Speaker 1: You're listening to a MoMA Mia podcast.
Speaker 2: Mama Mia acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters
Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on.
Speaker 3: Hello to all our little builders and their grown ups.
Speaker 3: Welcome to how to Build a Universe, where stories build worlds.
Speaker 3: I'm Jenmuer. I'm a parent, educator, social worker and mum
Speaker 3: before boys. And my co host is Whoo yeah, I've
Speaker 3: got the moves.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, look at me, Chen, I'm the best dancer
Speaker 2: on the floor. Oh I think I've got these moves down.
Speaker 4: Pat now?
Speaker 3: Jen?
Speaker 4: Oh? Tom? Hello? Can you turn it down for jic host?
Speaker 2: Jen?
Speaker 4: Look, sorry, I've got a bit carried away there.
Speaker 2: I've just got back from a dino dance off in
Speaker 2: the magical Jurassic Park. Those dinosaurs really know how to move.
Speaker 2: The t Rex taught me this thing called the tiny
Speaker 2: arms twist. And did you know that loss or raptors
Speaker 2: can break dance in their own way?
Speaker 4: Of course?
Speaker 3: What I always wondered what those clever little raptors did
Speaker 3: in their spare time. And do you know what learning
Speaker 3: new dance moves is a lot like making new friends.
Speaker 3: It can be a bit clunky at first, it can
Speaker 3: at what age can we expect kids to take turns, share,
Speaker 3: get along with others. And what do you do if
Speaker 3: your kid is snatching or they won't share? What about
Speaker 3: kids that are too much or slow to warm up?
Speaker 3: Today we're going to work on social skills in the
Speaker 3: dinosaur park. Does the dinosaur know how to share and
Speaker 3: play well with its friends? Let's find out how things
Speaker 3: go and what role the humans might play in helping
Speaker 3: the dinosaurs to get along and go better in the wild,
Speaker 3: just like when we go into the jungle. Today is
Speaker 3: helpful if your child is struggling with social skills at childcare, preschool,
Speaker 3: or even playdates. Social skills are a learned skill and
Speaker 3: what kids often need is a bit of pre playdate
Speaker 3: chat about what's going to happen and what they can
Speaker 3: do if they're struggling. This chat is our opportunity to
Speaker 3: help kids feel seen in the struggles and also know
Speaker 3: they can always come to us for help when socializing
Speaker 3: gets tough.
Speaker 2: And you know what, Jen, even the t rex had
Speaker 2: to learn to play nice. As you can imagine, truck,
Speaker 2: they can be quite dangerous during play.
Speaker 4: Now, my little dino.
Speaker 2: Discoverers, are you ready to stomp your way into the
Speaker 2: most rawesome adventure Ever, I'm ready, and before we jump
Speaker 2: into our time machine, be sure to grab your favorite
Speaker 2: toy to bring along. I've put together a few lego
Speaker 2: duplo bricks and this will be our time traveling stick.
Speaker 2: Let's get those prehistoric feet ready, because right after this,
Speaker 2: it's Jurassic time. Welcome my board, the time Twister Express,
Speaker 2: my little adventurer. Today we're spinning back millions of years
Speaker 2: into the Jurassic period, where dinosaurs.
Speaker 4: Ruled the land. What kinds of dinosaurs do you think
Speaker 4: we'll see today?
Speaker 2: A brontosaurus, maybe a t rex. Well, let's get ourselves
Speaker 2: feeling calm and ready with.
Speaker 4: A deep breath in and out.
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm ready to travel back in time, just millions
Speaker 2: of years.
Speaker 4: It's nothing. Keen to see if things were so expensive
Speaker 4: back then.
Speaker 2: Here we go, Hold on, diet, all the pressure of
Speaker 2: my arms.
Speaker 4: Here we go.
Speaker 5: Wow, Oh, that time machine hit.
Speaker 4: It's different. We've landed.
Speaker 2: Step outside carefully, you never know what's nearby. Whow we
Speaker 2: are in a prehistoric world?
Speaker 4: Look around? What do you see? Towering fern trees?
Speaker 2: There's a brachiosaurus poking her head over the top of them.
Speaker 2: She is so big, taller than the tallest tree you've
Speaker 2: ever seen. Brachiosauruses have long necks, kind of like a giraffe.
Speaker 2: We're very calm creatures and only eat plants. Oh do
Speaker 2: you hear that something stomping and it says getting closer? Yep,
Speaker 2: that's definitely you're dinosaur and it's heading this way. It's
Speaker 2: a tyrannosaurus. Don't worry, this t rex isn't chasing us.
