The Mellow Submarine: The Rockfish of Dodd Narrows

The Mellow Submarine: The Rockfish of Dodd Narrows

Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/fan_mail/new] Download and print colouring pages featuring Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster navigating Dodd Narrows!: https://bit.ly/S2EP40ColouringPages [https://bit.ly/S2EP40ColouringPages] How long would you wait for the perfect moment to do something tricky? Join Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster as they tackle one of Vancouver Island's trickiest stretches of water: Dodd Narrows, just south of Nanaimo. With only an eleven minute window to make the passage safely, this episode is a gentle lesson in patience, timing, and respecting the power of moving water. Along the way, your child will meet bald eagles fishing the current, a harbour porpoise timing its crossing, and a cluster of yelloweye rockfish that can live over a century by doing almost nothing at all. Captain Dave also shares how the Snuneymuxw people read these same waters in cedar canoes long before any chart existed, a reminder that some of the best navigation knowledge is passed down rather than printed. It's a story about tides, patience, and the wisdom of slowing down, set on the waters around Nanaimo and Vancouver Island. You can also voice message Skookum Kid’s Stories [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/contact/] and be a part of the podcast! You’ll find all episodes of Skookum Kid’s Stories, on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts]. Click here to learn how to Support the show [https://www.pulsecommunity.ca/2408950/supporters/new]. Sponsor for this episode is Fireside Books [https://firesidebooks.ca/]. Check out The PULSE Podcast on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/] and YouTube podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts], as well as PULSECommunity.ca [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/]. Sign up [https://bit.ly/PulseNewsletterSignup] for our weekly newsletter of the latest podcasts and contests! “Share, Like & Listen!” #SkookumKidsStories #MellowSubmarine #CaptainDave #LarryTheLobster #VancouverIslandKids #DoddNarrows #Nanaimo #YelloweyeRockfish #KidsPodcast #VancouverIsland #ThePulseCommunity #PulsePodcast #VancouverIslandPodcasts Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/support]

Peter & Gracie: Hector the Hedgehog is Missing!

Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/fan_mail/new] Download and print colouring pages from Peter and Gracie's Hector the Hedgehog is Missing Adventure: https://bit.ly/S2EP39ColouringPages [https://bit.ly/S2EP39ColouringPages] What do you do when your dog hides her favourite toy and doesn't tell you where? In this episode of Skookum Kid's Stories, Peter and Gracie spend a golden Saturday morning in their backyard in Coombs on Vancouver Island, playing fetch with Gracie's beloved plush hedgehog. Hector is no ordinary toy - he's Gracie's most treasured companion. But when lunchtime arrives and Hector is nowhere to be found, Peter and Gracie become a detective team, searching the rose bushes, the garden bench, and even the vegetable garden - where they make a quiet, unexpected discovery: a robin's nest with three blue-green eggs tucked among the tomato plants. The real mystery leads them to the old cedar tree, whose great root hollows hold more secrets than Peter ever imagined.  Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2408950/open_sms] You can also voice message Skookum Kid's Stories [https://bit.ly/SpeakPulsePodcast] and be a part of the podcast! You'll find all episodes of Skookum Kid's Stories, on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart Radio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts]. Click here to learn how to Support the show [https://www.pulsecommunity.ca/2408950/supporters/new]. Special Thanks to Our Sponsor Fireside Books [firesidebooks.ca] for supporting ThePulseCommunity.ca. Check out The PULSE Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart Radio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts], as well as PULSECommunity.ca [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/]. Sign up [https://bit.ly/PulseNewsletterSignup] for our weekly newsletter of the latest podcasts and contests! Share, Like & Listen! #SkookumKidsStories #HectortheHedgehog #VancouverIslandPodcasts #KidsPodcast #VancouverIsland #PeterAndGracie #AmericanEskimoDog #StoriesForKids #ParksvilleBC #FamilyPodcast #ThePulseCommunity Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/support]

The Mellow Submarine: The French Creek Plastic Puzzle

Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/fan_mail/new] Download and print colouring pages featuring Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster on the Plastic Puzzle adventure!: https://bit.ly/S2EP38ColouringPages [https://bit.ly/S2EP38ColouringPages] What does a single bottle cap have to do with the whole ocean?  It begins as an ordinary morning at French Creek Harbour, when Larry the Lobster spots something bobbing against the hull of the Mellow Submarine: a faded orange bottle cap, brittle at the edges, with a patch of algae clinging to one side. Captain Dave recognizes that look. It's plastic that has been in the water a long time. That one small find sends them out on a slow patrol along the coast, where they discover bits of netting tangled in kelp, a waterlogged foam cup, shreds of plastic wrap, and eventually a seagull sitting too still in the water near some rocks. A call to the Parksville-Qualicum Beach Wildlife Recovery Centre brings a rescue team, and a volunteer named Daria explains how microplastics travel up the food chain from zooplankton to orcas to humans. Larry listens carefully and writes it all down. By the time they return to the dock, Larry has a new idea: a community collection bucket on the pier so anyone out on the water can add what they find. Because, as Larry puts it, the math goes both ways. This episode gently introduces children to ocean plastics, microplastics, wildlife rescue, and the power of small actions, all set along the beautiful and familiar coastline of Vancouver Island. You can also voice message Skookum Kid's Stories [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/contact/] and be a part of the podcast! You'll find all episodes of Skookum Kid's Stories, on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx?si=151adc912aa249ed], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts]. Click here to learn how to Support the show [https://www.pulsecommunity.ca/2408950/supporters/new]. Sponsor for this episode is: Fireside Books [https://bit.ly/FiresideBooks]. Check out The PULSE Podcast on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pulse-community-podcast/id1642766065], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5HkOLWXGqbcGCZiWjpJjJr], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-pulse-community] and YouTube podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePulseCommunity/podcasts], as well as PULSECommunity.ca [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/]. Sign up [https://bit.ly/PulseNewsletterSignup] for our weekly newsletter of the latest podcasts and contests! "Share, Like & Listen!"  SkookumKidsStories #MellowSubmarine #CaptainDave #LarryTheLobster #VancouverIslandKids #FrenchCreek #OceanCleanup #Microplastics #KidsPodcast #VancouverIsland #ThePulseCommunity #PulsePodcast #ParksvilleQualicumBeach   Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/support]

