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The Brain Playground

Ashley Leavy
The Brain Playground
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12 episodes

  • The Brain Playground

    S1:E10 - Play It Forward!

    2025-12-25 | 12 mins.
    In this gentle season finale, kids explore how small moments of kindness—giving, helping, encouraging, and listening—can make a big difference.
    Guided by your brain bud, Izby, kids will:
    Use their imagination to design playful toys and warm up their creative thinking
    Slow down with calming breaths and gratitude taps that help them notice what’s good around them
    Help fill Toyland’s Kindness Meter by supporting toys that need a little boost
    Share simple ways they can show kindness and “play it forward” in their own lives

    Credits:
    Created & Produced by Ashley M. Leavy
    Sound Design by Jose Correa (fellowwave.com)
  • The Brain Playground

    S1:E9 - Sharing Space!

    2025-11-20 | 12 mins.
    In this cosmic adventure, kids discover how giving others room, taking turns, and slowing down helps everyone work together.
    Guided by your brain bud, Izby, kids will:
    Answer out-of-this-world questions from their robot friend, Cosmo, to warm up their thinking muscles
    Practice a calming space pause — a moment to slow down, look around, and notice others
    Hop into a spaceship and help re-sync the solar system using stop-and-go signals for taking turns, guiding-light stretches for making room, and clap cues for listening and waiting to share
    Share a time they've made space for someone else

    Credits:
    Created & Produced by Ashley M. Leavy
    Sound Design by Jose Correa (fellowwave.com)
  • The Brain Playground

    S1:E8 - Feelings Forecast!

    2025-09-25 | 12 mins.
    In this playful episode, kids discover how feelings shift—just like the weather—and how their Brainbow Toolkit prepares them with tools for focus, balance, and calm.
    Guided by your brain bud, Izby, kids will:
    Solve sky riddles to collect special tools like a Sunbeam Spark, Thunder Beat, and Cloud Puff
    Practice calming breaths and choose a Feelings Badge—a color that shows how they feel inside
    Swing into the Weathering Realm, where fog, storms, and rainbows show them how to work through emotional ups and downs
    Share and imagine a rainbow of feelings—because sorting feelings into colors helps the brain notice, name, and manage them
    Credits:
    Created & Produced by Ashley M. Leavy
    Sound Design by Jose Correa (fellowwave.com)
  • The Brain Playground

    S1:E7 - Happy Habitats!

    2025-08-28 | 12 mins.
    In this calmer-paced adventure (great for bedtime or quiet moments), kids discover how animals—and people—adapt to new spaces, and learn to name what makes them feel just right.
    Guided by their brain bud, Izby, kids will:
    Play a listening game, guessing animal sounds and learning fun habitat facts (snake, monkey, seal)
    Slow down to notice what makes them feel comfortable and calm, and practice tools to adapt
    Act out or imagine the moves of meerkats, bats, puffins, and crabs
    Share a special moment about where they feel their best—whether it’s cozy, creative, or with friends/family
    Credits:
    Created & Produced by Ashley M. Leavy
    Sound Design by Jose Correa (fellowwave.com)
  • The Brain Playground

    S1:E7 - Happy Habitats!

    2025-08-28 | 12 mins.
    In this calmer-paced adventure (great for bedtime or quiet moments), kids discover how animals—and people—adapt to new spaces, and learn to name what makes them feel just right.
    Guided by their brain bud, Izby, kids will:
    Play a listening game, guessing animal sounds and learning fun habitat facts (snake, monkey, seal)
    Slow down to notice what makes them feel comfortable and calm, and practice tools to adapt
    Act out or imagine the moves of meerkats, bats, puffins, and crabs
    Share a special moment about where they feel their best—whether it’s cozy, creative, or with friends/family
    Credits:
    Created & Produced by Ashley Leavy
    Sound Design by Jose Correa (fellowwave.com)

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About The Brain Playground

Social-emotional learning that feels like recess!The Brain Playground is a co-listening podcast for kids ages 4–8 and their grown-ups to enjoy together. Sensory-friendly and interactive, each episode sparks emotional growth through playful games, creative movement, imaginative adventures, and meaningful reflection.Guided by your brain bud, Izby, the show follows a consistent rhythm that meets kids where they are and makes space for connection. It's a joyful reminder that every brain is awesome, exactly how it is, and every time we play, it grows a little more.
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