Podcasts about story spectacular

Welcome to this year's special production! PPR presents: The Scary Story Spectacular 2023! This year, we hear a story by Philip K. Dick titled "The Hanging Stranger." Enjoy!

In this episode, Jen and Fraser Coffeen, hosts of the Creepy History Podcast, stop by to talk about all things scary stories - telling them, lessons writers can take from them, and what keeps us up at night.   Creepy History Podcast https://creepyhistory.buzzsprout.com/   Stories Matter Foundation https://www.storystudiochicago.org/

Spooked ya! This week, Rick and Ben get into the holiday spirit by reading some scaaaaary stories. You'll hear: Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Long's "The Pale Man," and the internet creepypasta "Ben Drowned." We thought that this would be a nice change of pace, and maybe the start of a fun holiday tradition. Enjoy!PATREON: www.patreon.com/pixelprojectradio DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Rfjx2ptWP5TWITTER: @pixelprojectpodINSTAGRAM: @pixelprojectradiopodcastThank you for listening! Want to reach out to PPR? Send your questions, comments, and recommendations to pixelprojectradio@gmail.com! And as ever, any ratings and/or reviews left on your platform of choice are greatly appreciated!

Angela Ferrari is a painter and children's book author/illustrator based in Portland, Maine. Her picture book titles include: Digger's Daily Routine, An Extraordinary Book, The Shape Escape, What Do You See? and Lawrence the Lighthouse. Most recently Angela has launched “Story Spectacular,” a children's story podcast. The show features original stories and classic retellings.

Happy September everyone! This month's theme is all about Space and Dreams! We will hear stories about a lost meteorite, a magical trip to the stars and the dream genie will grant us three 3 wishes. This month is going to be outta this world!!!  CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today's sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children's book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children's books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger's Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Happy August everyone! This month's theme is all about Marvelous Machines! We will hear stories about some heroic tiny transporters, an island filled with wacky robots, and a little toy car who hits the road! Vroom vroom it's going to be a speed-macular month!  CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today's sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children's book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children's books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger's Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Happy July everyone! This month's theme is all about Playful Pets! We will hear stories about a Jazz-loving cat, a llama in a swimming pool, and a barnyard animal bicycle ride. It's going to be a Pet-tacular celebration!  CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today's sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children's book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children's books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger's Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Happy June everyone! This month’s theme is all about the beach, the ocean, and fun in the sun! We will hear stories about a bubble-loving blowfish, sandy sandwich, and a kid pirate! It’s going to be a month filled with beachside fun!!!  CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Happy May everyone! This month’s theme is all about AMAZING Animals! We will hear stories about a very hungry hippo, a crime-fighting critter crew and to celebrate Mother's Day, a fun story about a mother mix up between a mouse and a moose. It’s going to be a furr-tastic month! This podcast takes A LOT of work to create and even though you hear a lot of fun characters stopping by, I am truly a one-woman show. I do my own writing, recording, music scoring, sound engineering, editing plus the adorable podcast artwork!. And it costs me money to keep this show on the air. But, I do it because I LOVE IT! I love telling stories. I love hearing from kids and families all around the world. If you and your child enjoy listening, you can support the show by becoming a PATREON member. Just go to patreon.com/ story spectacular. I also have original picture books available for purchase. Titles include, Lawrence the Lighthouse, The Shape Escape, What Do You See, Digger’s Daily Routine, and An Extraordinary book, You can also pick up a copy of the official story spectacular coloring & activity book. If you are a super fan, shop for gear like digger the dog tee shirts, stickers, and puzzles! All available at story spectacular.com. It’s a great way to support the show and get something spectacular in return. You can also support the show for free by telling a friend and showing them how to subscribe to the podcast. You can also write a rating and review on Apple podcasts to help this independent show climb the charts and compete with the big podcast productions. I want to thank you all so much for tuning in. Your support means the world to me! Have a Spectacular Month of May with these Amazing Animal Stories!!! Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - Today is an All Ani-Mail Extravaganza featuring real-life listeners just like you! Digger the Dog and Birdie will be joining us in the studio to share some jokes too! - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special sleepy time tale double feature. Tonight we will listen to two tasty fairy tales. In our first feature, we pesky little parrot named Goldisquawks who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. What will the three bears think after Goldisquawks stops by? For our second feature we will hear a story about Hansel and Gretal. They are all grown up now and live on a fruit farm. Now they need to find a clever way to get the fruit to the children during the cold winter months. Whatever will they do? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify! Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Edgar the Egret needs a vacation! He decides to fly to a tropical Caribbean Island. The only problem is, Edgar can't speak the Spanish language. Perhaps a bilingual mockingbird can help him make friends with a local Caballo. Special guests Evan & Vanessa Blum from the Eat your Spanish podcast.

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Join Angela Ferrari, Digger the Dog, Tilde the Tortoise and Birdie for a special New Years' Eve EXTRAVAGANZA!!! We will pull out of the party favors, make new year's resolutions, learn some fun facts all about New Years history from Tilde the Tortoise, laugh along to some silly jokes from Digger the Dog and sing some New Years songs like "Auld Lang Syne", "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" and much more... - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!    Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks   - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today we will celebrate Thanksgiving by revisiting a funny and festive turkey story. We will join all the other fancy turkeys at the annual Gobble Gala. Things at the gala are going quite smoothly until a bizarre bird arrives. Let's find out who this mysterious party crasher could be...

