Calm is the format
Nana speaks at the pace a child can actually follow. Quiet scenes, repeated words, and long looks at one animal at a time — pacing that supports a developing attention span instead of overwhelming it.
How every episode begins
“Hi Friends! Thanks for joining me today.” Come on in — the barn is right this way.
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Episode one
Loading the first episode from the Nana's Place channel.
The premiere
The day the gates opened.
Families came out to the ranch for the first screening — popcorn, a big screen, and afterwards, time with the animals themselves. Here is a minute of it.
Made slow, on purpose.
Filmed at a real miniature horse sanctuary — no cartoons, no rush. Just Nana, the animals who live here, and their real life stories, in the tradition of children's programming of yesteryear.
Every animal is real
Martha was rescued. Milton likes things quiet. Bambi got very sick and got better. Children learn kindness from real histories, not from a lesson a cartoon character delivers.
Kindness you can practice
The Kindness Curriculum keeps going after the episode ends: a word of the day, a chalk drawing of the week, coloring sheets, and simple things to do together away from a screen.
This week on the driveway
Word of the day
flaxen
The pale, almost-blonde color of a horse's mane and tail. Tansy has a caramel coat and a flaxen mane, and put those together and horse people call her a palomino.
From Episode 3 · Horse Colors and Sidewalk Chalk Art
Chalk drawing of the week
A make-believe “chestnut paint” — purple outline and all. Nana always signs hers with a little heart.
The cast
Everybody here has a name and a job.
Getting to know them one at a time is how the lesson lands: everyone is different, everyone has faced something hard, and everyone belongs.
Left to right: Milton, Nanny, Handsome, Franklin, Martha, and — on the end — Sebastian and Baxter.
Nana
Heart of Nana’s Place
Stacy puts the “Nana” in Nana’s Place. With a gentle spirit and a grandmother’s warmth, she guides us through daily life on the Ranch, sharing lessons about animal care, nature and compassion.
Handsome
Ambassador of Kindness
Nana's loving sidekick and very best friend. This golden retriever is always close by, offering a peaceful moment, a comforting presence, and plenty of unconditional love — proof that friendship shows up in the simplest ways.
Martha
Champion of Inclusion
The original rescued miniature horse who inspired the creation of R&R Ranch. Small in stature but enormous in spirit, she teaches inclusion, resilience, and embracing the qualities that make each of us wonderfully special.
Milton
The Gentle Guide
The Ranch's wise and wonderfully endearing donkey. He always seems to have a little wisdom — or a fascinating fun fact — to share, and encourages everyone to slow down, stay curious, and learn something new every day.
Franklin
The Hop Along Helper
The Ranch's hip hopping bunny, who loves introducing children to important words, ideas and concepts. When Franklin hops onto the scene, a fun new discovery is never far behind.
Nanny
The Safety Scout
The Ranch's delightfully mischievous kitty. Her curiosity sometimes gets her into unexpected situations, making her the purrfect guide to safety, boundaries, and the rules that keep everyone happy.
Sebastian & Baxter
The Fun Flock
Lifelong friends whose colorful personalities and cheerful chatter bring an extra flutter of fun. They turn up when you least expect them, encouraging you to look closely and count along.
Season one
Eight visits to the ranch.
Each episode is timed just right for attention, moves slowly, and ends with something to try at home.
Episode 1
Meeting the Farm Animals
A first walk around the farm to meet Handsome, Franklin, Martha, Milton and the horses. Nana shows where everyone eats, sleeps and plays, and why each animal is a little different.
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Episode 2
How to Talk to Animals
Ears forward, ears back, soft eyes. Nana visits the whole herd to show how animals say a great deal without saying a single word, and how staying calm helps them feel safe.
Empathy
Episode 3
Horse Colors and Sidewalk Chalk Art
Palomino, chestnut, chocolate, paint and gray. Then out to the driveway to draw a pony in sidewalk chalk, purple outline optional.
Words & art
Episode 4
Is a Bunny Right for Your Family?
Away from the horses, Nana introduces Franklin and what a bunny really needs: hay, patience, and eight to twelve years of looking after. Carrots are mostly a myth.
Pet care
Episode 5
A Horse’s Home and How to Behave Around Them
Where horses sleep, eat and shelter from the weather, and how we behave around them. Nana explains why a calm, everyday voice keeps everybody safe.
Manners
Episode 6
Tansy Gets a Hair Cut
Clippers, brushes and cooling spray. Nana and Julian show how Tansy gets a body clip, why it does not hurt, and how the soft clipped hair ends up in birds' nests.
GroomingFor grown-ups
The same gentle show reaches four different rooms.
“Nana reminds us that caring for animals also teaches us how to care for one another.”
Children of all ages, parents, and grandparents
Familiar, unhurried storytelling that parents and grandparents can hand over without worrying about what comes next.
Children who learn differently
Low-stimulation, predictable, and repetitive by design — a format that reduces sensory overload and supports language processing.
Children in the hospital
Calm, familiar programming is a documented form of positive distraction that eases anxiety before, during and after procedures.
Older adults in memory care
Animals, gentle pacing, and repetition make the show a natural fit for memory care and senior living communities.
R&R Ranch · Wildwood, Missouri
The Ranch is a real place, and it runs on kindness too.
R&R Ranch is a 501(c)(3) rescue sanctuary that takes in miniature horses and donkeys who need a soft place to land. Every animal you meet on the show lives lifelong at R&R Ranch.