266. Colorful Cardboard: a calming bedtime and nap time story with a positive message

Hello parents and grownups in our Ahway Island Family, this episode of Be Calm on Ahway Island is brought to you by our friends at Kindred Bravely. Visit kindredbravely.com and use discount code AHWAYISLAND20 to save 20% on your purchase. Chance Cardboard Box almost gets recycled. How can the kids make sure it doesn't happen again? 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 “Colorful Cardboard” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Female Story Begins: 8:38 Colorful Cardboard Excerpt: A sunbeam shone through the living room window and hugged the kitty sleeping inside the cardboard box.  The little kitty stretched and yawned. Then he gracefully hopped out of the box to find breakfast. Mom quickly moved through the living room as if she was on a special mission and stopped abruptly when she noticed Chance.  “It is time for that box to be recycled.”  Mom said, and she quickly picked Chance up.  The cardboard box wondered what it meant to be recycled, as mom set him in a green bin and closed the lid. Chance looked around. The bin was filled with cardboard, paper, and aluminium scraps. The cardboard box wondered where the boy and girl were.  What if they wanted to have another adventure?  Did they know where to find him?  Chance took a deep dragon breath in and out and hoped that the boy and girl would be ok as he started a new adventure.  Just then the lid opened and Chance heard, “There he is!”  The girl pulled the cardboard box out, as her brother held the recycle lid open.  Chance sighed with relief and looked back at the recycle bin.  There was an island on it and a name, but he was quickly whisked out of the garage before the cardboard box could read the name. Today’s Meditation: Today, enjoy the feeling of your body relaxing into the warm sand on a sunny beach. 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! Thanks for listening! Parents and grownups, don't forget to visit kindredbravely.com and use discount code AHWAYISLAND20 to save 20% on your purchase of premium maternity and nursing wear.