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Today we will celebrate Thanksgiving by revisiting a funny and festive turkey story. We will join all the other fancy turkeys at the annual Gobble Gala. Things at the gala are going quite smoothly until a bizarre bird arrives. Let's find out who this mysterious party crasher could be... ACTIVITY ONE: Our first activity is called Quirky Turkey Dance Listen to Quirky Turkey song from today's show or click on the link in the show notes watch the official quirky turkey music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-baBZf4Ko Then Get your wings flappin' your tale wagging and your head bopping. Then share your best quirky turkey dance with the help of your adult on social media! Use the hashtag #kidslisten You can see a video example of me dancing to quirky turkey song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUu6nHWTc0 Happy Dancing Everyone! ACTIVITY TWO: Our second activity is called Secret Turkey Here's how it works. Before your next celebratory in person or virtual dinner with friends and family. Select the names of all attendees in secret. Each person will have another person's name. Then write that person a special note or picture showing why you are thankful for them. On the day of the celebration put the note in an envelope with their name on it and set it on the table where they will be sitting. (If your guest is celebrating virtually, send it via email). Take turns opening and reading the messages from one another and try to guess who wrote it to you. Can you figure out who your secret turkey is? ACTIVITY THREE: For our third activity let’s play Turkey Day Pictionary Here’s how it works. Use the provided activity sheet or write down 20 words that have to do with Turkey Day. Words like, cranberry, pumpkin, autumn, corn. and turkey of course. A quick note here, if you are new to drawing, practice ahead of time so you feel more confident. Once all of your themed words are written down. Cut them out into strips and place them in a hat. You will also need some blank pieced of paper and drawing utensils and a timer. Then grab your friends and family for a friendly game of Turkey Day Pictionary. Divide yourselves up into two teams. Each member of the team will take turns being the artist while the rest of the team tries to guess the secret word in under a minute. Be sure not to shout out the answer for the other team. Only guess when it is your team's turn. The team with the most correct guesses wins! Remember for more activities, go to: http://storyspectacular.com/resources for access to fun printable activity pages and storytelling worksheets for older kids. There is something spectacular for everyone. - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Today’s show is a Double Feature with two delicious offerings. We will tag along with the Baby Foodie - a culinary hero who travels the globe in search of a tasty adventure. First, we will visit a corn farm to help solve a pesty problem. I sure hope the Baby Foodie and his trusty sidekick Hot Sauce can help save the farm? In our second foodie feature, The Baby Foodie and Hot Sauce are back and today they will go back in time to visit New England during the 1600s. Here they will find a bog of wild cranberries. You see back in the olden days people would find wild Cranberry bushes growing in bogs and swamps. The berries were easy to pick but they didn’t taste very good. In fact, they taste really dry and sour. “Eh Yuck” So the Baby Foodie and hot sauce are going back in time to help invent a brand new way to eat cranberries. Let’s begin this berry exciting adventure now. - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Ida is a little fawn deer. She explores the apple orchards with her mother and learns how to make a sweet fruity treat! Let’s have a fun fall adventure with little Ida. - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Today we will meet a little boy named Forrest who just loves when the autumn leaves change color. He loves it so much he never wants the leaves to fall off the trees. Will Forrest find a way to keep the leaves from falling? Or perhaps he will embrace the changing season and have himself and enchanting autumn experience. - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

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You are just in time to join Digger the Dog, Birdie, and Angie for a trip to the County Fair!!! We will eat some great food, go on some fun rides and even win a BIG prize!!! Sing along to "The County Fair Song" and then laugh along to some jokes about the fair. Y'all are gonna have a SPECTACULAR time!!!

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Here are three County Fair Counting Activities for you! 1.) The Paper Toss Game: Make your own triangle paper tosser or use the printable activity page. For folding instructions. Then find a smooth flat surface. Make a starting line with a piece of tape then. Flick your paper tosser. Use a ruler to measure the distance. Can you beat your score? Challenge your friends and family. Make a prize to award the winner! 2.) The Rubber Ducky Match Game: Use the printable activity page or make your own playing tokens. You can use blank cards or matching lids or coins with paper taped to the bottom. You will need 20 altogether. They need to be identical in shape size and color. Then label two tokens #1 two tokens #2 up to #10. You will have 10 matching number pairs. Hooray now let’s play! Lay your tokens face down and mix them up. Then organize them into neat rows. The first player will flip two tokens over. Do you have a match? If you do, pull those tokens out the side. They are now your points! And you get to go again. If you don’t get a match flip them back down. Your turn is over but use your memory skills to make matches next turn. When all of the matches are collected. The player with the most matches wins. Older kids can play the game with more math skills. Every time you don’t get a match add the total of the mismatched numbers. Keep a running tally. The game ends when all of the matches are collected and the player with the lowest total number score wins. You can use multiplication too! You can also play by adding or multiplying your matches together and the player with the highest score wins. Or make up your own rules! Because Math rules!!! 3.) The Pie Eating Chart: Use the printable activity page or make your own blank pie chart by drawing a circle and dividing it into 10 equal slices. These slices represent the 10 pies Digger the Dog ate during the Pie Eating Contest! Yum Yum. Digger ate 4 blueberry pies. So color 4 of the pie slices Blue. Digger also ate 3 Pumpkin pies so color 3 of the pie slices Orange. Then Digger ate 2 Strawberry pies, so color 2 of the pie slices red. Finally, Digger ate 1 chocolate cream pie. Color the last slice of the pie brown. Now you have a chart that shows which pie digger ate the most and which pie digger ate the least! Older kids can calculate the percentages. Next, you can make your own pie chart for your 4 favorite foods!!! Use the printable activity page or start with a blank pie chart divided into 10 equal slices. To the side of the chart Write down or draw pictures of your 4 favorite foods and assign those foods each a different color. You will be coloring one slice of the pie for every food color. Your first favorite food gets 4 pie slices. Your second favorite food gets 3 pie slices. Your 3rd favorite food gets 2 pie slices and your 4th favorite food gets one pie slice. Yummy! Older kids can calculate percentages. You can make pie charts for your favorite toys, activities or even animals. Like Dogs! I hope you have so much fun playing along with these spectacular county fair counting games. Check out the show notes of this episode for directions and links to today’s activities. http://storyspectacular.com/resources - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners - It's a special Sleepy-Time Tale Double Feature. Tonight we will listen to two starry tales. In our first feature, we will meet three star gazer’s named Wynken Blynken and Nod. I wonder how they will explore the stars tonight? - For our second feature, we will hear from a curious little star who sees something glowing far away in the night sky...  - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Tonight we will meet a kind pebble named Rolley who meets a space rock named Shiney. Shiney is a lost meteorite who needs to find her way back home to outer space. Will Rolley be able to help her new friend? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special Sleepy-Time Tale Double Feature. Tonight we will listen to dreamy tales. In our first feature, we will travel to Dreamland and visit the Dream Genie. The dream genie will grant us 3 dream wishes. I can’t wait to go on an adventure with you! - For our second story we will travel to the land of Diddle Diddle. It’s a magical place filled with wonder. What sorts of surreal things do you think we will see? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Today’s show is a Double Feature with two SPECTACULAR Space friends stories. First, we hear all about what life is like for Quil on the Planet Quark. - For our second feature, we will hear all about Quil’s birthday party at the lava park! Will Quil be brave enough to go down the lava slide? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special sleepy-time tale double feature. Tonight we will listen to two dreamy tales.  In our first feature, we will meet my two pillows who just can’t seem to get along. Will things settle down before its time for bed? For our second story, we will use our imaginations and think of where my shadow could go at night.  - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Tonight we will meet a little toy car who loves to play outside in the driveway but dreams of exploring new places. Where do you think the little toy car will go? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special Sleepy Time Tale Double Feature. Tonight we will listen to two marvelous ocean and aircraft tales. Our first story is about the boats in the bay. We learn all about how the boats spend their day, then we will hear how the boats get ready for bed. For our second story, we will hear about the Imagination Planes. These clever aircrafts are always dreaming about new ways to fly in the sky and explore new places. How will the airplanes use their imagination tonight? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special sleepy-time tale double feature. Tonight we will listen to two transportation tales. In our first feature story, we will meet Little Red, who loves to ride her scooter all the way to Grammie’s house. I wonder if Grammie will be home today or perhaps an unexpected guest will be waiting for Little Red... For our second story, we will hear about Jack and Jill. These two little children were supposed to go up the hill and fetch some water but instead, they found all kinds of fun and creative ways to ride down the hill! Let’s find out what sorts of silly hi-jinx these two children are up to... - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners It's a special sleepy-time tale double feature. Tonight we will listen to two inventive tales. In our first feature, we will spend some time with Hickory Dock, He’s a kind old man who loves to make clocks. Until one day Hickory Dock makes a very remarkable clock that is full of surprises. For our second story, we meet a junior inventor named Josephine. We will even help her test out a brand new invention. - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions & discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Tonight we will listen to two Llamariffic tales. Our first story we will meet my pet Llama who loves to tag around everywhere I go, even to unexpected places. I wonder where Llama will go tonight? For our second feature, we will hear about a llama’s spectacular day at the baseball game. Do you think llama will catch a baseball? - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

CLICK HERE for promotions and discounts from today’s sponsor: http://storyspectacular.com/partners Today’s show is a Double Feature with two spectacular Digger the Dog stories. First Birdie and I try to have a play day with Digger, But he’s not allowed to leave the house until he cleans his room. The only problem is Digger is in a bad mood. Do you think we can convince Digger to change his mind? For our second feature, Birdie & I will visit with Digger the Dog once again. But oh dear he isn’t feeling very well today. Perhaps there are some things Birdie and I can do to help Digger feel Better.  - - - - Listen to Story Spectacular Songs on Spotify!   Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page: viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/storyspectacular - Twitter: twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram: instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

We have to PET-TACULAR stories about our good friend Digger the Dog. In our first story, Every day for Digger was exactly the same, he was stuck in bit of a rut. But one day something happened that was so profound, it turned Digger and his whole routine upside-down... For our second feature, we hear all about Digger’s Rock show!!! Digger has found a lot of fun ways to make noises with his rocks and he can’t wait to entertain his friends. - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Tonight we have two CAT-TACULAR tales. In our first story we will meet a little mouse who is about to be removed from the house by a grumpy cat, unless the mouse can guess the cat's name... In our second feline feature, we will stroll around the city with the "Jazz Cat" and explore the underground music scene! - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Let's celebrate all of the pets out there with a PET-TACULAR Parade! Will your favorite pet be there? - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today we have three SPECTACULAR stories all about our dear friend Birdie: Fly Home Birdie, Boppin' Birdie & Song Birdie. - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. The Sandman lives in on a beautiful beach way up in the night's sky. He wants everyone to come to visit this magnificent place. So he built a sandcastle that you can visit in your dreams! - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Polly is the bravest kid Pirate to have ever sailed the seven seas. She sails from island to island along with her parrot "Crackers", hoping to discover new tropical fruits. But some mischievous monkeys have another idea! We will also hear from Tilde the Tortoise and discover some fun facts about pirates! - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Join me and special guest Chanel Tsang from "Peace Out" for a relaxing beachside getaway. We will go for a walk along the beach, ride our bicycles down the "Beach Rose Bike Path" and then lounge by the big willow tree while we hear a relaxing story from a bluebird. - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. We have two Sea-Worthy tales for you today inspired by my home state of Maine. First, we will hear the silly sea saga about a Lighthouse named Lawrence who's afraid of the OCEAN!!! Then we will tag along with Scamp the Lobster and explore the Undersea Festival. It is SHORE to be a lot of fin... I mean FUN!!!  - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. It's a special Sleepy-Time Tale Double Feature. Our first story is about a silly dog named Boone who really wants to go for an adventure on the boardwalk... but dogs aren’t allowed. Do you think that will stop Boone from having an amusing day? For our second feature we will go to the beach We will pack all of our fun beach toys and of course make a yummy sandwich to eat. But Oh No! A seagull wants to eat our sandwich too... - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Puff is a silly little blowfish who loves to blow bubbles! But one day Puff gets into a bit of BUBBLE TROUBLE!!! How will the little blowfish find his way out of this bubbly mess? Today's episode features the vocal and musical talents of Dan Saks from "Noodle Loaf". - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Welcome to the Bonus Activity Episode!!! Today’s show celebrates all things Ocean and Beach. Here are all the directions for today’s SPECTACULAR activities. Activity #1- Bubble Fun First, grab some bubble solution or make your own bubble solution by mixing 4 cups of warm water with a half cup of sugar then mix in a half cup of dish soap. The longer you let your homemade bubble solution rest the better anywhere from 4 hours to overnight for optimal bubble-making. Next I want you to gather some objects to make your bubbles with, you can use a funnel, a disposable cup with a hole punched in the bottom, you can use a drinking straw or even form your own bubble wand with a wire hanger or pipe cleaner. Gather as many bubble making tools as you can and go outside to test your skills. Which of your bubble making tools makes the biggest bubble. How many little bubbles can you make with one blow. Which tool make your bubbles float the highest? Write down or sketch all of your findings to decide which tool is the ultimate bubble maker!!! Activity #2- The Lighthouse Game This game is best to be played with a group of 5 or more friends. Here’s how it works: 1 player is the lighthouse, at least 3 players are the rocks and all of the remaining players are ships. The ships need to start at the back of the room and turn around with their eyes shut or wear a blindfold. Then the lighthouse and rocks will get into place. Now we are ready to start the game one two three go!!! The lighthouse says “Beep Beep Beep” and the rocks say “Swish Swish Swish.” The boats turn around but keep their eyes shut tight. And listen for the lighthouse. Try to navigate your way around the swishing rocks without bumping into them. If you are a ship and you do bump a rock you have to stop join in with the other rocks. The first ship to reach the lighthouse is the winner of the game and gets to be the lighthouse next round. Happy playing everyone!!! Activity #3- Digging for Treasure You can do this activity on the beach or in your sand box. First, grab a piece of paper and something to draw with. You’ll need these for later. Next, I want you to go on a beach walk or nature walk. Collect 6 treasures. These can be cool rocks, a smooth stick, a shell or even an acorn. Then find a nice secret spot in the sand to bury your treasures. Cover the secret spot with sand and carve an “X” to mark the spot. Now pull out your paper and crayons to draw a treasure map. Look around for any land marks that would lead you back to find the treasure, be sure to include things like big rocks or trees nearby. Remember to draw and “X” on your map to show where the treasure is. Here is the fun part. Run around for 3 minutes. Go bananas running in all different directions. Then look at your treasure map and try to find your way back to your secret treasure. It’s time to dig it up! It’s okay if you don’t find all the treasure. You know that it’s safe in the ground. And there are always new treasures to discover outside! Happy playing everyone!!! Until next time have a SPECTACULAR day! - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Let's celebrate the warm weather with a SPECTACULAR pool party with our friends Birdie & Digger the Dog! We will listen to a short story about a rubber Ducky. And we will also hear some jokes about pools from Digger. - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. It's a special Sleepy-Time Tale Double Feature. Tonight we will listen to two otter tales. Our first story is about three little otters who don’t want to take a bath. Maybe mama otter can convince her little ones that bath time is wonderful... For our second story we will hear about a little otter who loves the water. Where will she travel to next in her magical row boat? - - - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Website: http://storyspectacular.com/ - Amazon Author Page:http://viewauthor.at/angelaferraribooks - Facebook:http://facebook.com/storyspectacular - Twitter:http://twitter.com/storytacular - Instagram:http://instagram.com/storytacular - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Coral the Seahorse loves exploring the deep blue sea. One day she finds a remarkable treasure in a sunken pirate ship. What will she do with her newfound fortune? Then Tilde the Tortoise will stop by and tell us some fun facts about seahorses.  - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Monique Parker is passionate about helping teens and young adults succeed in school and in life while preparing them for the real world and not MTV's version. As a motivational speaker, author, and Academic Life Coach & Mentor her mission is to empower and equip young people to improve their mindset, confidence, grades, interpersonal skills, and be ready to live an independent life as a successful adult. Monique has been an educator, counselor, human resource professional, and church youth leader for over 20 years which has allowed her to transfer her skills of training, development, education, and mental health to proactively improve and transform the lives of young people and prepare them to be leaders in today's world. Right-click here to download the episode to your computer! The Notes A lot of parents turn to Monique when they find themselves at their “wits end” because their teens have fallen off track. Monique helps her clients/students improve their grades, identify their passions, and achieve educational, personal, and entrepreneurial goals.  