✦ Set 1 · Cute Chaos Crew

Focus Toast

A toast slice trying to survive homework in a loud world.

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Teachesname the feeling

CrewCaptain Calm, Maddy Moonball

Catchphrase“Name it, tame it, game it.”

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Maddy Moonball Says She Is Fine

Maddy says she is fine, but her head turns into a honking moon.

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More episodes.

5 new episodes starring Focus Toast, plus 7 guest appearances with the rest of the crew. Each is a 30-second script: tap one to read it.

asking for a quieter spaceJingle Jam HomeworkFocus Toast can't think while Tansy jingles, so they find a sound space that works for both.With Focus Toast, Tansy Tambourine · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast stares at a worksheet while Tansy jingles loudly beside him; his crust starts to curl.
Toast: Jingle... jingle... I can't think!
6-16s Toast puts down his pencil and names it.
Toast: I feel frazzled. Tansy, can you jingle somewhere else for now?
16-25s Tansy looks around, then tiptoes to the far side of the room and taps softly.
Tansy: How about here, extra soft? Find the right sound space!
25-30s Toast finishes his last problem, then grabs a spoon and joins Tansy for one loud celebration jingle-jangle.
Toast: Name it, tame it, game it! Tansy: Jingle time!

“Name it, tame it, game it!”

returning attention after a distractionWhere Was I?A buzzing fly pulls Focus Toast away from his reading, and Bex shows him how to find his place again.With Focus Toast, Bex Bookmark · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast is reading when a fly zooms past; he follows it around the whole room.
Toast: Ooh, fly! Wait. What was I reading?
6-16s Bex Bookmark pops up from the book, waving her tassel.
Bex: I saved your spot! Right here, the page with the duck.
16-25s Toast takes a breath and names it.
Toast: I felt distracted. Now I'm back. Duck page, here I come.
25-30s Toast reads to the end; the fly lands on the duck picture and seems to read too.
Bex: Find your place, then return! Toast: Even the fly agrees!

“Find your place, then return!”

naming overwhelmToo Much MathA huge stack of worksheets makes Toast feel overwhelmed, and Maddy helps him name it and take one page.With Focus Toast, Maddy Moonball · tap for the script

0-6s A giant pile of worksheets towers over Focus Toast; Maddy Moonball floats nearby, puffing up a little.
Toast: That's... so many pages. My crumbs are shaking.
6-16s Maddy swells bigger the longer nobody names it.
Maddy: Quick! Is it scared? Mad? Something else?
16-25s Toast thinks, then speaks.
Toast: It's overwhelmed. I'll do one page, then check in.
25-30s Toast finishes one page; Maddy shrinks back to her normal size with a squeaky little pop.
Both: Name it, tame it, game it! Maddy: Ooh, nice pop!

“Name it, tame it, game it!”

asking someone to repeatInstructions Too FastMettie explains the craft rules super fast, so Toast and Saffy ask her to say it again slower.With Focus Toast, Mettie Metronome, Saffy Sponge · tap for the script

0-6s Mettie rattles off craft instructions at lightning speed; Toast and Saffy blink.
Mettie: Cut-glue-fold-stick-paint-flip-done!
6-16s Saffy raises a soft corner.
Saffy: I didn't catch that. Can you say it again?
16-25s Mettie holds her pointer still and slows way down, leaving pauses.
Mettie: Cut. Then glue. Then fold. Leave room for listening!
25-30s Toast and Saffy finish matching paper crowns; Toast's crown is shaped like a tiny slice of bread.
Toast: I feel proud! Saffy: Not heard? Ask again!

“Not heard? Ask again!”

asking for help with a distractionNoise Makes a PlanNoise can't stop making sounds while Toast does homework, so they make a sound-break plan.With Focus Toast, Noise · tap for the script

0-6s Noise bounces around Focus Toast's desk, making boings and whooshes.
Noise: Boing! Whoosh! Zippa-zappa!
6-16s Toast puts his pencil down calmly.
Toast: I feel bothered when it's loud. Can you save sounds for a break?
16-25s Noise zips his lips and nods; Toast sets a small sand timer.
Noise: Mm-hmm! Break when the sand's done?
25-30s The sand runs out; Toast finishes and Noise lets out one giant, happy BOING that bounces Toast's homework right into his folder.
Toast: Name it, tame it, game it! Noise: And BOING it!

“Name it, tame it, game it!”