Speaker 2: His name is Terry, and he's not quite as scary
Speaker 2: as he.
Speaker 4: Looks him Terry.
Speaker 2: Fun fact, t rex has had teeth as long as bananas.
Speaker 4: Think about that. Each tooth was as big as a single.
Speaker 2: Banana, and rightfully so because they were carnivores, which means
Speaker 2: they only ate meat. So those big teeth were perfect
Speaker 2: for munching on well, whatever they want. But Terry's working
Speaker 2: on that because he has had a problem with snacking
Speaker 2: on his friends.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I used to eat others within a couple of minutes
Speaker 1: of meeting them. But I'm practicing my manners for today's
Speaker 1: Dino dance off. No eating anyone and no roaring up,
Speaker 1: closing people's faces.
Speaker 4: Great, just dancing.
Speaker 1: It's about dancing today.
Speaker 4: That's what today is yes, Terry. Now, how does your
Speaker 4: news saying go?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, greet others, not eat others.
Speaker 4: That's right.
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering what about the meat others because I'm
Speaker 1: a carnival can others.
Speaker 2: Sorry, mate, there's a bit of a gray area there.
Speaker 4: Just to be clear. We're not eating anyone.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, you're you're right, you're right.
Speaker 2: Now tell me about this dino dance off? What's that
Speaker 2: all about?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, look, it's so exciting. Every year all the
Speaker 1: dinosaurs in Jurassic Valley get together for a big dino
Speaker 1: dance off. Oh wow, we'll dance together. My dance move
Speaker 1: is called the tiny arms twist. You want to try
Speaker 1: it with me?
Speaker 2: Okay, my dino explorer Terry's showing us his moves.
Speaker 4: Are you ready to give it a try? Great? First,
Speaker 4: wiggle your shoulders, shoulders, that's it. You put your right
Speaker 4: shoulder forward, then your right shoulder back, and then your
Speaker 4: left shoulder forward. Twist your tail on.
Speaker 2: Shoulders going back and forward, back and forward back, and
Speaker 2: that's it.
Speaker 4: Now, twist your hips and raw like a d rex.
Speaker 4: Give me your loudest raw one dancing. Let's hear those raws.
Speaker 1: Nah, look at you go. You're doing a great job.
Speaker 4: Wow. Nice great dancing.
Speaker 1: Now, I just need to remember not to roll so
Speaker 1: close to my competitors because it hurts sies. Anyway, my
Speaker 1: claws across that. This helps me get along better with everybody.
Speaker 4: Weld An Terry. I can see you're trying really hard.
Speaker 1: I'll see you in this.
Speaker 4: Okay, my dino adventurer.
Speaker 2: We're almost at the top of a big canyon where
Speaker 2: we can see all of Dino Valley, where most of
Speaker 2: the dinosaurs in this area live. Well, look, here comes
Speaker 2: a group of dinohs sprinting towards us.
Speaker 4: They're velos of raptors.
Speaker 2: Fun fact, veloc of raptors weren't the giant creatures you
Speaker 2: see in movies. They were only about the size of
Speaker 2: a big turkey or even a chicken if you've ever
Speaker 2: seen one of them.
Speaker 4: But don't tell them that.
Speaker 2: The loss of raptors are clever, fast, and love a
Speaker 2: good competition, which is why they're the organizers of today's
Speaker 2: dino dance off.
Speaker 4: Here they come.
Speaker 2: Oh, the lead raptor EMC talent tells us their group
Speaker 2: is working on cheering each other on instead of being
Speaker 2: too competitive.
Speaker 5: Where else I working on our rapt or rap.
Speaker 4: Oh wow, talent, we'd love to hear it. Well, first
Speaker 4: we need a beat.
Speaker 2: Okay, my little adventurer, can you help EMC talent with
Speaker 2: a beat, then she can rap along with you.
Speaker 4: Yes, I'll show you what to do. It's very easy.
Speaker 2: Find somewhere to sit down and hit your legs twice, bump, bump,
Speaker 2: then clap your hands so together.
Speaker 4: It sounds like this. Can you do that? It's two
Speaker 4: hits on our lap and a clap. That's it. Keep
Speaker 4: going right raw, here we go. Okay, DJ whippedtail.
Speaker 5: You J whipped give me some more snare in my
Speaker 5: headbires SMC you want EMC talent, Queen of the bra
Speaker 5: with cous shopper, rip up the dance floor, We spin,
Speaker 5: we flipped, we stopped at the beat with.
Speaker 4: The lass of star moves. Come fine with me. But
Speaker 4: listen up, dads, we're roll here to shine.