Topics she frequently touches on include: study skills, confidence, communication, money management, and other life skills. When our kids are balanced, we as parents are less stressed and are able to be more successful and inspired. [bctt tweet="“It's a beautiful thing, when you can work together as a family for everybody to reach their goals.” ~ Monique Parker, FamilyPreneur Podcast Episode #12 " username="TheMegBrunson"] As adults, we often invest in our own professional development, and we should also be investing in training and development for our children. Monique's sweet spot is working with kids in highschool and into their early 20s. When kids are in highschool, they have a guidance counselor, and then if/when they go to college they have an advisor… and Monique's services bridge the gap there - she provides a service that can help in highschool and right through college-aged. This provides both consistency and a voice (other than the parents) guiding the child through the transition to adulthood. We discuss the importance of education, but not necessarily a college education. Monique highly values learning and encourages all entrepreneurs to attain certifications in their areas of expertise when at all possible. College is not the right path for everyone, but everyone should be in a state of constant learning. [bctt tweet="“Find your path, find it early, and shine brightly” ~ Monique Parker, FamilyPreneur Podcast Episode #12 " username="TheMegBrunson"] We discussed why children need an adult - other than a parent - supporting the child through life - and especially during the teen/early adult years when kids are going through a big transition away from high school. Even with the availability of guidance counselors, it's valuable to have a coach work with kids because coaches, like Monique, are more focused on a holistic approach and really diving to the root of the issues, and they can provide consistency during this time of transition. Monique discusses what entrepreneurial parents can do to prepare your kids for the real world. She highly recommends honest and open communication, as well as grace. This is something I connect to my own personal situation, in which my 10-year-old has started a business, but on a different level from a business founded by an adult. We can provide them with knowledge and opportunities without pushing them to grow up too soon. [bctt tweet="“Step out of the box, and realize that it's okay to have alternative education” ~ Monique Parker, FamilyPreneur Podcast Episode #12 " username="TheMegBrunson"] Approaching education from a holistic perspective is essential to helping our children grow. We have the opportunity now to help our children be successful as an adult. Like frederick douglass said - it's easier to raise a child than to fix a broken man. So, don't wait until the child is 18… while 18 is not “too late:" it can be much more effective to start asap. Meet Monique Parker Monique is passionate about helping teens and young adults succeed in school and in life while preparing them for the real world and not MTV's version.  As a motivational speaker, author, and Academic Life Coach & Mentor her mission is to empower and equip young people to improve their mindset, confidence, grades, interpersonal skills, and be ready to live an independent life as a successful adult. Monique has been an educator, counselor, human resource professional, and church youth leader for over 20 years which has allowed her to transfer her skills of training, development, education, and mental health to proactively improve and transform the lives of young people and prepare them to be leaders in today's world. Find Monique www.moniquesparker.com www.facebook.com/successwithmsparker Last Show In episode number 11 we met Sarah Humes. After overcoming anxiety and agoraphobia, she bravely entered the business world with a company called In-Courage Living. Her mission is to help people do brave things every day. We discussed relationship building, core values, and the aspirations of her children. It's was a great interview, you should go back and listen! Next Show Next week, we'll meet Angela Ferrari.  Angela is an artist, children's book author and illustrator, and the creator and host of the Story Spectacular podcast. Angela will discuss her talent for finding creative ways to play, and how she leveraged her creativity to build a business. It's a fun interview, that you're sure to enjoy! #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. 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Angela experienced rejection numerous times, when attempting to have her books published.  She learned that she did not need to be given permission to proceed. Instead, she gave herself permission to pursue her passion. Angela Ferrari is an artist, children's book author/ illustrator based in Portland Maine. She is the creator and host of the Story Spectacular podcast. Angela grew up in the mountains of western Maine. Living in a rural setting, she developed a talent for finding creative ways to play and captivate her imagination. After graduating with a BA in studio art from The University of Maine, Angela moved to Portland. She was accepted into the Assets for Artists program which focused on business finance for creative entrepreneurs. After completing the required training, Angela received matching grant funds for working capital. She then became a successful painter. She has since expanded her artistic endeavors, writing and illustrating three children's books: Digger's Daily Routine, An Extraordinary Book & What Do You See. Most recently Angela has launched Story Spectacular, a children's story podcast. The show features original stories and classic retellings. Listeners will enjoy creative stories with vivid characters and sound design. Some shows even feature songs, jokes, or fun facts too. http://storyspectacular.com/  https://www.facebook.com/StorySpectacular/  https://twitter.com/storytacular  https://www.instagram.com/storytacular/    tags:  stories that empower, stories, story, that, empower, storiesthatempower, podcast, hope, inspiration, inspire, inspiring, lift up, light, dark, motivate, motivation, motivating, Sean, Angela Ferrari, Angela, Ferrari, story spectacular, storyspectacular, story, spectacular, storytacular, tacular, artitst, children, illustrator, portand, maine, podcast, Digger's Daily Routine, An Extraordinary Book, What Do You See

In episode #2 of the FamilyPreneur Podcast, you will learn the number one piece of advice for pursuing entrepreneurship, from the perspective of each of our first 12 guests! Then, over the course of the next few weeks, you'll have the opportunity to listen to their full interviews in their entirety! Right-click here to download the episode to your computer! First, I'd like to introduce Angela Ferrari. Angela Ferrari is an artist, children's book author and illustrator based in Portland Maine.She is the creator and host of the Story Spectacular podcast. Angela grew up in the mountains of western Maine. Living in a rural setting, she developed a talent for finding creative ways to play and captivate her imagination. She has since expanded her artistic endeavors, writing and illustrating three children's books. Most recently Angela has launched Story Spectacular, a children's story podcast featuring original stories and classic retellings. #1 - Just go for it! - Angela Ferrari I would say that whatever you have inside you, whatever story you have to tell or creative venture you have, just go for it. I mean there's no excuse nowadays with all of the advantages we have with technology. You can not only, you know, write a book or make your own website. Not only do you have the tools to pursue, but you also have the tools to promote. Angela hit the nail on the head. Technology has made it easier than ever to monetize our passions. With the internet, we can create our storefront via a website, leverage social media for affordable marketing solutions, and research just about any question we have. Now, let's hear from Micala. Micala Quinn is a wife, mom, teacher, lifelong learner and founder of The Live Free Mama Movement. She helps moms launch their freelance business using the skills they already have so that they can have more freedom, flexibility, and financial stability to be the mom they want to be! Hi Micala, what advice do you have for new entrepreneurs? #2 - Done, Not Perfect - Micala Quinn Just one thing, and this is something that I follow and it's actually up on my wall. I'm in my office right now and I wanted this to be filled with inspirational and like happy thoughts. One of the phrases that I have been hearing from Dana Malstaff - it comes up in like all of her stuff on