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4/23/2019 0 Comments

A Tender and Reassuring Discussion Starter on Death

People grieve differently, and children grieve differently than adults. It's immeasurably valuable to help children express themselves when they lose someone they love. It’s also important to help children understand that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. 

This gentle and thoughtful cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about the different ways people deal with grief and loss.  Rocketoons Episode 12: It Is Written In The Stars - Dealing with the Death of a Loved One can help you guide your kids in discussions about grieving, missing the ones you love, and the different ways people express their sadness.
When someone you love dies, your world changes. We each deal with loss – and the changes - differently, but it’s important to know what is on the path ahead for nearly all of us who grieve. It’s even more important to remember that friends, family, and professional help are there when you need it – and as often as you need it.

Our three friends, Quinn, Cameron, and Olivia, are dealing with their own grief, but they soon discover they have more in common with one another than they knew.
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4/21/2019 0 Comments

When Your Mobile Devices Are Putting You on the Sidelines

Rocketoons Episode 11: Riding the Pine - Avoiding the Social Media Crab Pot is a look at what happens when our mobile devices absorb all of our attention. Too much social media and screen time can bring us down or keep us from participating in the things we really love to do. And we may not even realize it!

This engaging cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about what happens when you spend too much time on social media and cell phone apps.  This episode helps lead discussions about the difference between participating in life and posting on social media. Watch the trailer below and for full episodes visit Rocketoons.com - Rocketoons are always FREE for everyone. No memberships or subscriptions are required.
Have you ever tried something new? Of course you have! Everything you have ever done was brand new to you at some time, right? Maybe it went well, maybe it didn’t, but getting up off the bench and giving it a try is a great first step to take.

What about trying social media? Well, it can be a great way to connect with new friends and old friends, but it shouldn’t replace playing and learning. These are the things that Coach Hampton and her team are about to find out – and they would like you to join them!
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4/19/2019 0 Comments

Helping Kids Learn How to Build Themselves Up

Build-A-Bear is the clever title to the Rocketoons episode on assertiveness. For some kids, assertiveness comes naturally; for others, it’s a real challenge. It’s important for kids to understand that the courage to be assertive is something they can develop.

​Assertiveness takes confidence and confidence comes with practice. This inspiring and engaging cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about what it takes to speak out, be assertive, and stand up for yourself.  Parents, teachers, and caregivers can use Episode 10 to guide a conversation (Cartoonversation) on how to overcome the difficulties of being assertive.
Everything takes practice! And that includes learning how to be assertive – how to speak up. It may come easier for some than it does for others, but it’s an essential life skill that we can all develop. Episode 10 will help to show you how.
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4/17/2019 0 Comments

Learning to Talk About Mental Health

Mental health issues can be hard for children to understand. We can’t always see if someone is mentally healthy or unhealthy, but understanding that mental health issues are very real health concerns can help us support loved ones who struggle with them. Understanding mental health issues can also give us the courage to speak up when we don’t feel as well as we could.

​This illuminating and humorous cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about how to support people with mental health challenges.  Rocketoons Episode 9: Marv or Myth - Talking About Mental Health can start Cartoonversations to help kids talk about how mental health issues are very real and what we can do to be good listeners and friends.
As our mythical creatures point out to us, they are very real – and so are mental health issues. We can’t see mental illness the way we see other illnesses, so we have to be on the lookout to make sure friends and family (and ourselves) get the right support to be mentally healthy.
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4/15/2019 1 Comment

Listening to Kids on Mindfulness, Resilience, and Gratitude

Rocketoons encourage kids to think and talk about essential life skills and social-emotional learning topics. Episode 8 - Resilience uses tardigrades - the world's most resilient creatures - to help kids understand the importance of a growth mindset.   

This engaging and inspiring cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about what to do when things don't go our way. Mindfulness, gratitude, and asking for help are just a few of the ideas brought up in this animated video to help kids learn how to navigate through adversity.  Watch Rocketoons Episode 8: Making the Grade - Resilience and use the Rocketoons Cartoonversation™ Card to help your kids discover the many ways they can build resilience and succeed.
Resilience. When something doesn't go well, we need to be able to bounce back - to get back on track. That isn't always easy. In fact, sometimes it feels impossible. We all need to work on being more resilient, and we all need to know that it's okay to ask for help. Join our tardigrades, nature's most resilient creature, to learn a few secrets about how to get back on our feet when things don't go our way.

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4/13/2019 1 Comment

Helping Kids Discover the Consequences of Skipping School

It might sound like great fun to skip school, until you realize the damaging consequences. Truancy, which is any unexcused absence from school, causes kids to fall behind in school, and falling behind can lead to low self-esteem and depression. Kids who skip school regularly are more likely to experiment with drugs, drop out and not graduate, and get in other kinds of trouble.       

