If you have young children, you know that keeping them occupied isn't always easy. And when you can replace screens for a few minutes with music, nursery rhymes, or a good story, you're certainly not going to complain!
That's precisely the principle of Radio Pomme d'Api, Bayard's web radio aimed primarily at children aged 3 to 7.
Accessible for free online and on mobile devices, it broadcasts songs, nursery rhymes, stories, poems, and all sorts of sound creations suitable for young ears throughout the day. And, importantly, the programming isn't solely composed of nursery rhymes that children learn by heart after three days…
Nursery rhymes, but not only.
Radio Pomme d'Api mixes genres quite happily.
It features artists well known to children such as Anne Sylvestre, Aldebert, Henri Dès, Zut or Le Roi des papas, but also classical music, jazz and world music.
The program will even draw from great songs of the musical heritage, featuring artists like Brassens, Trenet, Bobby Lapointe, the Beatles, and Stromae. In short, the goal isn't simply to keep children occupied, but also to introduce them to new musical styles. different musical stylesAnd incidentally, it saves parents from having to listen to the same crocodile rhyme 47 times in a row.
The radio station also follows the rhythm of the day with jingles, children's voices, and nursery rhymes announcing the time. A story is broadcast every evening at 20:15 p.m. to accompany bedtime.
The whole thing is directly inspired by the world of Pomme d'Api magazine, with the same desire to offer content for children without talking to parents as if they were four years old themselves.
How to listen to Radio Pomme d'Api?
The easiest way is to go directly through the Pomme d'Api website But you can test it using the player below:
Radio can be listened to from a computer, a tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet.
Bayard also offers a dedicated app Radio Pomme d'ApiAvailable for free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and on Google Play for Android, the app allows users to listen to the radio in the background and displays the song being played, its artist, and, when available, its album art. AirPlay streaming is also available on compatible Apple devices.
The idea remains quite simple: turn on the radio and let it play, whether during breakfast, games, bath time or a car journey.
And unlike some children's playlists that can severely test parents' nerves after fifteen minutes, Radio Pomme d'Api is more focused on variety.
A radio station for children, then… but one that adults can listen to without necessarily desperately searching for the “next” button.