her Podcast and her group, and the Boss Mom retreat I went to. It's this idea of “done not perfect.” So if you're starting out and you are launching your freelance business - whatever services you are going to offer - just start! Get it out there. You don't have to have a website. You don't have to have a business Page. You just have to kind of have that clarity of what you're offering, and start telling people. That's great advice, Micala. It's easy to get overwhelmed with all of the things we think we need to do before we launch a business. But it's important to remember that you don't need to be perfect right out of the gate. You should not compare yourself to businesses who have been established for years. Everyone has to start somewhere and you dont need all the things right out out the gate. Focus on one thing at a time, and allow yourself to grow from there. Stacy Brookman has a great piece of advice to add. Stacy Brookman is a Resilience and Life Storytelling Expert and produces the Real Life Resilience podcast. Her mission is to tell stories of recovery from life's most difficult trauma and provide tools for resiliency for kids and adults. Hi Stacy, what is your top piece of advice? #3 - Start Small - Stacy Brookman Start small. You don't have to quit your job. I haven't yet quit my corporate job. I'm hoping to this next upcoming year. But you know, just go ahead and start. Start small. Make a lot of mistakes. That's okay. Make the mistakes when you're small. Like, I've tried to do some Facebook Lives and YouTube Lives and it took me a while before... Took me a lot of people are saying “There's no sound!” (Oh no!) It took me a while before I got the right formula. But you do it, and do it when you're small, and you can find that time. I take a lunch. You know, a lot of people in the corporate world don't take lunches. They just work right through it. That's my time I'm going to take it. I am going to step away from my desk. I'm going to work on my business. I think that's what everybody can and should do, because the way the economy is going is that there are more freelancers, more entrepreneurs, and you're giving yourself a boost for the future. Great addition, Stacy. Mistakes and even “failures” are essential steps to success. We have to make those mistakes in order to learn and improve. As moms it can also be hard to make time for ourselves, but I love how you found a way to carve time out of your lunch break - to work on your business a little bit each day. A “side hustle” can not only provide a great escape away from the mundane corporate world - a way to pursue our passions and it sparks the possibility for financial freedom. Susie Parker is our next guest - and she also works a corporate job alongside managing her successful business. Susie is a certified Sleep Consultant and founder of Sleep Baby Love, Child Sleep Consulting. She is a “been there done that” mom of two beautiful girls who have had her deal with many sleep challenges head on. Through personalized consulting and online courses, Susie helps many exhausted families teach their babies, toddlers and preschoolers to LOVE sleep. Welcome Susie, what is your number 1 piece of advice for parents pursuing entrepreneurship? #4 - It ain't easy. But it's worth it. - Susie Parker It ain't easy, but it's worth it! So, I found a business that I actually created where I was able to start with a lower investment. I mean I didn't have to create a product or anything. I had a website and I was able to through word of mouth get my first client, so that was a pretty good opportunity. If you can find something like that, without spending a ton of investment into branding or courses, at that point, just start your business. And then once you have clients and you have money coming in, figure out where you want to invest it. Getting rich happens for a lot of people, but it doesn't happen for everyone. I think these, “make a million dollars in a year,” you'd have to have a really premium price service, and if you're selling to your mom, I don't know necessarily that that's always the best service. So, you have to really figure out where you want to go, and don't get jealous of other people's success. Yes, it's definitely worth it! There are many many entrepreneurs who work a full time job while they are building the foundations of their “side hustle.” Starting a business with as little of an investment as possible is great advice, and then once you start making money you can reinvest that into expanding and growing your business. I also love that you mentioned not getting jealous of other people's success. Focus on improving yourself continuously, and draw inspiration from others, but know that people will follow you for being you. Next, let's hear from Vicki DeLuzio. Vicki echos some of Susie's advice, and adds her own perspective to it. Vicki is a blogging and homeschooling mom of 3 living in Surprise, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix). Her and her husband are both entrepreneurs and she often and actively involves her children in her business. Hi Vicki, thanks for joining us! What's your best advice for someone thinking of starting their own business? #5 Make Financial Plans - Vicki DeLuzio You definitely have to know that you're not going to make money right off the bat, unless you have an incredible amazing idea, the percentage of that actually happening is so low. I mean, watch Shark Tank for instance.  The people who are on Shark Tank, they have struggled for years and years, and they don't live the high life. So, realize that whatever you're starting out with, it's not going to go from zero to 60. You need to be prepared with both... especially health insurance. Look up your options for that, have savings. Have a plan in place, and know that you might have to work part time, or someone might have to work part time just make ends meet. Don't go into severe debt, because it's a hard hole to climb out of. And the stress of debt can be horrible on a family. Make sure you have a plan in place. Make sure you have a savings set aside. That would be my advice.   As I mentioned before, There are many many entrepreneurs who start their businesses alongside a full time job, which allows them to maintain the perks and benefits of full-time employment - like health insurance. Some people hope to leave their corporate jobs some day, while others are content with balancing both on a more long-term basis. In either situation, self-employment provides a safety net in case something out of your control happens with your corporate job. Next, I'd like to welcome Kiki to the show. Kiki is my 10-year-old daughter, who you met in episode #1, and I'd like to remind you about the advice she indicated she'd give to her little sister, who recently indicated an interest in starting her own business. Hi Kiki, what advice would you offer your sister - or any of your friends - if they told you that they wanted to start their own business? #6 Mentoring and Coaching - Kiki I would start telling them about my business and how my business works. And we can work a little on both of our businesses together. So I can help her and teach her most of the stuff. I think that will be pretty helpful. Like me telling her like if you want a website maybe you should do this or that. I think I can pretty much help people by doing that. So…it sounds like what you would do if your sister or a friend wanted to start a business is try to figure out a way that you could work together. So like teamwork and help them figure things out along the way so it's you know it's almost like you'd want to