Episode 7: Hop, Skip, and a Jump - Truancy is an award-winning and fact-packed animated cartoon designed to encourage thinking and discussions about the troubles caused by skipping school.  Watch the cartoon and use the Rocketoons Cartoonversation™ Card to help your kids talk about how skipping school puts them on a dangerous and challenging path. For help getting started refer to our step-by-step guide "Getting Started With Rocketoons." Rocketoons are free - there are no passwords, memberships, or subscriptions!
Let's all play Hop, Skip, and a Jump, the game show that proves truancy is never a good idea. Join our contestants as they match wits (or try to) with show host Flynn Valentine. All of our contestants are skippers, one way or another, and it shows when they try to keep up with the questions. From low self-esteem to losing your driver's license, skipping school never leads to anything good - and it certainly can lead to something bad. 

Have some fun with our contestants, but pay careful attention to the facts and figures. You will hear everything you need to know about staying in school and avoiding the pitfalls of truancy.
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4/12/2019 0 Comments

The Different Faces of Cyber-Bullying

It feels terrible to be cyberbullied, but have you ever considered what cyberbullying does to the cyberbully? There are many victims in the cyberbullying cycle, and when kids understand the many different and harmful sides to this form of bullying, they can help stop it.

​This award-winning and inspiring cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about the ways that cyberbullying hurts and how cyber bullies get hurt, too.  Watch Rocketoons Episode 6: Think Tank - Cyber Bullying to help kids students talk about the different ways cyber bullying is hurtful and how we all need to work to stop cyberbullying. Rocketoons are free for everyone to use.  Refer to our "Getting Started With Rocketoons" guide for help getting started.
Have you ever been cyber bullied? Do you know what can happen to a cyber bully? This growing problem needs your help, and everyone at the Think Tank is counting on you to put an end to cyber bullying. Join Archie and the rest of the undercover (and sometimes underwater) agents to learn about cyber bullying and how it can harm so many people - including the cyber bully!
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4/10/2019 1 Comment

How A Pumpkin Can Teach Us About Inclusion

It Hurts To Be Left Out.   

At some point or other, virtually all of us will have a moment when we are not the first one picked. Most of us will also know what it feels like to be the last one picked. How we deal with that disappointment, and how we learn how to deal with it in the future, can have long-lasting consequences on our health and our happiness. The good news? A little effort can go a long way to building healthy self-esteem and to helping others.  

This award-winning and engaging cartoon about two pumpkins in a pumpkin patch encourages thinking and discussions about how to deal with disappointment and low self-esteem while touching on the ideas of diversity and inclusion. It stings to be the last one picked, but with the help of our friends, Charlie and Stella, we can learn to apply a growth mindset and positive thinking to help us feel included and to include others.  Watch Rocketoons Episode 5: Last One Picked to help your kids talk about dealing with disappointment and times when they don't feel good about themselves.
We all have those moments when we don’t feel so good about who we are. Unfortunately for Charlie, he has those moments a little too often. Fortunately for Charlie, he also has Stella – the kind of friend who can make him realize the value of finding the positive and enjoying the moment.
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4/8/2019 0 Comments

Helping Kids Navigate the Fast Moving, Complex World of Social Media

Social media can help us stay in touch with our friends and our families, and we can meet people who have the same interests and hobbies that we have. But no matter how fast you think you are, you’re never fast enough to control what happens with social media.

The online world is a vast and complex place, and nearly everyone is in it.

Over 90% of teens have used some form of social media, and 75% have a profile on at least one social networking site. Don’t let your kids blindly enter this complex and potentially dangerous space.

Winner of THREE animation and education awards, SNAIL'S PACE is an engaging and funny cartoon designed to encourage thinking and discussions on using social media, potential dangers, and benefits of social media. Watch Rocketoons Episode 4: Snail's Pace - Inappropriate Use of Social Media and use the Rocketoons Cartoonversation™ Card to help your kids discover the pitfalls and complexities of social media and how to navigate this fast-moving digital world safely
Join our friends at the track as they try to keep up with the lightning fast world of social media. Have a few laughs and learn a few facts to help start the Cartoonversation™ with your kids. Use the Cartoonversation™ Card to find out more about what the kids know and what they think they know. Enjoy Rocketoons and enjoy those wonderful kids!

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4/6/2019 1 Comment

Listening to Kids Talk About Bullying

Nobody likes a bully.  
In fact, many bullies don't even like being a bully. So what can we do to take bullying out of the picture? Like most subjects, the more we know, the more we can do.

Winner of FOUR animation and education awards, Rocketoons Episode 3 - BULLYVISION is a thought-provoking cartoon designed to encourage thinking and discussions on the different forms of bullying, bullies, and solutions to end bullying. Watch Rocketoons Episode 3: Bullyvision to help your kids discover the different forms bullying can take  and what they can do to help stop it.
Our three friends may live in the tiny world of a microscope slide, but they have a good understanding of what bullying is. They can tell us about four different types of bullying, and they can help us start this crucial conversation. They have even brought in some familiar looking friends to help tell the story.
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