Ep 1010. Sandbox Switch-Up: a bedtime story and mindful story for kids

Cousins Alice and Allie decide to switch their usual sandcastle-making jobs.

Narrator: Male

Story Begins: 4:35

Sandbox Switch-Up Excerpt:

Allie was packing sand into bricks to make a castle wall, and Alice was busy digging a moat around the outside of the wall that Allie was building with the bricks. The two cousins always had lots of fun together building things out of sand, especially sandcastles. Allie always was the one to make the bricks and Alice was always the one to dig the moat because that is what they were best at.

Alice appreciated how good Allie’s bricks were. They were well-packed, and strong. The bricks held together even when stacked to make a wall.

Today’s Meditation: Enjoy the feeling of your body relaxing into the warm sand on a sunny beach. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care.

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