be a coach to them kind of like I've been a business coach to you is that right? Yeah. So you think that you would just like to be a friend and help them through their questions and their problems in the best ways that you can. Yeah I want to try and help them so, yeah. What happens if you don't know an answer than you do? Maybe I would ask my business coach since she knows a lot more than me. Kiki is really onto something - she understands, even at a young age, that it takes a village. She's able to identify that she needs help and support from other, more experienced business owners in order to grow her business - and that she can extend her knowledge and expertise to entrepreneurs who are not quite where she is yet. It's this concept of building a tribe, or forming a mastermind group, that Lisa Betts-LaCroix also explores with us. Lisa is a speaker, actor, dancer and host of the Super Power U podcast. She speaks on the future of Education, has been featured in over 100 film and television roles and, though she began dancing late in life, she holds a World Title in Pro-Am American Rhythm Ballroom Dance. Lisa's parents were both entrepreneurs, she married an entrepreneurial husband, and her experiences with education and entrepreneurship have influenced her approach on homeschooling her children. Hi Lisa, what is your number one piece of advice for entrepreneurs? #7 We need a tribe - Lisa Betts-LaCroix We need a tribe. We need connections. We need support. And one of the things I noticed in our current life is that people often feel isolated. I have the belief that it is - if you feel isolated - it is on you. It is a possibility for you and the tools are in place for you to go out and create a community for yourself. The key thing I'd say about building community and making connections with people is that it's possible for everyone to do. And the key thing is to look at what you need and what kind of support you want.  If you can scratch your own itch and meet your own need, and then bring other people into that, you probably will be both contributing greatly to people in ways that they will appreciate, and at the same time you'll synergistically be building a support network that you need for yourself. It's definitely easy to feel isolated both as a parent and as an entrepreneur. While I think in-person networking and support networks are really important, it's also important to keep in mind that technology makes it totally possible to find virtual support as well. Having a “tribe” or forming a mastermind group with other entrepreneurs who are at a similar place in their business is a great way to collaborate and find success together. Monique Parker is an academic life coach, author, and public speaker. She empowers and equips teens and young adults to experience success in school and in life, while preparing them for adulthood. Monique shares her number one piece of advice, both for parents and for teens and young adults… Welcome Monique, what advice do you have for exploring entrepreneurship? #8 Think outside of the box- Monique Parker So I am going to give two-fold because you know my heart is for the young people. That's good, give us two answers: parent-perspective and kiddo-perspective. Parent perspective would be to remember that your child is a little person. These are people that you are developing. As a parent entrepreneur, just like you would spend so much time in building your business, is your responsibility - and should be your duty, your choice, your love, and your passion to build up your young people to be a responsible adult. (I love that) For teens and young adults, I would say to walk to your own beat, do not feel like you have to be like everybody else. Give yourself grace. Give yourself love for yourself, to realize that you were innately born with special gifts to help the world. Help the masses, which in turn will benefit you and bless you. So I would say to you, as young people, to find your path, find it early, and shine brightly in that area. And do it because you want to do it, and because you love to do it, and because you love yourself enough that you want to be the best that you can be. Don't feel like you have to be in the box - Parents and teens - they don't have to be doctors and don't have to be lawyers. Find what your child is naturally gifted at and help them make a business off of that, and thrive off of that. I love Monique's perspective. Whether you have yourself or your child in mind… We all have special gifts, and those translate into marketable skills. Our paths are all going to look different because they all are beginning and ending in different places. And it's important to remember that there is no need to follow someone else's path. Even success looks differently to different people. And Sherry Bevan agrees. Sherry is a former Global Head of IT Service in an international law firm, she now runs The Confident Mother, an independent coaching practice. Sherry has been running her own business since 2012 and works as an author, coach and speaker. She specialises in helping ambitious women get clear on what they really want, then find the confidence to take action and move forward in their career or business. Hi Sherry, what is the best advice you have for parent entrepreneurs? #9 Be You - Sherry Bevan Oh, I think my number one piece of advice is the more you can be you, and be uniquely and unapologetically you, then the better things will be. Just be yourself, because nobody else can be you, in the same way as you can. That's great, Sherry. We did touch on this earlier as well. Just be you. Don't worry about the competitors in your niche - don't worry about trying to make everyone like you. As a matter of fact, it's impossible to make everyone like you! Identify your passion, build your business, and let your personality shine through. YOU are what sets your business apart from your competition. Sarah Humes dives deeper into self-reflection with her advice. Although Sarah is relatively new to the business world, she has been doing the wife and mom thing for about 13 years now. She is married to her husband David, and they and their children, bravely entered the business world with a company called In-Courage Living. Their mission? To help people do brave things---every day! #10 Identify your core values - Sarah Humes I would truly encourage anybody getting into business - parents or not parents - to make sure you know what your core values are. Knowing what you stand for, and what you believe in. I think when you go to make big changes in your life, and I know for me my business was a huge change in lifestyle -  How to run my family, how to run my household - knowing what my core values are, they give me an anchor to come back to. Just the other day, I kind of had one of those moments where I felt like the household was kind of falling apart, learning how to run a household and a business is a lot of work- but, I had my core values to come back to. And I knew that I didn't want to yell at the people in my household, because kindness is a core value in our household. And I knew that I wanted to get my household back in order, because hospitality is one of our core values.  I have those core values to come back to you and knowing what they are just always is an anchor for me. They anchor my business, they anchor my family, and they anchor me personally. Once you know what your core values are they can help give you a mission statement in your business and in your family. And they have just helped propel me along, every step of the way. Knowing that about myself has just given me purpose and I think that that is just one of the the most important things you can do. I really like that - our family doesn't have identified core values, but it's officially a project on my to-do list! The past couple pieces of advice have really focused on being you, being unique, identifying your passions and values. And once you have identified where your strengths really lie, Cat Stancik has some advice for you. Cat is known for her tough love approach that gets clients into focused action so that they can get out of overwhelm and create big results with significantly less effort! She works with high achieving entrepreneurs who want to stop focusing on the glorified 6 and 7 figure marks, and finally enjoy a profitable, balanced business. Cat is the founder of Action Incubator™, a sought-after speaker, and Bestselling Author of 7 Principles for a More Productive and Fulfilling Life. Hey Cat, can you share your number one piece of advice with us? #11 You Don't Have to Do Everything - Cat Stancik You don't have to do everything in your business. I know that especially for new entrepreneurs, you know, at  any stage of the game this is true. You do not have to do everything in your business. You get focused on the things you need to do. Stay in your brilliance. And delegate the rest of that. So, I know that's like 3 different pieces of advice but they kind of link into each other, puzzle piece wise. Ultimately, you are not supposed to do everything in your business. Stay in your swim lane. Stay in your brilliance. That's where you enjoy playing. Do that! Don't concede and do stuff that you aren't great at doing. Have someone else who is great at doing it, do it! (Outsource and delegate) Yeah baby. As entrepreneurs, and as moms, we're always trying to do it all. But, it doesn't have to be that way. It shouldn't be that way. Much in the same way as we talked about finding a tribe and masterminding, it's okay to delegate tasks to others and even outsource elements of your business. This allows you to have better focus on the things you are best at - often times you can even outsource the things you just don't like doing - and that will help you be more efficient within your business. If you've been counting, you know that there is one piece of advice left, and it comes from Hannah B. King. Hannah is an off-beat, sunshine-&-sea-lovin' mama of two, an intuitive success mentor for creative entrepreneurial mamas, and a wild travelin' gypsy at heart. She has been an avid student of some of the best spiritual teachers, thought leaders, and intuitive healers around the world for the past 15 years. She is now on a mission, creating a movement of modern day mama's, collectively inspired on their journey of radical transformation and quantum growth, guiding them to create their dream desired lifestyle on their own terms. She spends her time tromping in waterfalls with her family or camping on the beaches on her island home of Maui, HI. Hey, Hannah, what is your number one piece of advice for our listeners? #12 Surrender & Grace - Hannah B. King I feel like there's one word that I have brought with me through my journey into becoming a mama. I had a very unusual entry into motherhood, than being pregnant, giving birth, becoming a mama, and then the role of parenthood, and then now raising my business. There's one word that has always been, I think, the ultimate saving grace and that is “surrender.” We want to hold on so tight to how we think something should go. And when we let go, and when we surrender and allow things to occur - even if it's the really sucky stuff, even if it's like, “I'm miserable.” Just surrender, and allow things to occur versus the tight grip on, “It's got to be just this way.”  This can apply to everything from pregnancy, birth, motherhood, business, all the things... money, relationships, everything. We have these ideas, and we want to feel like we're in control of how they how they go. And I just think, it's the one thing that I tell everybody, which is just let go and surrender, and let things occur, and see what unfolds for you. Is it always easy? Absolutely not. But, surrender is key - to anything - to any growth that we want in our lives. So, I would say that would be the biggest number 1… One more thing, which would be to give yourself grace, and to be kind to yourself. Whether you're raising a business and you're doing an entrepreneurial endeavor, or you're raising your family - it is big work. It is hard work. And it is beautiful magical work. But it is not going to be enjoyable if we are beating ourselves up. So, give yourself kindness and love and respect. And when you're struggling with that, imagine yourself as your as your children. Imagine how you love your children. You might want to scream at them, and shake them sometimes, because they're driving you crazy. But ultimately, then you just want to hug them, and you want to love them - and that's how we have to treat ourselves. It's like the little girl, or the little boy in us, they just need love. We just need love. So be willing to. You know when you're really wanting to beat yourself up, look at yourself as if you look at your children. It's just pure love. And that will get you through everything. Can I just say how amazing it has been to work with these 12 women to put not only this value-packed episode together, but to put together each of the first 13 episodes of the FamilyPreneur Podcast! If you have a friend that could benefit from listening to this Podcast, please share it with them - and make sure you subscribe so that you don't miss any of the future episodes! Last Show Last episode, in episode #1, I introduced you to my own story and the inspiration for this podcast - plus, I welcomed my daughter to the podcast to discuss her business. Go back and listen to episode #1 now. Next Show In the next episode we will explore Freedom, Flexibility and Financial Stability with Micala Quinn. Micala will explain why she left her teaching career, and what it means to be a virtual assistant; including who is a good candidate for VA work, and the process to get your business started pretty much immediately! Listen to episode #3  now! Future Shows: January 3: Micala Quinn in Episode 3, Freedom, Flexibility and Financial Stability January 10: Lisa Betts-LaCroix in Episode 4, Generations of Entrepreneurship January 17: Cat Stancik in Episode 5, Revenue, Profits, and Focused Actions January 24: Stacy Brookman in Episode 6, Resilience and Writing January 31: Susie Parker in Episode 7, Diversified Incomes: Corporate & Side-Hustles February 7: Sherry Bevan in Episode 8, Balancing Work and Life Confidently February 14: Hannah B. King in Episode 9, Mindset for Mamas in Business February 21: Vicki DeLuzio in Episode 10, Beginning a Blog February 28: Sarah Humes in Episode 11, Personal & Professional Bravery March 7: Monique Parker in Episode 12, Empowering Little People March 14: Angela Ferrari in Episode 13, Creativity and Making Work Fun #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;}   Get an email when the next episode is released:       Learn more about the FamilyPreneur Business Accelerator and join today at »familypreneur.co« I'm committed to building an inclusive and anti-racist business. I support LGBTQIA+ rights and the rights of all intersectional identities. I believe that business should be a force for dismantling systems of oppression and actively invest in my own learning to fulfill this role. »Read My Full DEI Statement HERE« Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

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