EP 06 Parent and Teacher Guide
Tippy and Lobo and the Thunderstorm
A flexible parent and teacher guide for Episode 6, with conversation prompts about thunderstorms, comfort, rain, farms, forests, and beavers.
At a glance
| Suggested audience | Preschool through early elementary; adapt as needed |
| Time | 8-minute story; 10–30 minute follow-up |
| Focus | Feelings, trusted friends, thunderstorms, rain, forests, farms, and beavers |
| Materials | Story video or transcript, paper, crayons or pencils; optional rain and animal pictures |
This is a flexible conversation and play guide, not a test or required lesson plan.
Before the story
- What sounds might you hear during rain or a thunderstorm?
- What can you do if a sound feels scary?
- Who is a trusted person or friend you can talk to?
During the story
Pause, if useful, to notice:
- How does Lobo help Tippy feel safe?
- What can the friends see and hear from beneath the tree?
- How does rain help the forest and the farms?
- Why do Tippy and Lobo watch Molly from a respectful distance?
After the story
Remember
- What made Tippy feel scared?
- Where did the friends wait?
- What does rain help grow?
- What did Molly build?
- Why will the friends return tomorrow?
Think and connect
- Why can telling someone about a big feeling help?
- How can rain be both loud and helpful?
- How are the forest, farms, flowers, bees, animals, and people connected?
- What does it mean to give a wild animal space?
Imagine
- Draw a cozy place where Tippy and Lobo can wait for rain.
- Draw a rain-to-food pathway from cloud to plant to animal or person.
- Pretend to be Molly and describe a beaver home using pictures or actions.
Word-in-context discussion
| Word | Ask |
|---|---|
| thunderstorm | What sounds and weather can happen during one? |
| shelter | Where did the friends wait safely? |
| roots | What part of a plant takes in water from the soil? |
| connected | How do rain, plants, animals, and people help one another? |
| stream | What kind of waterway did the friends find? |
| dam | What did Molly build from sticks and mud? |
Children can answer by speaking, pointing, drawing, acting out a moment, or dictating an answer to an adult.
Gentle safety note
If a child feels worried during real thunder, follow local severe-weather guidance and move to an appropriate safe indoor place. Keep the story’s counting activity as a calm observation exercise, not as a safety test.