Is your kid bored of listening to you talking about the latest podcast you’ve heard?
Do they want their own podcast to listen to?
Do they have problems they need help with?
Well of course they do, don’t we all.
Brought to you by two mothers, who love stories, but can’t bear to just read them aloud to their children, like normal parents, but instead like to spend months recording them, with music and sound effects, in a garden shed and then distributing them for all to hear.
Introducing Shelly & The Can-Do Kids
There will be songs
There will be good chat
There will be magic
There will also be a tortoise (Shelly) with ego-issues guiding the ship
Join Shelly as she seeks to makes kids a 'little bit more can-do'
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*SEASONAL SPECIAL* Shelly & The Can-Do Kids - NOELLE (disappointment)
Noelle loves Christmas ... time with family, delicious food and gifts under the tree! What's not to love? Well, (as Noelle discovers) getting a gift you didn't ask for and didn't want feels pretty bad. Uncomfortable feelings come flooding in when she opens the gift in question. Was she stupid for imagining Christmas could be perfect? She feels so disappointed. Fortunately Shelly knows a thing or two about disappointment and 'bad' gifts - she's even written a song about it. Does getting a gift you didn't want, ruin Christmas? Is there a way to deal with disappointment? What even is a 'bad' gift? Listen to find out.
DISCLAIMER: Shelly gets carried away singing about her teeth in the song "full enough cup", but tortoises don't in fact have teeth. Can't blame an ancient tortoise for letting the truth get in the way of a good narrative drive in a song!!
Highlights include – cute stings from the coolest toys in town, the frogs participating in a re-enactment of receiving a terrible gift and Shelly saving the day, with her insatiable appetite for performance!
Let us know what you think
hello@shellyandthecandokids.com (mailto:hello@shellyandthecandokids.com)
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If you loved today’s story, share it with your friends, neighbours, colleagues and yourself repeatedly, when YOU get a gift you don't want this holiday season!
Performed and written by Josie & Jemma @shellyandthecandokids
Edited by @benjamincuts
Backing music sourced from the wonderful @artlist.io
Shelly artwork @efabm
With thanks to and in memory of Chris Stuart who wrote our opening number.
*These stories are meant to be light-hearted. We are not child psychologists, so always find qualified sources of information/support for your children.
*All swear words from our unqualified (in everything but showing-off) tortoise beeped!
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24 Jul 2025
Shelly & The Can-Do Kids - LUCIA (endings)
Lucia is in a state of sadness. Christmas has come to an end. The kitchen discos are over. The presents are all unwrapped and Lucia HATES endings! Where has all the fun gone? Shelly HATES endings too. She tries to help Lucia but is also managing an ending of her own. Can they help each other find a way through the feelings that endings bring? How do you cope with endings? Are all endings bad? Can endings bring new beginnings? Listen to find out.
Highlights include – the return of the most daft owl in town, harmonising hedgehogs bringing decorum, a tortoise on the edge, and the biggest grand finale... featuring the WHOLE garden!
Let us know what you think
hello@shellyandthecandokids.com (mailto:hello@shellyandthecandokids.com)
Follow our Instagram to keep up to date on all Shelly and the Can-Do Kids goings on:
Shellyandthecandokids
If you loved today’s story, share it with your friends, neighbours, colleagues and THE WORLD!
Performed and written by Josie & Jemma @shellyandthecandokids
Edited by @benjamincuts
Backing music sourced from the wonderful @artlist.io
Shelly artwork @efabm
With thanks to and in memory of Chris Stuart who wrote our opening number.
*These stories are meant to be light-hearted. We are not child psychologists, so always find qualified sources of information/support for your children.
*All swear words from our unqualified (in everything but showing-off) tortoise beeped!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
17 Jul 2025
Shelly & The Can-Do Kids - DANTE (the pressure of excelling)
Dante is a wonderful wordsmith; he loves writing stories... but oh dear, his teacher has announced a writing competition and to his surprise he’s feeling the fear. The pressure to succeed is filling him with self-doubt. Luckily Shelly believes she knows a bit about being brilliant and the uncertainties that come with that. How do you overcome a mental block when working creatively? How do you get creative? Can you be brilliant and still struggle? Is it ok to fail? Listen to find out.
Highlights include – the return of the frogs, getting deep into the creative process, country singing monarch butterflies and the hugging of failure.
Let us know what you think
hello@shellyandthecandokids.com (mailto:hello@shellyandthecandokids.com)
Follow our Instagram to keep up to date on all Shelly and the Can-Do Kids goings on:
Shellyandthecandokids
If you loved today’s story, share it with your friends, neighbours, colleagues and the animals in your garden, who also love podcasts too, don’t ya know!
Performed and written by Josie & Jemma @shellyandthecandokids
Edited by @benjamincuts
Backing music sourced from the wonderful @artlist.io
Shelly artwork @efabm
With thanks to and in memory of Chris Stuart who wrote our opening number.
*These stories are meant to be light-hearted. We are not child psychologists, so always find qualified sources of information/support for your children.
*All swear words from our unqualified (in everything but showing-off) tortoise beeped!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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