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Our story
Miss Pam has over 35 years of experience of reading and rhyming with babies and has gained insight into what makes a baby listen, smile or laugh.​​​
She won the Allie Beth Martin award from Public Library Association and Baker and Taylor, which recognizes a librarian who has demonstrated “an extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books and a distinguished ability to share that knowledge."
Miss Pam (Aunty Pam in some countries) has thousands of children and their parents or caregivers in four countries: in armchairs and schoolrooms, on beaches, in buses and trains, in gazebos and underneath many trees.
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2020 Pandemic
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Overnight, gone were the critical face-to-face, cara-a-cara, interactions for young children. The use of screens with young children became ubiquitous - understandable, but Miss Pam didn’t like it one bit.
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Her daughter, about to give birth to her first child, said suggested she start a podcast FOR babies. "There are podcasts about pregnancy, and parenting, but I don’t think a podcast meant for babies exists.”
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She was right –there were many podcasts about babies,but made none FOR them. ​
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A podcast for babies was born​
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She went to work learning how to start a podcast. Four months later she launched Small Talk Baby Podcast (now called Baby Wordplay) with eighty 15-minute episodes, excited about giving parents a screen-free tool to use with their babies, from birth.
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In less than a year, the "pod" had received over 40,000 downloads. In 2024, we're well over one million downloads.
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