Guest appearances

noticing tirednessToast Needs a BreakFocus Toast tries to do homework while exhausted, and Loopy suggests checking his body first.With Loopy Clip, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast slumps over his homework.
Focus Toast: I can not think. The words keep sliding around.
6-16s Loopy bends close.
Loopy: Are you tired? Thirsty? Hungry? Check what your body needs.
16-25s Focus Toast nods slowly.
Focus Toast: Tired. Very tired. Loopy: Rest first. Homework after.
25-30s Focus Toast takes a short rest. He wakes up crispier and finishes fast, waving his paper like a flag.
Loopy: Check what your body needs!

“Check what your body needs!”

checking readiness before startingReady for HomeworkFocus Toast starts homework without a pencil, and Pipkin helps him get ready first.With Pipkin Peanut, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast sits down to start.
Focus Toast: Homework time! Here I go! I am so ready!
6-16s He looks around.
Focus Toast: Wait. Where is my pencil? And my paper? Oh no.
16-25s Pipkin helps.
Pipkin: Ready first, then begin. Pencil, paper, water. Check, check, check!
25-30s Focus Toast has everything. He finishes quickly and waves his paper. Pipkin cracks open in a big shell smile.
Pipkin: Ready first, then begin!

“Ready first, then begin!”

kind words when work feels hardCrumbly HomeworkFocus Toast is losing crumbs over hard homework and Etta helps them both talk to themselves kindly.With Etta Eraser, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast drops crumbs everywhere over a page of letters.
Toast: I cannot do this. I am too slow.
6-16s Etta slides over.
Etta: I say that to me too. Let us try friend words.
16-25s Toast breathes.
Toast: I am frustrated. I can do one line. / Etta: Same.
25-30s They finish one line each. Toast stops shedding crumbs and is suddenly very golden and proud.
Etta: Look at you! / Toast: Perfectly toasted!

“Talk like a helpful friend!”

returning attention after distractionBarky DistractionA dog bark pulls Focus Toast away from reading, and Bex helps him find his place again.With Bex Bookmark, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast reads. Woof! He looks out the window.
Toast: Puppy! What page was I on? So fluffy!
6-16s Bex flips his tassel.
Bex: Find your place, then return! Your bookmark knows.
16-25s Bex slips into the book.
Bex: Here is your spot. Page twelve. / Toast: Thanks, Bex!
25-30s Toast reads. Woof again! Toast holds Bex tight in place and keeps reading. The dog barks approval.
Toast: Still here! / Bex: Find your place, then return! / Toast: Back to it!

“Find your place, then return!”

keeping directions manageableHomework PourFocus Toast is buried in directions until Fifi pours them in a few steps at a time.With Fifi Funnel, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast stares at a long page of homework steps. His crust trembles.
Focus Toast: Read, color, cut, glue, count, write!
6-16s Fifi tips her wide top toward him.
Fifi: Too much at once. Pour in a little.
16-25s Fifi gives two steps.
Fifi: First color. Then cut. Focus Toast: Two steps. I can do two.
25-30s Focus Toast finishes and holds up a perfect paper star.
Fifi: A few steps at a time!

“A few steps at a time!”

not assuming a busy face means grumpyToast Looks ToastyFocus Toast looks grumpy to Coco, but he is just concentrating.With Coco Coconook, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Focus Toast frowns at his homework. Coco peeks in.
Coco: Uh-oh. He looks so grumpy.
6-16s Coco stops herself.
Coco: A face is not the whole story. Focus Toast, how are you feeling?
16-25s Focus Toast looks up.
Focus Toast: Focused! This is my thinking face.
25-30s Coco sits beside him and makes her own thinking face. He giggles.
Coco: A face is not the whole story!

“A face is not the whole story!”

saying I don't know yetSeven Crumbs Plus FiveToast asks Bino for a math answer, Bino stops guessing, and they count it out together.With Bino Blink, Focus Toast · tap for the script

0-6s Homework table. Toast holds a worksheet. Bino guesses fast.
Focus Toast: Bino, what's seven plus five? / Bino Blink: Uh... twelve? Thirteen? Fourteen?
6-16s Bino stops himself and sets down crumbs.
Bino Blink: Real answer: I don't know yet. Let's count it out.
16-25s They count crumbs together, slowly.
Focus Toast: Seven crumbs... plus five crumbs... / Bino Blink: Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve!
25-30s Toast writes twelve. Bino's lenses go wide.
Focus Toast: Twelve! / Bino Blink: My first guess! Not knowing is a starting place!