwort about her experiences with baby and infant observation, we were thrilled. It's a very different perspective on the development of children and babies that you get from it. In this episode we look at the questions: What is baby observation? How is it practised? Why is it done? Gisela Klinckwort has given us great answers and opened up a new world. We hope you enjoy listening and look forward to your feedback :D