Peace Out Podcast

We’re back! This is the first episode of our fifth season and it’s an ocean adventure! We’re starting off with some cool ocean facts and practice ujjayi (oo-JAI-yee) breathing, or ocean breathing. Ocean breathing is a great way to check in with ourselves, plus it’s super relaxing!

Season 5 Code Word Challenge:

Each episode has one ocean code word.

Collect all 10 code words.

Unscramble them with your family to create the secret ocean sentence!

Go to PeaceOutPodcast.com (after the final episode release) to enter your sentence for a chance to win a special prize!

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Today’s Themes

Scientific (curriculum connections): Oceans, biodiversity, ecology

Social-emotional connections: Working together, respect and empathy for others and ourselves

Resources

Ocean Habitat by National Geographic Kids

10 Ways You Can Help Save the Oceans Oceana: Protecting the World’s Oceans

How Much of the Ocean Have We Explored? National Ocean Service

Why Can You Hear the Ocean When Holding a Seashell to Your Ear? How Stuff Works

Peace Out Podcast

Producer, Writer, Host: Chanel Tsang

Sound Editing: Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion

Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail [email protected]

Kemp’s Ridley Turtles are the smallest sea turtles on earth. Learn more about these incredible creatures as we move, breathe, and learn a new mindfulness activity! We also talk about ahimsa (not harming living creatures) and about making kind choices every day.

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Today’s Themes

Scientific (curriculum connections): Kemp’s Ridley Turtle, sea turtles, by-catch

Social-emotional connections: Empathy for others

Resources

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Nature Conservancy Canada

Kemp’s Ridley Turtle Oceana

Understanding and Preventing Fishing Bycatch World Wildlife Organization

Ahimsa (The Concept of Non-Harming in Hinduism) Mahividya

Peace Out Podcast

Producer, Writer, Host Chanel Tsang

Sound Editing Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion

Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail [email protected]

I'm excited to share an episode from one of my podcast friends, Dorktales Storytime Podcast! This is the perfect story right now because it's all about going back to school and the worries that might come up during this time.

Enjoy and keep your ears open for a familiar voice! :)

A new school year has begun, and Big Bad Wolf is experiencing back-to-school jitters. He’s worried his wolf classmates will continue to make fun of him over his embarrassing incident during last year’s howl-at-the-moon final exam. Enter his Folktale Forest friends, including Serena the Capybara. They talk him through his new class nerves and guide him back to his calm, cool and collected canine self—sending him off with the confidence he needs to become a Master Howler!

PARENTS, TEACHERS AND HOMESCHOOLERS: As back-to-school season approaches, it’s not uncommon for young minds to be filled with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. In Big Bad goes Back to School, these worries take center stage, only to be met with empathy and understanding. The lessons that emerge from this story provide comfort, encouragement, and tools for navigating the overwhelming feelings that can happen when a new school year begins. The episode includes two guided mindfulness exercises. Read more about the 5 social-emotional lessons kids will take away after listening to the episode.

If you liked this story with Big Bad and Serena the caring capybara, you may also enjoy episode 49, Big Bad’s Big Feelings, where you’ll discover more mindfulness exercises to help kids self-regulate their anxious feelings.

Narration, Voice Over and Podcast Host: Jonathan Cormur

Scriptwriter: Amy Thompson

Script Editor and Show Producer: Molly Murphy

Sound Production, Audio Editing and Mastering: Jermaine Hamilton

Podcast Episode Illustration: Arthur Lin

Title Design and Layout: Jeri DeMartini

Our caring capybara, Serena, is performed by Chanel Tsang, host of Peace Out Podcast, mindfulness stories for kids. Chanel is a Montessori educator, family supports practitioner, and yoga and mindfulness meditation guide. Her book, Peace Out: Calm Down Workbook for Kids has more than 40 creative mindfulness practices and gentle yoga exercises to help kids understand and express their feelings

CODE WORD CHALLENGE!

Today’s episode is about the very interesting Batfish! They can “walk” and go “fishing” and some look like they’re wearing lipstick! This episode also contains the tenth and final code word that you’ll need to put together our ocean sentence about why we need to protect our oceans. Collect all 10 code words from our 10 ocean-themed episodes this season, unscramble them to put together a sentence about why we need to protect our oceans.

Then enter your guess here by Jan. 21, 2022 and then register to join us for one of our live Peace Out Live events on Saturday, January 22, 2022 (10:30 AM EST and 4:00 PM EST) where we’ll create a relaxation story together and then do a draw for an ocean animal stuffed toy! More details and how to enter on at www.PeaceOutPodcast.com!

Resources

Batfish (Britannica Kids)

Red-Lipped Batfish Facts (World Atlas)

Two New “Walking” Batfish Species Found (National Geographic)

Walking Batfish (National Geographic)

Why Do Red-Lipped Batfish Have Red Lips? (Ocean Conservancy)

Red-Lipped Batfish (Galapagos Conservation)

Peace Out Podcast

Producer, Writer, Host Chanel Tsang

Sound Editing Noah Glenn at Perpetual Motion

Music credit:

Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Light Awash Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

To support the podcast, please go to our Patreon page.

Full episode script is available upon request. Please e-mail [email protected]

*The WWF stuffed toy prize is available for Canada and the U.S. (based on availability). An alternative prize will be sent for winners outside of North America.

Sometimes we may feel like we’re in a black hole, where light, happiness, and hope have disappeared. We talk about some ways to calm, cheer, and comfort ourselves, and also encourage anyone who experiences BIG feelings of sadness that are too heavy to carry on their own to reach out to a trust grown up

If you don't feel like you can talk to someone you know, you can use one of these free services:Canada, call Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 for support 24/7 or text CONNECT to 686868.UK, call Childline on 0800 1111 or online chat with a councillor USA, call Your Life Your Voice 24/7 at 1-800-448-3000​​ or text VOICE to 20121Australia, call Kids Helpine on 1800 55 1800 or webchat with a councillorOther locations: Visit Child Helpline International and find a service need where you live

This season we’re heading out to space, and with that, we are introducing a new feature: SafeSPACE. If your child would like to share where/who/what their safe, happy, or calm space is, please send in a recording of them, picture, or message to [email protected] or on our Facebook page @bedtimefm or Twitter @peaceoutpodcast. We’d love to hear what makes them feel this way and why and we’ll share it on a future episode or on our social media!

Links

Full transcript of each episode is available upon request from [email protected].

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