232. Clean Up!: a relaxation and story for your nap time routine

After a big day of playing after school, Mike looks around his room and decides it's time to clean up! Hello everyone!  We hope you enjoyed our new story this week. Now, welcome to Favorite Friday! Sometimes we like to listen to our favorites again. Please enjoy “Clean Up” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Female Story Begins: 9:33 Clean Up! Excerpt:  Mike felt ready for a break. He had just gotten back from school and had learned a lot today.  As he thought about what he could do to relax, Mike decided it was the perfect time to play with his favorite train.  He opened the door to his room and stepped over his pajamas on his way to the closet. When Mike opened the closet door to get his train he felt confused. His favorite orange engine was missing.  “Oh well,” Mike thought, “I can just use the purple engine.”   Then he picked up the case of train tracks.   The case seemed a bit light. When Mike opened it, he noticed there were tracks missing along with the tunnel and bridge.  Feeling frustrated, Mike took a deep dragon breath in and out and looked around his room.  He realized that he had let his room get pretty messy.  His blanket was balled up on his unmade bed.  There were clothes and books lying on the floor, a full laundry basket waiting to be emptied, and that was what he could see.  Mike took another deep dragon breath in and out and decided to clean his room.   Mike started with his bed.  He checked the bottom sheet, and pulled it a little tighter  so that it would be nice and smooth.  Then he straightened the messy top sheet and tucked it in.  Finally, Mike fluffed his pillows and straightened his blanket.  He looked at his bed and smiled.  It looked tidy, and he felt better seeing his bed so nice and neat.  He looked around the room and decided to tackle the clean laundry next. Today’s Meditation: Imagine floating on a cloud, and relax into the feeling of lightness. Looking for stories with positive learning moments for your little one?  You'll find them on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Mystery Jug," paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments.  To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our website. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 3 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and an extra episode each week! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? We hope your child loved “Clean Up!" We ask for your positive reviews to help others find us, too! Please leave a 5-star review on your favorite podcast app (such as Apple Podcasts). And, please follow, like, and/or share our social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ) to help us bring our original stories with positive messages to even more listeners!