Peter & Gracie - The Big Cedar of Cathedral Grove

Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/fan_mail/new] Download and print colouring pages from the Peter and Gracie Cathedral Grove Adventure: https://bit.ly/S2EP37ColouringPages [https://bit.ly/S2EP37ColouringPages] Have you ever stood next to a tree that was alive when knights rode horses through muddy fields in Europe?  In this episode of Skookum Kid’s Stories, Peter and his American Eskimo dog Gracie follow their dad into Cathedral Grove - a breathtaking old-growth forest tucked inside McMillan Provincial Park, right on the highway between Parksville and Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. The moment Peter steps off the path, the noise of the world disappears. Even Gracie, never one to stand still, goes quiet. Together they find an enormous western red cedar, about eight hundred years old, its trunk four metres across and its roots spreading across the forest floor like sleeping giants. As they settle on a wide root and Gracie tucks herself between them, Dad begins a journey through time - from knights in armour and quill pens, to Gutenberg’s printing press, to the first ships arriving on the Pacific coast. Peter fills his small green notebook. Through it all, the tree simply stands - patient, enormous, and quietly keeping its own kind of record.  You can also voice message Skookum Kid’s Stories [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/contact/] and be a part of the podcast! You’ll find all episodes of Skookum Kid’s Stories, on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart Radio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts]. Click here to learn how to Support the show [https://www.pulsecommunity.ca/2408950/supporters/new]. Special Thanks to Our Sponsor Fireside Books [firesidebooks.ca] for supporting ThePulseCommunity.ca. Check out The PULSE Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart Radio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/] and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts], as well as ThePulseCommunity.ca [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/]. Sign up [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/newsletter-signup/] for our weekly newsletter of the latest podcasts and contests! Share, Like & Listen! #SkookumKidsStories #PeterAndGracie #CathedralGrove #VancouverIsland #KidsPodcast #ChildrenStories #FamilyPodcast #BCParks #McMillanProvincialPark Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/support]

Mellow Submarine: The Kelp Forest at Saratoga Beach

Send us a text about this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/fan_mail/new] Download and print colouring pages featuring Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster in the kelp forest!: https://bit.ly/S2EP36ColouringPages [https://bit.ly/S2EP36ColouringPages] What grows 30 metres tall in a single season and holds entire ocean communities together?  Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster have been planning this dive for nineteen days. When the Mellow Submarine finally slips beneath the surface near Saratoga Beach, they find something that stops even clipboard-carrying Larry in his tracks: a towering bull kelp forest, its amber stalks rising from the rocky sea floor in great golden columns, its canopy filtering the afternoon light into slow sweeping beams. Inside, they encounter black rockfish and lingcod, a painted greenling that has turned itself into living kelp, and a decorator crab wearing an ever-changing costume of sponge and algae. And then, with the quiet ease of someone arriving home, a sea otter drops through the canopy, wraps itself in a long frond, and falls asleep.  You can also voice message [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/contact/] Skookum Kid's Stories and be a part of the podcast! You'll find all episodes of Skookum Kid's Stories, on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skookum-kids-stories/id1780899270], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4UOmR05dLEHr435KnsFMEx?si=151adc912aa249ed], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9bf626bc-c187-482c-9910-252f76ad78c2/skookum-kid's-stories], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-skookum-kids-stories-227327267/], and YouTube Podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@SkookumKidsStories/podcasts]. Click here to learn how to Support the show [https://www.pulsecommunity.ca/2408950/supporters/new]. Sponsor for this episode is Fireside Books. [http://www.firesidebooks.ca/] Check out The PULSE Podcast on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-pulse-podcast/id1492739752], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4qiO0hROKFtOaoBLzCqLkQ], Amazon [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-the-pulse-223325851/], Tik Tok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thepulsecommunity] and YouTube podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePulseCommunity/podcasts], as well as https://thepulsecommunity.ca/ [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/]  Sign up [https://thepulsecommunity.ca/newsletter-signup/] for our weekly newsletter of the latest podcasts and contests!  "Share, Like & Listen!" #SkookumKidsStories #MellowSubmarine #CaptainDave #LarryTheLobster #KelpForest #VancouverIslandKids #SaratogaBeach #OceanScience #KidsPodcast #VancouverIsland #ThePulseCommunity #PulsePodcast #ParksvilleQualicumBeach Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2413942/support]