What Rainy Days Can Teach Kids

What Rainy Days Can Teach Kids

From Wiggle Talk - A Podcast For Parents by The Wiggles & iHeart Australia

March 9, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how rainy days can help children understand feelings and resilience.

What if the weather isn’t just small talk, but one of the best ways to help children understand feelings, resilience and the world around them? This week, Simon and Lachy are joined by Nine weather presenter and author Jessica Braithwaite for a conversation that starts with puddles, raincoats and hot days… and ends up somewhere much deeper. They chat about helping children connect with nature, why not every rainy day needs to be treated like bad news, and how talking about weather can help children build confidence in a world that doesn’t always go according to plan.   HOSTS Simon Pryce Lachlan Gillespie GUEST Jessica Braithwaite You can find her children's book  Whatever The Weather We're In This Together  here And you can listen to the lullaby version here . PRODUCERS Produced by The Wiggles and Mylk Media Madeline Joannou Nick Webb Got a question for The Wiggles? Leave a voice message at thewiggles.com/podcast , or email podcast@thewiggles.com.au   For more Wiggly fun, visit: The Wiggles 🌏 http://thewiggles.com YouTube 📺 https://bit.ly/WigglesYouTube Spotify 🎶 https://ab.co/TheWigglesSpotify Apple Music 🎧…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie

Guest: Jessica Braithwaite

Topics covered

  • weather
  • children's emotions
  • resilience
  • nature connection
  • confidence building

Keywords

  • rainy days
  • children
  • emotions
  • resilience
  • nature
  • confidence
  • weather

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Wiggles, Mylk Media

Books & works: Whatever The Weather We're In This Together

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