Kindred Thicket on Yoto
Free Yoto-compatible audio packs, revised and prepared.
Each Kindred Thicket book comes as a free pack you load onto a Yoto card. These updated recordings include Our Island Story, This Country of Ours, and The Burgess Bird Book for Children. You’ll also find our Enhanced Editions, which keep each living book’s original words and add Teacher’s Notes that reconcile them with current scientific and historical knowledge.
Read Mode is the audiobook: just the story, read aloud in order.
Lesson Mode is the guided lesson on the go: the reading, vocabulary, narration prompts, and lesson structure woven into the audio.
Both modes are free. Printable Lesson Guides, which deepen and extend the lesson, are available separately for families who want maps, copywork, Teacher’s Notes, and open-and-go paper materials.
Get the Yoto packs
The packs are free, and we send them straight to your inbox. Join the Kindred Thicket email list and you’ll get the link to your Playlist Library, where every pack is a free download. Each one is a simple ZIP you unzip and load into a Yoto Make Your Owncard, with step-by-step instructions included.
We’ll send you the link to your Playlist Library, plus a note when new books go live.
A growing library
The library is opening with Aesop’s Fables, Birds of the Air, Fifty Famous Stories Retold, and Viking Tales, with The Burgess Bird Book for Children, Our Island Story, and This Country of Ours close behind. Subscribe above and you’ll be the first to know as each pack goes live.
Questions about Kindred Thicket on Yoto
How do I get the Yoto packs?
Join the free Kindred Thicket email list. We will send you the link to your Playlist Library, where each pack is a free download. Unzip the pack and load it into a Yoto Make Your Own card using the step-by-step instructions included inside.
What is Read Mode?
Read Mode is the audiobook version. It is just the story, read aloud in order, without lesson prompts or extra teaching pieces. It is best for bedtime, the car, quiet time, or independent listening.
What is Lesson Mode?
Lesson Mode is the Kindred Thicket lesson adapted for audio. It includes the reading along with lesson structure, vocabulary, narration prompts, and teaching support, so your family can take the lesson with you.
Are the Yoto packs free?
Yes. The Yoto-compatible packs are free. They are hosted on Gumroad, which asks you to name a fair price, and you are welcome to enter 0. Printable Lesson Guides, which deepen and extend the lesson, are available separately for families who want the maps, copywork, notes, and paper materials prepared for them.
Do I need the Lesson Guide to use Lesson Mode?
No. Lesson Mode can be used on its own. The Lesson Guide deepens and organizes the lesson for families who want the printed materials and open-and-go paper support.
What makes Kindred Thicket’s Yoto audio different?
Kindred Thicket offers Yoto-compatible audio for updated Revised Editions of beloved Charlotte Mason books, including Our Island Story, This Country of Ours, and The Burgess Bird Book for Children. You’ll also find our Enhanced Editions, which keep each book’s original words and add Teacher’s Notes that reconcile these living books with current scientific and historical knowledge.
Can I use these without a Yoto player?
Yes. You can also use Kindred Thicket lessons on YouTube or in the Listening Grove. Yoto is simply the screen-free, on-the-go option.
We do the planning. The books come alive. Your child does the learning.