Tiny Happy People Families and Mark Wright
Zoe meets two of her Tiny Happy People Families and chats to Mark Wright about his new 大象传媒 fitness series. Plus there's three disco classics from her collection in the Disco Ball.
Today Tiny Happy People Families launches on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show! With an introduction JB Gill, today we are revealing and meeting two of the families taking part in the project! In collaboration with 大象传媒 Radio 2 and The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Tiny Happy People Families launched on Monday 19th October 2020. The project鈥檚 aim is to find 5 families due to have a baby in January 2021 and to follow their journey from birth through to 5 years old. This all forms part of a wider 大象传媒 campaign called Tiny Happy People, which is a five year initiative to support parents and carers in developing the language and communication skills of their 0-4 year old children. Four out of the five families have now had their baby, with the arrival of baby number 5 expected imminently.
Mark Wright calls in to speak to Zoe before training for Crawley Town, to tell her about his new fitness series Workout The Wright Way. The new series, has been commissioned as part of the 大象传媒鈥檚 huge educational offering, Lockdown Learning and will see Mark lead a daily dose of energising fitness sessions on 大象传媒 Two at 8:45am to encourage teens to stay active as they are home schooling.
Between 8 am and 9 am Zoe keeps the tunes rolling on Maximum Music Monday. And Zoe plays three disco classics from her personal collection in the Disco Ball at 8.30!
Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also a Pause For Thought from Sarah Joseph and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Barry White
You See The Trouble With Me
- Barry White - The Collection.
- Mercury.
- 2.
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Steps
To The Beat Of My Heart
- What The Future Holds.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Electric Light Orchestra
Turn To Stone
- Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
- Epic.
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Gabrielle
When A Woman
- (CD Single).
- Go Beat.
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The Maisonettes
Heartache Avenue
- History Of The 80's (Various Artists).
- Br Music.
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Cher
Strong Enough
- New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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Bryan Ferry
Let's Stick Together
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
- Eg.
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Harry Styles
Treat People With Kindness
- Fine Line.
- Columbia.
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Amanda Holden & Sheridan Smith
I Know Him So Well (From Radio 2 Musicals, The Greatest Show)
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KC and the Sunshine Band
Give It Up
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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The Isley Brothers
Behind A Painted Smile
- Isley Brothers - Greatest Motown Hits.
- Motown.
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The Cardigans
My Favourite Game
- Q The Album (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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MAX
Blueberry Eyes (feat. SUGA)
- (CD Single).
- Colour Vision Records.
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Chaka Khan
I Feel For You
- The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
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Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man
All You Ever Wanted
- Life By Misadventure.
- Best Laid Plans.
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Girls Aloud
The Promise
- (CD Single).
- Fascination.
- 1.
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Blur
Girls & Boys
- Now 28 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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闯耻产毛濒
Weekend Vibe
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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TLC
No Scrubs
- (CD Single).
- Laface.
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Nik Kershaw
Wouldn't It Be Good
- Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Anita Ward
Ring My Bell
- Songs Of Love.
- Big Break Records.
- 9.
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Van McCoy
The Hustle
- Golden Hits Of The 70's (Various Artists).
- BR Music.
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Patrick Hernandez
Born To Be Alive
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Nathan Evans
Wellerman (Sea Shanty) (220 KID x Billen Ted Remix)
Remix Artist: 220 KID. Remix Artist: Billen Ted.- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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All Saints
Never Ever
- Love (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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Christina Aguilera
Candyman
- Back To Basics.
- RCA.
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Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson
The Best Things In Life Are Free
- (CD Single).
- DEF JAM.
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窜辞毛
Sunshine On A Rainy Day
- Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
- Columbia.
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Russell Dickerson
Love You Like I Used To
- Southern Symphony.
- Triple Tigers.
Pause For Thought
I know it鈥檚 all about Tiny Happy People on the show this morning.
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It鈥檚 a long time since my three children were tiny 鈥� they鈥檙e 25, 21, and 19 now, but their tiny years is a time that I will forever treasure, and represents a truly joyous period of my life. Although at the time it was utterly exhausting!
They were a constant source of laughter. My memories of them as tiny happy people brings me a swell of happiness. But I have more than memories 鈥� I actually have their own videos. We gave them a video camera and the films they made are just wonderful. We can literally see the world through their tiny eyes. It is a world of fun, of dancing, and joy鈥� as well as them negotiating.
The video camera was all part of their home-schooling, as we home-schooled them for a number of years, until the eldest was about ten. We would do a couple of hours of work in the morning, and then let them do their thing鈥� Art, craft, building, gardening, reading, writing stories, and of course film-making.听听
People would ask 鈥� 鈥淎ren鈥檛 you worried they鈥檒l fall behind.鈥� I was never sure about that question. Fall behind who? Who are they racing against? We just tried to provide an environment where they could explore and play. It wasn鈥檛 perfect 鈥� but whenever I doubt myself I look at the videos and I see happy humans.
One thing I held to, then and now, is 鈥淭he Constant Conversation鈥�. I constantly talked to them, and never in baby language either. I constantly explained to them what I was doing 鈥� at the shops, in the house, when cooking. I would talk them through their tantrums. I remember sitting on the floor of Woolworths for about 20 minutes when one of them wanted a toy that I wouldn鈥檛 buy. When they had finished screaming 鈥� we hugged, and went home.
There is so much pressure to be the perfect parent. I certainly wasn鈥檛. It wasn鈥檛 idyllic, and nor is it now. Every stage of their lives has had ease as well as trials. But I tried to always let them know that they were loved, and to not sweat the small stuff.听
The Prophet said, 鈥淭he best of you is the one kindest to their families鈥�, and he extolled love and mercy towards children. I reckon our tiny people deserve just that.
Broadcast
- Mon 1 Feb 2021 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2