268. The Puddle Stomp: a mindful story and meditation for kids

Dragon plays in the mud on the way to visit Terry and Charlie Truck. 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 “The Puddle Stomp” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Female Story Begins: 10:12 The Puddle Stomp Excerpt: Light sparkled through the trees as the sun slowly climbed above the enchanted forest. A sunbeam slowly flowed into the dragon’s cave until it reached the dragon asleep on its mossy bed.  The dragon blinked and opened its eyes. It was time to get up! With a stretch the dragon rolled off its bed.  Bright sunlight filled the cave’s entrance and the dragon could feel it was a beautiful morning.  A walk through the woods would be wonderful.  The dragon stepped outside and looked at the trees.  Light green buds and even leaves had formed.  Then the dragon stopped and took a deep dragon breath in and out smelling the air.  A song danced into the dragon’s ear and the dragon smiled. Gerry robin had returned.  It really was Spring! The dragon relaxed and listened to the birds singing, the brook trickling, and in the distance the dragon heard a familiar rumbling sound.   The rumbling sound grew louder as the dragon approached the edge of the woods. Just as the dragon thought, there were two trucks driving carefully on a wide path at the edge of the forest.  As the dragon watched water sprayed up on both sides of the trucks as they drove through deep puddles left by the melting snow and the spring rain. Mud coated the sides of the two trucks, but the dragon knew it was Charlie and Terry.  The two trucks found a dry patch of land and stopped so that their drivers could get out and have breakfast.  Now that the people had moved away it would be a good time to visit the trucks. Today’s Meditation: Feel calm and relaxed as you send kind energy to your heart. 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 “The Puddle Stomp" 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! In the press: