December’s Brain Breather: Feeling Disappointed with Shelly and Slice

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus:

Coping with disappointment; navigating change

Protagonists:

-Shelly the Coconut Crab

-Slice the Cheese Grater

Setting:

-The Mariana Trench, near the island of Guam

Strategies: Naming feelings; Glownut Recipes (Building a coping toolkit); Copecake coping toolkit activities

Helpful Resources:

-Copecake Coping Toolkit Activities

-Helping Kids Cope with Disappointment

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Created, Written, Edited, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-freesound.org

-pixabay.com

-Pixabay Artists: SIMAS-2010, SunnyScy, White_Records, Tunetank

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December’s Full Episode: Cry Like It’s Christmas (Guam)

Story: With help from a friendly snake and a jolly, jangly water buffalo family, Connor the coconut crab finds their inner tadpole and unloads some big feelings just in time for the holidays.

Region: Guam

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re feeling sad during a normally festive time?

Unstick Tricks by: Krish (Age 11), Vivaan (Age 6), and Arthur (Age 9)

Special Guest Narrators: Travis, Megan, Eve, and Matt from the MARVELOUSLY talented cast of Tales From the Cloud Sea

Feelings Focus: Feeling sad during a normally festive time; emoting, coping with sadness, naming and making space for feelings

Check out our fantasterrific, award-winning pod friend, The Fourth Bookmark!

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Story by:

Kathryn Torres and Meg Lewis

Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis and Nate Blaweiss

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: Music_for_video, White_Records, BLACKBOX, AudioCoffee, Tunetank, NaturesEye

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December’s Sneak Attack!!! Robber Crabs and Holiday Buffaloes in Guam

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Guam

Facts: The Mariana trench, Christmas barbecues, boñuelos dagu (yam doughnuts)

Animals: Coconut crabs

Jokes: Veggies and elves!

Links for Kids:

-Cool Guam Facts

-Mariana Trench Facts for Kids

-Christmas in Guam

-Boñuelos Dagu Recipe

-Coconut Crab Facts

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Pixabay Artists: BackgroundMusicforVideo; Music_for_video, White_Records

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