🐢 Ari’s Reef Ep. 1: The Mess at Tiny Tail Creek

Welcome to Shimmering Sands! Take a deep breath and dive under the waves to meet Ari, a young sea turtle with a big heart and a shiny green shell.

🌊 THE STORY: It is a beautiful morning in the reef, and Ari is racing his friends Pip (the fast shrimp) and Luna (the glowing jellyfish) to the neighborhood playground. But when they arrive, they find a disaster: a storm has blocked the "Current-Slide" with a mountain of messy logs and kelp.

Ari tries to squeeze past the mess, but he gets stuck. With help from his dad, Mori, Ari learns that being a Turtle means doing the hard work to make the water clear for everyone.

✨ GROWING TIME MOMENTS:

1. Repairing the World: Learning that if we see something broken, it is our job to help fix it—even if we didn't break it ourselves.
2. Responsibility: Moving from "It's not my job" to "I can lend a fin".
3. Teamwork: How different friends (the small untangler, the light-bringer, and the heavy pusher) need each other to solve big problems.

🎧 PERFECT FOR:

1. Kids who say "I didn't make that mess!" when asked to clean up.
2. Families who value community service and stewardship.
3. Lovers of ocean animals, finding Nemo, and underwater magic.

ABOUT GATHER TIME: Gather Time is a screen-free audio network created by parents. We tell slow, cinematic stories that help kids navigate big feelings. Narrated by Sarah.

Keywords: Sea turtles, responsibility for kids, ocean stories, social emotional learning, community helpers, fixing the world, kids podcast, bedtime story, children's story, story time, car rides.