🥁 Help your toddler learn to calm down when angry with this catchy song about taking a pause before reacting! When Kyd gets upset after his cheese robot breaks, he learns to “count like a drummer” and take deep breaths. Perfect for teaching kids ages 3-6 how to manage big emotions through music that kids and parents enjoy.

📚 WHAT KIDS LEARN
✅ How to pause before reacting when upset
✅ Taking deep breaths to calm down
✅ Counting techniques for emotional control
✅ That accidents happen and it’s okay
✅ Managing anger in healthy ways
✅ Emotional self-regulation skills

🎶 FEATURED SONG
“Count Like A Drummer” – Original song teaching kids to count “1, 2, 3, 4” before responding
Lyrics include “Before we say something that we might regret, take a step back and take a breath”
Radio-quality production with a memorable counting chorus

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FOR PARENTS DEALING WITH TANTRUMS A gentle, musical approach to teaching emotional regulation. Shows kids practical ways to handle frustration and anger. Helps reduce meltdowns by giving children tools to self-regulate.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FOR ALL FAMILIES Teaches that everyone feels angry sometimes, and that’s normal. Shows healthy ways to process emotions and that taking time to think before reacting makes situations better.

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🎥 CREDITS
Directed by: Garret Hayes
Scored by: Kyle Guisande
Characters designed by: Anthony Francisco

🎧 LISTEN TO “COUNT LIKE A DRUMMER”

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🎶 “Count Like a Drummer”
Written by: Matt Bubel, Devin Guisande
Produced by: Matt Bubel

Sometimes we say words that we don’t mean to
Sometimes feelings get hurt when they don’t need to
Before we say something that we might regret
Take a step back and take a breath
Before we press buttons that we can’t reset
Take a step back and count like a drummer

1, 2, 3, 4,
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
1, 2, 3, 4,
Take a little time and count like a drummer
1, 2, 3, 4

Some things happen that feel out of our control
But one thing hasn’t
And that’s how we can react to those
Before we say something that we might regret
Take a step back and take a breath
Before we press buttons that we can’t reset
Take a step back and count like a drummer

1, 2, 3, 4,
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
Now you’re ready
1, 2, 3, 4,
Take a little time and count like a drummer
1, 2, 3, 4