Speaker 5: Then we Dina's got moovestead of one of the kind.
Speaker 4: Step into my circle. Show us what you got. We're
Speaker 4: all in this together and the stage is ha wow.
Speaker 2: MC talon your flow is on point and I can
Speaker 2: see you want everyone to feel included. Also great beats,
Speaker 2: my little Dinah adventurer.
Speaker 4: You were part of that rap too. Well.
Speaker 2: The Velociraptor crew are off to make sure the dance
Speaker 2: off is ready, and we're now at the top of
Speaker 2: the canyon. I can see terodactyls flying high up in
Speaker 2: the sky.
Speaker 4: Listen in.
Speaker 2: Also spinosaurus nearby. Oh hang on, do you hear that
Speaker 2: stomping getting closer? It's Trudy the triceratops.
Speaker 4: Hello, Trudy, Hello over there. Fun fact.
Speaker 2: Triceratops were up to nine meters long and had three
Speaker 2: big horns to protect themselves from predators like Terry the
Speaker 2: t Rex. But Trudy's been using hers a little too much.
Speaker 2: She's having trouble understanding personal space.
Speaker 4: You know your bubble? Hey, check out my horn flip hustle.
Speaker 2: Oh yes, let's see who now. Trudy's doing a huge
Speaker 2: flip right now, the pointy horns coming right towards me. Oh, Trudy,
Speaker 2: too close to Oh you jagged me in the leg.
Speaker 4: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I flip into people's personal space, but I'm working
Speaker 1: on it.
Speaker 4: That's okay, Trudy, I'll survive.
Speaker 2: But the Dino dance off is starting now, is there
Speaker 2: a way you can make sure others are safe in
Speaker 2: their personal bubble when we dance?
Speaker 4: I sure can.
Speaker 2: My new saying goes big moves need big space, so
Speaker 2: everybody feels safe.
Speaker 4: Thank you. Now watch my Jurassic jiggle over here.
Speaker 2: Awesome, Trudy, You're in lots of space there. Truth is
Speaker 2: being really caring of other people's space. Okay, my little
Speaker 2: dino adventurer. Are you ready to show us your best
Speaker 2: dance moves? Awesome, We've made it to the Dino dance off.
Speaker 2: Look at all the dinosaurs stumping, swaying and showing off
Speaker 2: their moves.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, we dance.
Speaker 1: It's one of the best.
Speaker 2: Now that everyone's working so high to be kind, we
Speaker 2: can dance too.
Speaker 4: Are you ready? I want to see your best moves.
Speaker 2: No rules here. Any dancing is good dancing. Mom and Dad,
Speaker 2: you too. I'm sure you've got an early two thousands
Speaker 2: U turn in there somewhere.
Speaker 4: That's it. Move your body however feels good to you.
Speaker 4: Let's dance.
Speaker 2: I'm jumping up to the side. Terry's doing her tiny
Speaker 2: arms twist and twist. Trudy is performing her two step
Speaker 2: without poking anyone, and the veloss of raptors have made
Speaker 2: a dance circle, cheering everyone off. Okay, this dino dance
Speaker 2: off's going off. I think I might have pulled her
Speaker 2: hammy doing the t Rex twist, and I'm probably gonna
Speaker 2: have to check in with my physiolated but it sure
Speaker 2: was worth it. And to think all of that fun
Speaker 2: only happened because we figured out how to play together.
Speaker 3: It was so lovely to see they were able to
Speaker 3: get along and joining the dance together.
Speaker 4: By the end of the story, well.
Speaker 2: Builders, time to hang up our dinosaur gear and the
Speaker 2: rest of those raptor dancing lenks, because next week we're
Speaker 2: hopping aboard the Adventure Express.
Speaker 4: I've already packed my hot air balloon just in case,
Speaker 4: oh the Adventure Express.
Speaker 3: And remember, everyone, between now and next time, let those
Speaker 3: imaginations run wild thinking about where we might go. And
Speaker 3: until then, stories build universes.
Speaker 2: And your imagination is always ready for an adventure.
Speaker 4: See you next time, Builders. Bye.
Speaker 2: The executive producer of How to Build a Universe is
Speaker 2: Courtney Umenhauser, with story writing and sound designed by me
Speaker 2: Tom Lyon.
Speaker 4: My co host was, of course, Jen Muir Terry.
Speaker 2: The t Rex was voiced by Tom Bourne with mc
Speaker 2: talon by Jessica Braithwaite and Trudy.
Speaker 4: The triceratops was Narla Phillips.
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to today's episode of How to Build
Speaker 2: a Universe.
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