August’s Brain Breather: Feeling Ignored with Squeakachu and Crunch

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: Speaking up; Being assertive

Protagonists: Squeakachu the Pika and Crunch the Alpine Toast

Setting: Mount Everest!

Strategies: Mantras, Speaking up, Show Instead of Tell

Resources:

-Teaching Kids to Advocate for Themselves

-Activities to Encourage Assertiveness

Meet our new grownup pod-friend, Limited Time Only, and keep tabs on Susie and Esther’s upcoming live tour here.

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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: SunnyScy; SIMAS-2010, Stock Music

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

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August’s Full Episode: Cheesy McChewy Pants to the Rescue! (Tibet)

Story: With help from an intergalactic snack villain and a pair of cheesy super heroes, an imaginative snow leopard learns to advocate for his wonderfully wacky ideas.

Region: Tibet

Sticky Situation: What do you do when it feels like no one ever listens to you?

Unstick Tricks by: Henry (Age 7), and Jamie (Age 9)

Feelings Focus: Speaking up, advocating for oneself and friends, compromise, considering multiple perspectives

Check out our fantasterrific pod friend for grownups, Limited Time Only, and keep tabs on Susie and Esther’s upcoming live tour here.

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Story by:

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 and Freesound.org Artists: Stock Music, Ikoliks, Pumpupthemind, Luis_Humanoide, Break, NightCityTunes

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August’s Sneak Attack!!! Snow Leopards and Yak Cheese in Tibet

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

Region: Tibet

Facts: Mount Everest, super high railroads, chhurpi, oxygen-on-demand

Animals: Snow leopards and plateau pikas

Jokes: Cheese and snow leopards!

Links for Kids:

-Snow Leopard Activities for Kids

-Spot the Snow Leopard Challenge (Third image from the top)

-Pika Facts for Kids

-Adorable Pika Calls

-Chhurpi: Super Hard Yak Cheese

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Info/Get in Touch:

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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:

-https://freesound.org/

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

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Pixabay Artists: Stock Music, Pumpupthemind

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Shoot us an email at info@storypillar.com.

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